International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The distillery industry is one of the oldest industries that is very complex and characterized by high BOD, COD, Total Solids, Odor, and Color. Untreated distillery wastewater, when discharged directly into water bodies or into the field, causes irreversible damage to the environment. Electrocoagulation is one of the most significant electrochemical treatments utilized in modern wastewater treatment to diminish suspended and colloidal materials, Conductivity, Turbidity, TDS and COD in wastewater. During the last decade, Electrocoagulation in industrial wastewater treatment. Electrocoagulation is used as point-of-use technology in developing communities, since they are relatively more effective compared to chemical coagulants. In the Present Research work Electrocoagulation treatment has been adopted to study the removal efficiency of Color, COD, TDS, EC, and Turbidity with variable parameters viz., the Voltage, Electrode Distance and Electrolysis time. The experiments were carried out using Al-Al, Fe-Fe, and aluminium oxide as anodic and cathodic electrodes. The influence of various operating parameters on the COD removal of biomethanated distillery waste wash was investigated in this study utilising Anodized Aluminium electrodes. Operating parameters were optimized for Anodized aluminium electrodes by using previous researches and are predicted using regression analysis tool maximum Conductivity, Turbidity, TDS, and COD removal efficiency.

Key Words: Electrocoagulation, Distillery wastewater and Aluminum oxide