A simple effective treatment of tannery effluents

Authors

  • Md Abdul Mottalib Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Tasmima Khan Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Md Nurul Abser Department of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1343

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v38i2.21348

Keywords:

Simple, Tannery effluents, Effective treatment

Abstract

Tannery effluents are one of the major sources of environmental pollution with various toxic parameters and the effluent generated during liming and pickling operations of leather processing are even more dangerous due to their high and low pH range, respectively. In the present work, liming and pickling streams generated during the production of chrome tanned cow hide shoe upper was treated at different ratios and optimized the pH range 6.5 - 7.5. The effluents were mixed at different ratios without adding any foreign chemicals and obtained the results 88% reduction of COD, 94% reduction of BOD and 97% removal of total solids.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v38i2.21348

Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 2, 235-239, 2014

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Published

2014-12-28

How to Cite

Mottalib, M. A., Khan, T., & Abser, M. N. (2014). A simple effective treatment of tannery effluents. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 38(2), 235–239. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v38i2.21348

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Short Communication