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Design of electrocoagulation system for removing non-sugar wastes from beet sugar press-water

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Utilization of sugar industry wastes

Abstract

Electrocoagulation (EC) cells, which work by passing an electric current through aqueous medium using electrodes, have proven to be a very effective technology for removing pollutants from wastewater. The present study deals with the design of an electrochemical cell used to remove unwanted wastes from sugar beet press-water by electrocoagulation mechanism. The operational parameters controlling the removal efficiency of the target waste were studied. These factors include pH, current density (CD), electrolysis time, stirring speed, surface area to volume ratio (S/V), electrode sets, electrode material type, and number of electrode plates. Wastes of sugar beet press-water to be removed are non-sugar materials, color and total hardness. The highest removal efficiencies achieved were 43.32%, 97.95% and 79.80% for non-sugar materials, color and total hardness, respectively. The operating parameters that achieved these results were pH 10.7, current density 25.39 mA/cm2, electrolysis time 60 min, stirring speed 350 rpm, 2Al-2Al electrode array, and S/V ratio 19.2 m-1. The experimental optimum values of anode mass loss and electrical power consumption were 0.76 kg/m3 and 39 kWh/m3, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/esugj.2024.333110.1071

Keywords

Beet Sugar press-water, Color, Electrocoagulation, non-sugar, total hardness

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Sheta

MiddleName

Saleh

Affiliation

Science and Technology of the Sugar Industry Department, Faculty of Sugar and Integrated Industries Technology, Assiut University, 71525 Assiut, Egypt; Delta Sugar Company, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

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sheta.muhammed@gmail.com

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Abd El-Motaleb

Last Name

Ramadan

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M.

Affiliation

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Egypt

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ramadanss@hotmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abd El-Wahab

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Chemistry department, Faculty of Science, Assuit University, Egypt

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First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Abd El-Ghany

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Delta Sugar Company, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

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Volume

23

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0

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52008

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-11-02

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2024-12-12

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1

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22

Print ISSN

2636-2694

Online ISSN

2636-283X

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https://esugj.journals.ekb.eg/article_395929.html

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2,178

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Egyptian Sugar Journal

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https://esugj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Design of electrocoagulation system for removing non-sugar wastes from beet sugar press-water

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Created At

28 Dec 2024