Researchers Develop Model for Cost-effective and Environmentally Friendly Pulp and Paper Industry
Innovation | Tech Explore | April 01, 2024
Tech Xplore (03/05/24) Olsson, Carina
Aerobic treatment of industrial wastewater from the pulp and paper industry ranks as the most expensive treatment step in the purification process. A newly published study in Environmental Technology & Innovation, though, shows how the purification of wastewater from pulp manufacturing can be made more energy efficient by predicting the oxygen-transfer rate, thus enabling a way to regulate the aeration. Kamal Rezk, senior lecturer in Environmental and Energy Systems, notes, "Our published study is about analyzing oxygenation of water in order to predict the oxygen-transfer rate depending on the concentration of surfactants in the water." The research focuses on the surfactant lauric acid, a common substance in contaminated water from the pulp and paper industry.
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