Ronaldo Teixeira Pelegrini

Photochemical Treatment of Industrial Textile Effluent Containing Reactive Dyes

Textile effluents are a result of the use of reactive dyes which present a strong environmental impact. These are substances of concern when conventional treatment processes are to be considered. This work refers to the study of post-treatment (purification) of the textile effluent originating from the use of reactive dyes (after biological treatment for activated sludge) through photocatalysis using TiO2 as semiconductor. The photocatalytic process was optimised according to the mass of the semiconductor (1.4 g l−1), flow of air (150 ml s−1), temperature (55°C) and time of treatment (240 min). In the optimised conditions it was possible to verify high efficiency in the colour reduction (92%), COD (65%), BOD (40%) and TOC (29.3%). The study reached the conclusion that the photocatalytic process presents great potential as a method of post-treatment of effluents derived from the textile industry.

Aplicação da biomassa Saccharomyces cerevisiae como agente adsorvente do corante Direct Orange 2GL e os possíveis mecanismos de interações adsorbato/adsorvente

The textile effluents release large amounts of dye waste in the environment, polluting and altering the whole aquatic ecosystem. Besides the visual pollution compounds have high toxicity, if not treated properly can generate bioaccumulation in biota. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly used as a biocatalyst in industries is a possible adsorbent due to the chemical structure composed of the cell wall containing amino groups, active site location of possible interactions with sulfonic groups belonging to reactive dyes, which marketing worldwide. This way, it was performed to removal study of reactive dye Direct Orange 2GL by adsorption method using a spectrophotometer analysis of UV-Vis to the different biomass concentrations of S.