• P RAVICHANDRAN
• K Balaji
• C Kannan

Large quantities of bagasse are used as raw material in agro based pulp and paper industries. The study represents the physico-chemical characteristics of bagasse wash water in agro based pulp and paper industries in Tamilnadu. The effluent samples were collected from two different large scale integrated pulp and paper industries. Samples were brought imprecisely and essential physico chemical characteristics were analyzed in triplicate. The analysis were carried out for various parameters such as temperature, pH, turbidity, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total solids (TS), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), volatile fatty acids (VFA) as per the standard procedure. The results were presented the average characteristics of temperature of bagasse wash water was 32.5°C, pH of the raw wastewater was 5.21, turbidity of 21.70 NTU, Total Dissolved Solids of 2867 mg/l, Total Suspended Solids of 1259 mg/l, Settleable solids of 101 mg/l, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) of 3410 mg/l, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of 5824 mg/l, and volatile fatty acids (VFA) as 1128 mg/l.

Physical characteristics, Chemical characteristics, BOD and COD, Bagasse wash waster, Pulp and paper industry

"Physico Chemical Characteristics of Bagasse Wash Water in Agro Based Pulp and Paper Industries ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.115-121, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812918.pdf

"Physico Chemical Characteristics of Bagasse Wash Water in Agro Based Pulp and Paper Industries ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp115-121, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812918.pdf