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The current study focused on the pollution remediation of textile industry wastewater by using Chlorella pyrenoidosa in two different physical forms: free algal biomass and immobilized algal biomass. The hypothesis behind the present study was to analyze the pollution reduction efficiency of immobilized algal biomass and free algal biomass on comparative scale on the basis of the adsorption process which is directly proportional with the surface area of the adsorbate. So, in this context the immobilized form of algae could enhance the pollution reduction efficiency due to availability of more surface area. So, the textile industry wastewater was treated by both free algal biomass and immobilized algal biomass and the major wastewater contributors like nitrate, phosphate, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) were assessed before and after the treatment process. To conclude the optimum comparative results, the pH of wastewater was maintained constant, as it can capitalize or moderate the adsorption process (initial pH of was 8.2 ± 0.1, but it was maintained to 8). The contamination remediation was found to be effective with immobilized algal biomass (46.7% of nitrate, 59.4% of phosphate, 83.1% BOD and 83.0% of COD) than free algal biomass (43.2% of nitrate, 56.7% of phosphate, 71.4% of BOD and 78.0% COD).
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Mr. Pradeep Kumar Majhi, Senior Research Fellow (SRF) likes to acknowledge National Fellowship for Schedule Caste- University Grant Commission, Government of India for providing financial support. The authors would also like to acknowledge Laboratory of Bio-energy and wastewater treatment from Department of Environmental Sciences and University Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre (USIC) of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India for conducting the present work.
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Majhi, P.K., Kothari, R., Arora, N.K. et al. Impact of pH on Pollutional Parameters of Textile Industry Wastewater with Use of Chlorella pyrenoidosa at Lab‐Scale: A Green Approach. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 108, 485–490 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-021-03208-5
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