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Optimization of pH, Retention Time, Biomass Dosage in Beads and Beads Density on Textile Dye Effluent Bioremediation using Seagrass, Cymodocea rotundata Beads
| Soumya GN1, Manickavasagam N1, Santhanam P2*, Dinesh Kumar S2, Vasanthi D3 and Karuppasamy PK3 | |
| 1Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, India | |
| 2Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Lab., Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024, India | |
| 3P.G. and Research Department of Zoology, Periyar E.V.R College, Tiruchirappalli-620 023, Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Corresponding Author : | Santhanam P Marine Planktonology & Aquaculture Lab Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024 Tamil Nadu, India Tel: +9198942-23482 Fax: +91431- 2407045 E-mail: sanplankton@yahoo.co.in, santhanamcopepod@gmail.com |
| Received March 26, 2015; Accepted May 27, 2015; Published May 29, 2015 | |
| Citation: Soumya GN, Manickavasagam N, Santhanam P, Dinesh Kumar S, Vasanthi D, et al. (2015) Optimization of pH, Retention Time, Biomass Dosage in Beads and Beads Density on Textile Dye Effluent Bioremediation using Seagrass, Cymodocea rotundata Beads. J Bioremed Biodeg 6:295. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000295 | |
| Copyright: © 2015 Soumya GN, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
Laboratory experiments were performed to study the removal of dye from textile effluent using the seagrass Cymodocea rotunda beads in calcium alginate. The present experiment was conducted to know the effects of pH, beads density, retention time and biomass dosage in beads on dye removal from textile effluent. Algal uptake and adsorption on alginate gels were the major principals involved in the removal of nitrate and phosphate from effluent. Increasing cell stocking in beads did not cause any improvement in the efficiency of treatment, but caused some leakage problems. Also, the increased beads concentration in effluent caused reductions in light penetration and enhanced self-shading effects besides the beads settled at the bottom of the reactor. The experiment inferred that the 75 numbers of algal beads with pH 8 in the biomass dosage of 0.1 g and 120 minutes retention time were found to be suitable factors for the effective removal of dye from the textile effluent.
