The document discusses the treatment of wastewater from match box industries using the solar photo-Fenton process. Match box production generates wastewater high in biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, toxicity and color. The solar photo-Fenton process uses sunlight, ferrous ions, and hydrogen peroxide to degrade pollutants in the wastewater. Experiments found that a pH of 5, 1 g/L ferrous ions, 5 ml/L hydrogen peroxide, and a reaction time of 1 hour removed 92% of chemical oxygen demand from the wastewater. Liquid depth also influenced degradation rates, with shallower depths producing faster rates. The solar photo-Fenton process coupled with

1. TREATMENT OF MATCH BOX
INDUSTRY WASTE WATER BY
SOLAR PHOTO-FENTON
PROCESS
PROJECT MEMBERS: G.SUNDARAMOORTHY
P.SARAVANAKUMAR
K.MAHESHKUMAR
R.RAVIKUMAR
PROJECT GUIDE: A.SHANMUGASUNDARAM.ME.,(AP/CIVIL)

2. ABSTRACT
The rapid increase in population and the increased
demand for industrial establishments to meet human requirements have
created problems such as overexploitation of available resources, leading
to pollution of land, air and water requirements. The wood and wood
production of the match stick products generate a considerable amount of
pollutants characterized by biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical
oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids (SS), toxicity and colour when
untreated or poorly treated waste water are discharged to receiving waters.
This match box industry wastewater and performance of available
treatment processes. Comparisons of all treatment processes are
presented. By comparing all the treatment processes, solar photo-Fenton
process is more efficient and economical among advanced oxidation
processes. In this study, the efficiency of solar photo-Fenton process for
the treatment of match box industry wastewater was evaluated and the
removal of colour and COD were investigated. The experiment is
conducted in a lab scale solar photo-Fenton reactor of capacity seven
litters which are exposed to the sunlight with the irradiation time of one
hour. The solar photo-Fenton process is the biological Treatment is an
effective treatment method there by reducing the cost of the treatment.

3. INTRODUTION
Nowadays, one of the major problems facing
industrialized nations is contamination of the environment by
hazardous chemicals. Among the industries involved are
petroleum refining, organic chemicals and synthetic industries,
milling and coal conversion, pulp and paper manufacturing and
textile processing industries. Even the use of fuel for heating and
transportation, the use of agricultural and domestic pesticides,
insecticides, detergents and aerosol sprays have contributed to
this ever-growing problem. The large number of publications
reporting its effects and damages to human health, animals and
the environment. The Solar Photo-Fenton process has proved to
be rather effective in the degradation and mineralization of single
organic toxicants and the mixtures of various organic wastes.
Many studies have shown that the effectiveness of the Solar
Photo-Fenton process in waste treatment depends on the initial
concentrations of and Fe (III), their ratios, the initial pH, and
reaction temperature. The COD removal rate is higher with the
solar photo- Fenton process.

4. MATCH INDUSTRY USING CHEMICALS:
 Ammonium phosphate
 Phosphorous sesquisuifide
 Potassium chlorate
 White phosphorous
 Zinc oxide
 Antimony trisulfide
 Paraffin wax
 Inert fillers
 Powdered glass

5. EFFECTS OF THE MATCH BOX INDUSTRY
WASTEWATER ON THE ENVIRONMENT
 The pollutants discharged from the match box industry affect
all aspects of the environment such as water, air and land.
 The untreated wastewater affects health and causes
diarrheal, vomiting, headaches, nausea, and eye irritation on
children and workers.
 The studies found marked increases in inorganic and
organic forms of nitrogen and red phosphorus in the soil, soil bulk
density had decreased, and the soil had higher rates of
respiration and more earthworms.
 Therefore nitrogen and red phosphorus either accumulated
in the soil or was lost to groundwater. The concentration of
dissolved inorganic phosphorus in soil water increased
 Treated wastewater, on the other hand, contains fewer
nutrients resulting in a lower risk of ground and surface water
contamination, but still has a risk associated with the relatively
high content of sodium, even after treatment of wastewater.

6. MATERIALS REQUIRED
Match box waste water
Metal tray
Chemical contents
Ferro's
Hydrogen peroxide
Sodium sulphate
Sodium hydroxide

7. INITIAL CHARACTERISTICS
COD
pH value
Colour
Turbidity
Dissolved solids
Total solids
Total suspended solids

8. Waste water
Ferro’s + Hydrogen peroxide
Sun light
Sodium sulphate
Sodium hydroxide
Test the treated waste water
solar photo-Fenton process

9. WASTE WATER+FERRO’S + HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
SUN LIGHT

10. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
EFFECT OF OPERATING
PARAMETERS
 Effect of time on turbidity
 Effect of liquid depth on COD removal

11. EFFECT OF TIME ON TURBIDITY DAY-1
Time
(min)
Turbidity
(NTU)
20 28
40 24
80 20
160 27
320 32

12. EFFECT OF TIME ON TURBIDITY DAY-2
Time
(min)
Turbidity
(NTU)
60 31
120 20
180 21
240 22
300 24

13. EFFECT OF TIME ON TURBIDITY DAY-3
Time
(min)
Turbidity
(NTU)
90 22
120 25
270 30

14. EFFECT OF TIME ON TURBIDITY DAY-4
Time
(min)
Turbidity
(NTU)
120 23
240 29
360 30

15. EFFECT OF TIME ON TURBIDITY DAY-5
Time
(min)
Turbidity
(NTU)
150 21
300 19

16. EFFECT OF TIME ON TURBIDITY DAY-6
Time
(min)
Turbidity
(NTU)
180 20
360 18

17. EFFECT OF TIME ON TURBIDITY DAY-7
Time
(min)
Turbidity
(NTU)
190 18
380 17

18. EFFECT OF LIQUID DEPTH ON COD
REMOVAL
Days Liquid depth
(mm)
COD
(mg/L)
% COD
removal
0 20 70400 0
1 18 12800 81.8
2 15 19200 72.7
3 11 16000 77.2
4 9 22400 68.1
5 6 12800 81.8
6 3 8800 87.5
7 1 1600 92

19. EFFECT OF LIQUID DEPTH
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0 5 10 15 20 25
%COD
DEPTH(mm)
Effect of liquid depth on COD removal

20. CONCLUSION
In this study, it has been found that solar photo-Fenton
oxidation is an appropriate process for the pre-treatment of
match box industry wastewater. The optimum pH for the
process is 5.With the ferrous ion dosage of 1 g/L, concentration
of H2O2 as 5 ml/L, about 92% of COD was removed within one
hour of reaction time and nearly 100 percent colour removal
was achieved in a reaction time of 10 minutes. The effect of
liquid depth influences the degradation of organic compound.
With the increase in liquid depth, the degradation rate decreases.
The degradation rate of solar/Fe2+/H2O2 process is three times
faster than solar/Fe2+ process. Thus coupling of solar photo-
Fenton process with the biological treatment is an effective
treatment method thereby reducing the cost of the treatment.

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