Publication detail

Sustainable Wastewater Management in Industrial Laundries

PROCHÁZKOVÁ, M. MÁŠA, V.

Original Title

Sustainable Wastewater Management in Industrial Laundries

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

A rapid rise of global population has led to the intensive production of laundry wastewater. Industrial laundries release effluents in large volumes containing many contaminants, which causes the effluent to be loaded with suspended solids while displaying variable chemical and physical values. In consequence, the laundry wastewater has highly toxic properties and imposes negative impacts on the environment, such as water bodies pollution and eutrophication. On average, the laundry business uses around 15 L of freshwater to process 1 kg of linen. A conventional laundry with the capacity of 10 t linen per day produces a total amount of 150 m3 of wastewater daily. Due to the rising amount of discharge effluent, the adequate wastewater treatment is necessary in order to minimize the environmental impact. This review begins with an assessment of the amounts and chemical composition of laundry effluents, which varies depending on the location. Then it evaluates the available treatment technologies. Understanding of the basic treatment methods is fundamental for the development of an effective treatment system, that would typically consist of multi-processes (physicochemical, biological, or combination of both). Such systems would ideally treat, purify, and recover water and valuable substances from the detergent. The outcome of this review is a general overview and evaluation of available recovery technologies for laundry wastewater treatment and recommendations for their further development.

Keywords

Wastewater Management; Laundry Wastewater; Industrial Wastewater Recovery; Sustainability; Circular Economy

Authors

PROCHÁZKOVÁ, M.; MÁŠA, V.

Released

1. 9. 2022

Publisher

AIDIC S.r.l

Location

Milano, Italy

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Year of study

94

Number

1

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

577

Pages to

582

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.cetjournal.it/cet/22/94/096.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT179959,
  author="Michaela {Procházková} and Vítězslav {Máša}",
  title="Sustainable Wastewater Management in Industrial Laundries",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2022",
  volume="94",
  number="1",
  pages="577--582",
  doi="10.3303/CET2294096",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="https://www.cetjournal.it/cet/22/94/096.pdf"
}