POTENTIAL UTILISATION OF UNTREATED/TREATED TEXTILE EFFLUENT IN CONCRETE

M.Kanitha, P.Ramya, V.Revathi, S.Bhuvanya

Abstract: This paper reports the experimental findings to predict the practicability of using treated textile effluents as alternative to fresh water in mixing concrete. Potable water was replaced with four stages of effluents in the textile effluent treatment process (ETP) namely, collection tank water (CTW), Anaerobic outlet water (AOW), Tertiary clarifier water (TCW), Reverse osmosis feed water (ROFW). The chemical compositions of the treated effluents were investigated. Concrete specimens were assessed with hold to setting time, workability, compressive strength and split tensile strength. The specimens made with AOW attained higher strength than the specimens made with potable water. It was noticed that the compressive strength was increased by 26.15 % for AOW in comparison with PW at the age of 28 days. It can be concluded that AOW can be used as an alternate to freshwater for mixing concrete

Keywords: Concrete, textile effluent, collection tank water, anaerobic outlet water, Tertiary clarifier water, Reverse osmosis feed water.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0319093