Bibliographic citations
Tuesta, S., (2021). Tratamiento de efluentes de la industria cárnica mediante electrocoagulación empleando electrodos de aluminio y hierro [Tesis, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/21802
Tuesta, S., Tratamiento de efluentes de la industria cárnica mediante electrocoagulación empleando electrodos de aluminio y hierro [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/21802
@misc{renati/711488,
title = "Tratamiento de efluentes de la industria cárnica mediante electrocoagulación empleando electrodos de aluminio y hierro",
author = "Tuesta Tinoco, Santiago Arturo",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería",
year = "2021"
}
Electrocoagulation for wastewater treatment became relevant during this century, since it is compulsory to reduce the environmental impact of human activities by supporting sustainable development. In addition, this emerging technology must face the challenge to gain economic benefits over traditional technologies of wastewater treatment. This investigation originated in response to the problem of using chemical substances in the treatment of wastewater from the meat industry. Substances that, in addition to being expensive, toxic and corrosive, demand the consumption of water for their production and generate poorly degradable sludge. For these reasons, our objective was to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using electrocoagulation, as a primary or physicochemical treatment, to remove organic contaminants from an effluent generated in the meat industry (specifically, the effluent generated by slaughter activities, stripping and elaborated meat products of the company Esmeralda Corp SAC). The experimental methodology consisted in organizing the test set in two systems: batch and continuous. The batch system allowed us to analyze the effects of current density on pH, temperature, conductivity, turbidity and the removal of organic pollutants (through the analysis of COD, BOD5 and oils and fats). As a result of these tests we obtained the optimal operating parameters and the most suitable materials of anodes and cathodes for the treatment of the effluent in question. The subsequent tests of the continuous system were made based on the optimal conditions of the batch system; and allowed analyzing the effects of the work flow on the parameters mentioned for the batch system. With this, we conclude the estimates of the investment, the costs and the economic benefit of the electrocoagulation treatment. Greater benefits were obtained by using iron electrodes for electrocoagulation. The optimum COD removal achieved for batch system is 57.9% in 36 minutes. Whereas, for continuous electrocoagulation, an optimum COD removal of 51.8% is obtained at the cost of S/ 7.5/m3.
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