Altering textile manufacture to minimize treatment needed for waste-water reclamation

Miscellaneous · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5949989

Beja Neves, M E.C.

The research involved the uses of water and chemicals in the textile industry. A linear programming model was developed, capable of minimizing the cost of treatment needed for wastewater reclamation. This was accomplished through the selection of the optimum set of chemicals in respect to their removal from a wastewater by biodegradation, and by so doing, preventing the accumulation of inorganic dissolved solids in the reused wastewater, even with prolonged reuse. Different values were tested for the wastewater reclamation rate, and for the percentage of biodegradable materials used by the industry. The industrial processes themselves were considered as blocks, with different manufacturing objectives and using different kinds and quantities of chemicals. The cost of wastewater treatment was influenced by the nature of the chemicals and by the wastewater reclamation rate.

• Research Organization: Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, IN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5949989
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
WASTE WATER
WATER TREATMENT
BIODEGRADATION
COST
MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MODIFICATIONS
OPTIMIZATION
PARTICULATES
REAGENTS
RECYCLING
SOLUBILITY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
LIQUID WASTES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
WASTES
WATER
320305* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management