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dc.contributor.advisor Gunasekera, MY
dc.contributor.author Karunaratne, HWGI
dc.date.accessioned 2011-05-14T07:31:50Z
dc.date.available 2011-05-14T07:31:50Z
dc.identifier.citation Karunaratne, H.W.G.I. (2010). Removal of pollutants in parboiled paddy waste water [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/767
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/767
dc.description CD-ROM included ; A thesis submitted to the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering for the MSc in Chemical and Process Engineering en_US
dc.description.abstract Parboiling is a widely used paddy processing method where paddy is soaked in water to hydrate before the subsequent steaming, drying and milling operations. A significant amount of water is used in this soaking operation which is then discharged as wastewater. The continuous discharge of this wastewater has become an environmental concern in the paddy parboiling industry in Sri Lanka.In this study important characteristics of the effluent generated from two existing paddy soaking operations practiced in Sri Lanka namely hot soaking and cold soaking were initially determined. This analysis was done for wastewater resulting from soaking two rice varieties available locally, namely LD 356 a red rice and BG 300 which is a white rice. Characterization study showed pollutant levels higher in paddy soak wastewater than the stipulated local discharge standards (Appendix C). Wastewater generated from both hot soaking and cold soaking of red rice variety showed relatively higher COD and BOD values compared to those of wastewater from white rice variety. Hot soaking wastewater had higher COD and BOD values than cold soaking wastewater. The wastewater generated from hot soaking of red rice which showed higher pollutant strength is further studied for pollutant removalmethods.Biological treatment methods such as aerobic, anaerobic and physical treatment methods such as coagulation and adsorption were investigated. Removal of pollutants by aquatic plants and biological treatment using various microbial seeding sources such as cow dung, rice straw, pond water and paddy field soil were also studied. Results show that microbial sources from pond water and paddy field soil were able to reduce COD in soak wastewater by 96% and 94% respectively at pH 8 under aerobic and dark conditions. Combined treatment of anaerobic digestion and coagulation was able to reduce 94% COD while the combination of adsorption and coagulation reduced COD by 92%. Treatment of a wastewater sample collected from a paddy parboiling rice mill in Marandagahamula area using pond water as the microbial source showed a 93% COD reduction.
dc.format.extent x, 112p. : ill., tables en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING - Thesis
dc.subject WASTEWATER TREATMENT
dc.subject FOOD INDUSTRY - Wastes
dc.title Removal of pollutants in parboiled paddy waste water
dc.type Thesis-Abstract
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.degree MSc en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Chemical and Process Engineering en_US
dc.date.accept 2010-07
dc.identifier.accno 96383 en_US


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