D. Kumar, C. Sharma
making process. These processes are preparation of wood, pulping, washing of
pulp and bleaching which releases large volume of effluent along with high or-
ganic load, COD, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), colorant and lower biode-
gradability index. The paper industry effluent is a complicated blend of more
than 250 organic and 700 inorganic chemicals [2]. Additionally, highly toxic
chemicals which are resistant to biodegradation and listed as prime contami-
nates by United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) which are
related to severe health concern, generates mainly reaction between lignin and
chorine/chlorine based chemical still being used for the bleaching of pulp [3].
Chlorinated phenolic compounds such as chlorophenolics, chloro-hydrocarbon,
and fatty acid are also present in wastewater. Some of them
i.e.
chlorophenolics,
dioxin and furan show the higher toxicity. When this effluent is released without
appropriate treatment, it influences the negative effect on receiving water bodies
involving thermal impacts, low Dissolved Oxygen (DO), poor sunlight penetra-
tion, scum formation, slime growth, and harming the aesthetic and scenic beauty
of environment and disturbed the overall ecosystem. Some investigator reported
the toxic effect on fish present and growing in the water bodies containing paper
industry effluent. The Indian paper industry used mainly two-step treatment at
their treatment plants such as primary (sedimentation, floatation) and secondary
(activated sludge, anaerobic or aerobic process). These methods are failed to
meet the requirements of complete degradation of bio-refractory compounds,
COD and color including some drawback such as high treatment cost and gene-
rating high volume of sludge, which consequently may be responsible for sec-
ondary pollution. Hence, there is an urgent need to stop the formation or to
impose suitable measures for the degradation of these dreadful chemical by
modification in plant. Meanwhile an effective treatment facility is becoming a
necessity to remove these pollutants from wastewater [3] [4] [5] [6].
Nowadays electrocoagulation (EC) method has intensively attracted the re-
searchers from around the world due to its unique feature in comparison to the
chemical and biological treatment facility. EC process exhibits environmental
compatibility, proper setup, shorter reaction time, meager chemical requirement
along with negligible generation of sludge [7]. The main acting reagents in this
process are electrons which are clean reagent [8]. Recently, EC method has been
considered as an advanced oxidation process and successfully applied for treat-
ment of the different types of industry effluent including organics matter, phe-
nolic compounds, potato chips manufacturing unit, methylparathion from tex-
tile unit, colorants from dye solutions, oil suspensions, and fluorides [9]-[15].
When the direct current is supplied between anode and cathode, the metal plates
dissipate and release the positive hydroxide ions at desired pH [16]. In the
present investigation, stainless steel (SS)-304 has been used as electrode material.
When oxidation occurred at Fe anode, it may produces iron hydroxide,
Fe(OH)
n
, where
n
= 2 or 3. The mechanisms for the production of Fe(OH)
n
of
the process is given as follows:
DOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2019.113017 297 Journal of Water Resource and Protection
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