Removal of colour and COD of Distillery Effluent by Electrochemical- Oxidation Method

Distillery industry is recognized as one of the most polluting industries in India with a large amount of annual effluent production contributing highly to water pollution. Colour, COD, and suspended solids are the crucial pollution problems of the Distillery industry. In this present study, the viability of electrochemical treatment process was reported to treat the colour and COD of distillery effluent using with Ti/Pt as an anode in batch mode. The effects of the operating factors such as electrolyte concentration, pH, current density, reaction time, agitation speed and distance between electrode were studied. During this process the best removal efficiency obtained were around 95% of colour and 79% COD. The concentration of electrolytes plays vital role in this present study.