Removal of Lead from Battery Effluent by Electrocoagulation

Authors

  • Syed Hafizur Rahman Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1342
  • Riffat Ara Yesmin Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1342
  • SM Nazrul Islam Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Graduate Program, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, V2N 4Z9
  • Shajahan Siraj Analytical Research Division, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka-1205
  • Tanveer Mehedi Adyel School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009
  • Md Sabbir Ahmed Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1342

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v39i2.25946

Keywords:

Removal of lead, Electrocoagulation, Battery effluent

Abstract

The efficiency of iron electrode based electrocoagulation (EC) technique at laboratory scale to remove lead (Pb) from battery industrial effluent in Bangladesh is investigated. Different combinations of voltage (15, 30 and 45), effluent pH (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9) and electrolysis time (15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes) at the EC reactor was examined for searching the ideal operating conditions of maximum lead removal. Initial battery effluent pH of 3, electro coagulating at 30 V for 15 minutes would be the optimum conditions for treatment where 99.9% Pb removal was achieved. Treated effluent quality was compared with national environmental standard to discharge into surface water bodies and found physico-chemical parameters (TDS, TSS, DO and pH) were within prescribed limit except electrical conductivity.

Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Vol. 39, No. 2, 125-134, 2015

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Syed Hafizur Rahman, Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1342



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Published

2015-12-14

How to Cite

Rahman, S. H., Yesmin, R. A., Islam, S. N., Siraj, S., Adyel, T. M., & Ahmed, M. S. (2015). Removal of Lead from Battery Effluent by Electrocoagulation. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 39(2), 125–134. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v39i2.25946

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Vol. 39 No. 2 (2015)

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