Treatment of biodiesel wastewater using ferric chloride and ferric sulfate

• Main Authors: Daud, Zawawi, Nasir, Nazlizan, Abd Kadir, Aeslina, Abdul Latiff, Ab Aziz, Ahmad, Baharin, Suhani, Noorain, Awang, Halizah, Abdul Halim, Azhar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTHM 2017
• Subjects: TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4631/1/AJ%202018%20%28112%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4631/

The production of biodiesel through the transesterification method produces a large amount of wastewater that contains high level of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and oil and grease. In this study, coagulation was adopted to treat the biodiesel wastewater. Two types of coagulants were examined using...