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Membrane-Based Treatment of Textile Industry Wastewaters

  • University of Stuttgart

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Abstract

Textile industry is distinguished from other industries by using a great variety of chemicals and large water consumption. As the cost of freshwater increases and the regulations become stringent, the need for reuse of textile effluents is growing enormously. In this article, membrane-based treatments of textile industry wastewater is discussed. First, characteristics of textile industry wastewater are given. Then, treatment scenarios at different points of the industry are explained. Nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) separation processes with/without ultrafiltration (UF) pretreatment are investigated in detail for segregated streams. It is observed that segregated water reuse concept has more advantages than the end-of-pipe treatment by means of water volume reused and chemicals recycled.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Membrane Science and Technology
Publisherwiley
Pages1-12
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781118522318
ISBN (Print)9780470919453
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

  • membrane processes
  • mixed wastewater concept
  • reuse
  • segregation concept
  • textile wastewater

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