Up to 30% of the released colour arising from bleached kraft pulp and paper production comes from the alkaline extraction stage. This waste stream can therefore be readily targeted to remove colour at source in mills where improved colour management is required. The efficacy of five advanced oxidative treatment and physico-chemical technologies in removing colour from a typical Eop stage effluent was compared. The most effective oxidative treatment was peroxymonosulphate (79% colour removal in 15 minutes). Ozone and TAML® treatments removed 74% and 58% of colour respectively within 30 minutes. In comparison, hydrogen peroxide alone was only able to remove 35% of the colour over 4 hours. Coagulation with polyaluminium chloride achieved 89% colour removal within 5 minutes. However, this treatment produced an undesirable sludge, and may cause toxicity in the treated wastewater. Overall, colour removal ability of the five technologies ranked from highest to lowest was polyaluminium chloride > peroxymonosulfate > ozone > TAML® > hydrogen peroxide. Other factors, such as operating costs, feedstock modification and capital infrastructure, also need to be taken into account when selecting the most suitable colour management option.
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March 01 2007
Comparison of the efficacy of oxidative processes and flocculation for the removal of colour from Eop effluent
E.N. Joss;
E.N. Joss
*University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand
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K.G. McGrouther;
**Scion, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua, New Zealand
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A.H. Slade
A.H. Slade
**Scion, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua, New Zealand
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Water Sci Technol (2007) 55 (6): 57–64.
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E.N. Joss, K.G. McGrouther, A.H. Slade; Comparison of the efficacy of oxidative processes and flocculation for the removal of colour from Eop effluent. Water Sci Technol 1 March 2007; 55 (6): 57–64. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2007.212
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