Advances in Environmental Research

Volume 1, Number 2, 2012, pages 153-166

DOI: 10.12989/aer.2012.1.2.153

Textile dye wastewater treatment using coriolus versicolor

S. Sathian, G. Radha, V. Shanmuga Priya, M. Rajasimman and C. Karthikeyan

Abstract

Decolourization potential of white rot fungal organism, <i>coriolus versicolor</i>, was investigated in a batch reactor, for textile dye industry wastewater. The influence of process parameters like pH, temperature, agitation speed and dye wastewater concentration on the decolourization of textile dye wastewater was examined by using Response surface methodology (RSM). The maximum decolourization was attained at: pH- 6.8, temperature &#8212; 27.9

Key Words

decolourization; RSM; <i>coriolus versicolor</i>; optimization; kinetics; COD

Address

S. Sathian, G. Radha, V. Shanmuga Priya, M. Rajasimman and C. Karthikeyan: Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, Tamil Nadu, India