Analysis and treatment of fertilizer industry wastewater
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2016
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
This study is based on the analysis of the fertilizer industry wastes and their possible treatments to make it less hazardous.The single superphosphate (SSP) industry was chosen for this purpose. Samples of waste water collected from various drains of the industry. The analysis revealed that waste water contain high amounts of TDS( 2340 mg/l), Ca2+ (2160mg/l), SO42- (1766mg/l), PO43- (2638mg/l) and Pb2+ (16mg/l). The pollutants have been successfully reduced to lower values TDS(1000mg/l), Ca2+(1633 mg/l), SO42-(1254 mg/l), PO43-(2135 mg/l), Pb2+(8 mg/l) by using wheat bagass and TDS(1600mg/l), Ca2+(1186 mg/l), SO42-(1005 mg/l), PO43-(1884 mg/l), Pb2+(12 mg/l) by using rice husk and TDS(1400mg/l), Ca2+(1105 mg/l), SO42-(969 mg/l), PO43- (1633 mg/l), Pb2+(4 mg/l) by using animal charcoal.
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Supervised by : Dr. Sohail Nadeem
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Total dissolved solids, fertilizer industry, MS Thesis