Treatment of Effluents Containing High Total Dissolved Solids By Multi-Effect Evaporator

Pharmaceutical effluent disposal is a serious problem in the present times. The manufacturing process involves the use of both organic and inorganic compounds, which contribute to high chemical oxygen demand and dissolved solids. The common techniques used to extract available salts and to produce reusable waters are evaporation and cooling. Evaporators are equipment used for evaporation which is a kind of heat transfer system in which transfer mechanism is controlled by natural or forced convection. Multi-effect evaporators in many industries are used for volume reduction and cutting down the waste handling cost. This paper focusses on studying the efficiency of multi-effect evaporators in the pharmaceutical industry for the treatment of high total dissolved solids (HTDS) waste streams. The feed and condensate parameters were monitored for three years. Competence of the treatment process is presented in terms of reduction in TDS and COD. The current study evaluates the efficiency of MEE in terms of removal of total dissolved solids and chemical oxygen demand. Removal efficiencies are more than 98% for TDS and 50% for COD.

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