Neutralisation Process Design for Electroplating Industry Wastewater Containing Chromium and Cyanides

Manufacturing processes in the electroplating industry employ hazardous chemicals and generate hazardous waste, including hexavalent chromium compounds and heavy metal cyanides. We designed a reagent-based treatment technology that can remove these contaminants and is relatively simple to implement and maintain. The technology features low reagent consumption but high treatment efficiency and simplifies separating precipitates from the treated effluent. The paper presents a detailed description of how to neutralise electroplating shop wastewater. We propose a system of organizational and technological measures to improve chemical safety

The study was supported by Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (project no. X032-2018)

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