BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I1026,
     title={Treatment of Pharmaceutical Industrial Effluent by Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)},
     author={M P D Prasad, V Sridevi, P K Lakshmi and A Swathi},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={1},
     pages={241--247},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I1026.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Industrial wastewater presents a potential hazard to natural water system. This wastewater contains organic matter, which is toxic to the various life forms of the system. Industrial wastewater has complex mixture of chemicals whose behavior towards biological system can be different. Treatment of these wastes is therefore of paramount important. Wastewaters produced from pharma Industries pose several problems. Pharma industries are widely been used for the production of wide range of antibiotics, solvents and many by-products which are widely useful for both man-kind and in agriculture purpose. This study was designed a waste water treatment with an aim at minimizing and removing of COD, BOD, dissolved solids and toxic compounds, before it releases into a water body. In the present study efficiency of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) in removing contaminants was determined. It was found that MFC is much effective and cheaper method for treating waste water and for the removal of TDS, TSS, BOD, COD, Sulphates and Chlorides. Batch type anaerobic biological treatment plant was constructed and operated for pharma industry waste water treatment. The hydraulic retention time was 12 days. The treated water samples were collected for every 72 hours and tested for its pH, TSS, TDS, COD, BOD, Sulphates and Chlorides to evaluate the efficiency of the plant. The results obtained were quite appreciable as it reduced COD to 91.5% and a small amount of 335mV has also been produced.

BOD, COD, Chlorides, Microbial Fuel Cell