Chemical reduction and oxidation combined with biodegradation for the treatment of a textile dye wastewater

Pretreatment of the textile dye wastewater was accomplished using reducing agents. The reducing agents studied were sodium hydrosulfite, thiourea dioxide, and sodium borohydride. Preliminary tests were conducted using just the reducing agents. Although there was color reduction, the reduced wastewat...

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Main Author: McCurdy, Michael W.
Other Authors: Environmental Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45104
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102009-020050/