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BOD REDUCTION USING LOW COST ADSORBENTS

Abstract

Dairy waste water is organic in nature and the bacteriological action on the organic material requires oxygen. BOD data obtained can have wide applications in the environmental engineering practice. The BOD test is the principal test applied to the domestic and the industrial wastewater to determine the strength in terms of oxygen required for the stabilization. It is the only test applied that gives a measure of the amount of biologically oxidizable organic matter present and that can be used to determine the rates at which the oxidation will occur or BOD shall be exerted in the receiving bodies of water. This study focuses the attention on the usage of the low cost adsorbents for the reduction of BOD. Various parameters viz., effect of pH, effect of contact time, effect of adsorbent dose and the effect of particle size on the reduction of BOD are thoroughly studied and the results put forth.

S.S. INAMDAR

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