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Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation

Surface active agent (surfactant) is the main ingredient in laundry detergent and other household cleaning agent. TWEEN20 is one of the nonionic surfactant which is widely used in detergent. Laundry effluent is one of the major contributor of domestic wastewater as laundering processes involves wate...

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Main Authors:	Selambakkannu, Sarala, Othman, Nor Azillah Fatimah, Abu Bakar, Khomsaton, Thailan, Krishamani Mutiah, Karim, Zulhairun
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Published:	2021
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98053/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.061
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spelling	my.utm.980532022-11-23T07:34:26Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/98053/ Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation Selambakkannu, Sarala Othman, Nor Azillah Fatimah Abu Bakar, Khomsaton Thailan, Krishamani Mutiah Karim, Zulhairun TP Chemical technology Surface active agent (surfactant) is the main ingredient in laundry detergent and other household cleaning agent. TWEEN20 is one of the nonionic surfactant which is widely used in detergent. Laundry effluent is one of the major contributor of domestic wastewater as laundering processes involves water-washing. Surfactant enters the environment when the effluents discharged into surface water and through sludge disposal on land. In order to protect the water bodies from any severe pollution, the effectiveness of high-energy ionizing radiation on decomposition of targeted surfactants, TWEEN20 from domestic laundry effluent at different operating condition were examined in this study. The experimental work was divided into two parts, part I verified the present of surfactants in laundry effluent using powdered and liquid detergents which will be collected from different sampling station. Whereas, part II involved the degradation of targeted pollutants by ionizing radiation technique. Two different type of laundry effluent was collected one using powdered detergent and another one using liquid detergent for fifteen days. Prior to irradiation, the characteristics of the water samples was analyzed in term of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC), pH, and turbidity. Electron beam irradiation (EBI) was able to remove 100% of the TWEEN20 surfactant from laundry effluent for both liquid and powder detergent. The results obtained showed that electron beam irradiation is a very efficient and promising technology for the treatment of laundry effluent. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Selambakkannu, Sarala and Othman, Nor Azillah Fatimah and Abu Bakar, Khomsaton and Thailan, Krishamani Mutiah and Karim, Zulhairun (2021) Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation. In: 2020 Regional Congress on Membrane Technology, RCOM 2020 and Regional Conference Environmental Engineering, RCEnvE 2020, 26 - 27 August 2020, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.061
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spellingShingle	TP Chemical technology Selambakkannu, Sarala Othman, Nor Azillah Fatimah Abu Bakar, Khomsaton Thailan, Krishamani Mutiah Karim, Zulhairun Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation
description	Surface active agent (surfactant) is the main ingredient in laundry detergent and other household cleaning agent. TWEEN20 is one of the nonionic surfactant which is widely used in detergent. Laundry effluent is one of the major contributor of domestic wastewater as laundering processes involves water-washing. Surfactant enters the environment when the effluents discharged into surface water and through sludge disposal on land. In order to protect the water bodies from any severe pollution, the effectiveness of high-energy ionizing radiation on decomposition of targeted surfactants, TWEEN20 from domestic laundry effluent at different operating condition were examined in this study. The experimental work was divided into two parts, part I verified the present of surfactants in laundry effluent using powdered and liquid detergents which will be collected from different sampling station. Whereas, part II involved the degradation of targeted pollutants by ionizing radiation technique. Two different type of laundry effluent was collected one using powdered detergent and another one using liquid detergent for fifteen days. Prior to irradiation, the characteristics of the water samples was analyzed in term of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC), pH, and turbidity. Electron beam irradiation (EBI) was able to remove 100% of the TWEEN20 surfactant from laundry effluent for both liquid and powder detergent. The results obtained showed that electron beam irradiation is a very efficient and promising technology for the treatment of laundry effluent.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Selambakkannu, Sarala Othman, Nor Azillah Fatimah Abu Bakar, Khomsaton Thailan, Krishamani Mutiah Karim, Zulhairun
author_facet	Selambakkannu, Sarala Othman, Nor Azillah Fatimah Abu Bakar, Khomsaton Thailan, Krishamani Mutiah Karim, Zulhairun
author_sort	Selambakkannu, Sarala
title	Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation
title_short	Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation
title_full	Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation
title_fullStr	Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation
title_full_unstemmed	Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation
title_sort	degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation
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Degradation of surfactants from domestic laundry effluent by electron beam irradiation

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