Removal of organic matter from synthetic wastewater by compiled electrocoagulation and UV/H2O2 process.

Synthetic wastewater is considered as one of the most wastewater has high levels of the chemical oxygen demand (COD), color and total dissolved solids (TDS), which causes pollution to the environment and then affects human and other creatures on the planet health. This study focuses on using Electrocoagulation process (EC) combined with an advanced oxidation process (AOP) to remove organic pollutants, color and COD from synthetic wastewater, which produced from different industrial processes. (EC) process uses Aluminum electrodes as the surface of reaction, connected with a power supply to provide current density. (AOP) generates free radicals ●OH from H2O2. Results achieved prove that EC is effective to remove COD, and AOP is effective to remove color, so that by combining the two processes, best removal efficiencies are achieved, 100% of color and 92.18% COD are removed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]