Cellulosic adsorbents for treating textile mill effluents

Y. Yang, C. M. Ladisch, M. R. Ladisch

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Abstract

Textile effluents vary in composition, and thus, numerous approaches have been developed for treatment of dyeing waste water with several steps being combined to obtain effluent suitable for discharge. Development of microbial degradation methods, which are broadly applicable, poses a challenge, since there were 9788 different generic names of colorants listed in the Colour Index in 1982. Any single biological method can only be used for a limited number of these dyes. Currently, the most widely studied dyes appear to be those which have azo structures. Low cost renewable materials appear to be attractive for further study with respect to treatment of textile effluents by adsorption. Such adsorbents have already been used for the dyeing effluent treatment and could play an important role in the future textile mill effluent treatment, if appropriate regeneration techniques are demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)632-636
Number of pages5
JournalEnzyme and Microbial Technology
Volume10
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1988
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Bioengineering
  • Biochemistry
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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