Title: Development of a software to simulate effluent characteristics of textile wastewater treatment

Authors: Adel Al-Kdasi, Azni Idris, Luqman Chuah Abdullah, Mohanad El-Harbawi, Mogeeb Alzokry, Chun-Yang Yin

Addresses: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Agriculture, Sana'a University, Yemen. ' Waste Technology Centre, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. ' Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. ' Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia. ' Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, 50301, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ' Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University Technology Mara, 40430 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract: The composition of textile wastewaters is extremely varied due to the large spectrum of dyes and chemicals used in wet process resulting in greater variability in the success of different treatment processes. A software was developed to determine the required advanced oxidation process after biological treatment and to evaluate the possibility of applying advanced oxidation processes to any textile treatment plant. Regression equations related to the formulation of the process treatment options were successfully developed into a software program called TexTreat with integrated graphic user interface (GUI) component. TexTreat has the ability to determine the best option of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and predict characteristics of wastewater discharge in different retention times with an overall simulation accuracy of more than 89%. Validation of the process treatment options and TexTreat display their applicability to utilise with different textile wastewater plants.

Keywords: textile wastewater; advanced oxidation process; AOP; wastewater treatment; effluent simulation; biological treatment; process treatment options.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSE.2009.028002

International Journal of Process Systems Engineering, 2009 Vol.1 No.1, pp.82 - 99

Published online: 26 Aug 2009 *

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