Photo-Catalytic-Assisted Method
for Treating Industrial Dye House
Effluents
Manickam Parthiban and Gunasekaran Devanand
Abstract The use of photo-catalyst for the degradation of synthetic and organic
pollutants such as dyes and chemicals has emerged as an effective method for the
wastewater treatment. Similarly, Titanium-Di-oxide (Titanium-Di-oxide) has been
widely used as a photo-catalyst in many environmental and energy applications due
to its efficient photo-activity, high stability, low cost and safety to the environment
and humans. Photo-catalysis is a promising technique for the degradation of various
hazardous chemicals that are present in dye house effluent. The reason might be
the light source that is provided for the reaction. The cost of photo-catalysis in
UV light may be costlier but India being a tropical country and having abundance
of sunlight; the photo-catalysis in sunlight is attractive and cost-effective option for
textile industries. This chapter describes the benefits of using Titanium-Di-oxide and
reduces graphene oxide (RGOT) as an efficient catalyst for the degradation of the
dye house effluent. The degradation experiments have been conducted, and RGOT
catalyst was found to be more efficient.
Keywords Titanium-Di-oxide · Reduced graphene oxide · Nano-composite ·
Photo-catalysis · Modification · Degradation · Hazardous · Organic pollutants
1 Introduction
The quick development of worldwide populace just as industrialization has prompted
an attending increment in ecological contamination. This has exceptionally negative
impacts on normal components that are fundamental for life on earth, for example, air
and water. It turns out to be extremely pivotal consequently to discover maintainable
approaches to relieve contamination to give a spotless and safe climate for people.
M. Parthiban (B)
Department of Fashion Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: parthi111180@gmail.com
G. Devanand
Department of Textile Technology, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
S. S. Muthu (ed.), Advances in Textile Waste Water Treatments,
Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0065-4_6
147
for Treating Industrial Dye House
Effluents
Manickam Parthiban and Gunasekaran Devanand
Abstract The use of photo-catalyst for the degradation of synthetic and organic
pollutants such as dyes and chemicals has emerged as an effective method for the
wastewater treatment. Similarly, Titanium-Di-oxide (Titanium-Di-oxide) has been
widely used as a photo-catalyst in many environmental and energy applications due
to its efficient photo-activity, high stability, low cost and safety to the environment
and humans. Photo-catalysis is a promising technique for the degradation of various
hazardous chemicals that are present in dye house effluent. The reason might be
the light source that is provided for the reaction. The cost of photo-catalysis in
UV light may be costlier but India being a tropical country and having abundance
of sunlight; the photo-catalysis in sunlight is attractive and cost-effective option for
textile industries. This chapter describes the benefits of using Titanium-Di-oxide and
reduces graphene oxide (RGOT) as an efficient catalyst for the degradation of the
dye house effluent. The degradation experiments have been conducted, and RGOT
catalyst was found to be more efficient.
Keywords Titanium-Di-oxide · Reduced graphene oxide · Nano-composite ·
Photo-catalysis · Modification · Degradation · Hazardous · Organic pollutants
1 Introduction
The quick development of worldwide populace just as industrialization has prompted
an attending increment in ecological contamination. This has exceptionally negative
impacts on normal components that are fundamental for life on earth, for example, air
and water. It turns out to be extremely pivotal consequently to discover maintainable
approaches to relieve contamination to give a spotless and safe climate for people.
M. Parthiban (B)
Department of Fashion Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
e-mail: parthi111180@gmail.com
G. Devanand
Department of Textile Technology, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
S. S. Muthu (ed.), Advances in Textile Waste Water Treatments,
Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0065-4_6
147