Rubber Latex Wastewater Treatment

Growth of rubber industries has produced large quantities of effluent from this processing 2 4.

Rubber latex wastewater treatment.

Several proteins present in natural rubber latex cause latex allergy and in some cases provoke. Waste in latex industry process coagulant from latex tank currently being collected and be made into dry rubber raw material. Rubber latex processing wastewater 4 6 4 4 uasb treatment of rlp wastewater 4 16 4 5 the effect of ph on the performance of uasb system 4 28 4 6 the effect of effluent recirculation on uasb performance 4 3 8 4 7 conclusions 4 51 chapter 5 post treatment process waterhyacinth and algae treatment of rubber latex processing wastewater 5 1. Sources of rubber wastewater in malaysia are s kim latex serum unc oagulated latex an d wa shings from the various processing stages abdul rani 1995.

Natural rubber waste serum nrws as reported by lau and subramaniam 1991 shows that it consists mainly of nitrogenous compounds. Wastewater treatment of rubber latex should pay attention to the treatment of polluting indicators such as cod ammonium and phosphorus. A pilot scale experiment of natural rubber processing wastewater treatment was conducted using a combination system consisting of a two stage up flow anaerobic sludge blanket uasb and a down flow hanging sponge dhs reactor for more than 10 months. The high level of nh4 and other.

If the ponds are effectively designed and optimally operated it can. Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in malaysia mitra mohammadi1 hasfalina che man2. In the waste water effluent the bulk of the nitrogen component consist mainly of ammoniacal nitrogen as a result of the use of ammonia in the preservation of the latex. Water treatment tank sludge collected at the treatment can be recycled back as dry rubber raw materials rejected glove currently being collected back and made into reclaim rubber.

The pond treatment system there is a latex trap and a neutralization stage as a pretreatment step. The concentration of n nh3 in high wastewater is mainly due to the use of ammonia as an antifreeze during latex harvest transport and storage especially in centrifugal latex processing.