Analysis of Plastic Pellets (Carriers for Water Treatment) Using FTIR and EDX

Introduction

People use large quantities of water for both domestic and industrial use during the course of daily life. Even though the Earth has abundant water resources, the amount of safe, drinkable water within these resources is extremely limited. This means that securing drinking water through the process of recycling wastewater is a crucial issue. The water treatment processes employed at wastewater treatment plants are primary treatment for physically separating and removing solid material (physical treatment) and secondary treatment for removing organic matter using microorganisms (biological treatment). In biological treatment, cultivated microorganisms feed on the organic matter dissolved and suspended in wastewater which results in the oxidative decomposition of the organic matter. Plastic pellets (carriers for water treatment) support the microorganisms on the surface of the wastewater and function to improve purification.

January 18, 2019 GMT