| DECLARATION | 第1页 |
| CERTIFICATION | 第3-4页 |
| DEDICATION | 第4-5页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-8页 |
| ABSTRACT (CHINESE) | 第8-10页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENT | 第10-13页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第13-15页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第15-16页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW | 第17-35页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第17页 |
| ·DYE HISTORY | 第17-18页 |
| ·DYE CLASSIFICATION | 第18页 |
| ·TYPES OF DYES | 第18-21页 |
| ·DYE APPLICATION STATISTICS | 第21-22页 |
| ·TEXTILE DYEING PROCESS | 第22-23页 |
| ·MAJOR POLLUTANT TYPES IN TEXTILE WASTEWATER | 第23页 |
| ·AVAILABLE METHODS OF TEXTILE WASTEWATER TREATMENT | 第23-32页 |
| ·Coagulation–Flocculation | 第23页 |
| ·Adsorption and Ion Exchange | 第23-24页 |
| ·Electrochemical (Electrolysis) Processes | 第24页 |
| ·Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP) | 第24-25页 |
| ·Membrane Techniques | 第25-26页 |
| ·Biological Treatment Technologies of Textile Wastewater | 第26-32页 |
| ·OBJECTIVES AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PRESENT RESEARCH | 第32页 |
| ·MAIN CONTENTS OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH | 第32-35页 |
| CHAPTER 2 DECOLOURIZATION OF SINGLE DYE SIMULATED TEXTILE WASTEWATER BY UASB REACTOR SYSTEM WITH ANAEROBIC CULTURE | 第35-49页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第35-36页 |
| ·MATERIALS AND METHODS | 第36-39页 |
| ·Digester Design | 第36页 |
| ·Preparation of Nutrient Medium | 第36页 |
| ·Synthetic Textile Wastewater Preparation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analytical Methods | 第37-38页 |
| ·Chemicals Used | 第38页 |
| ·Inoculated Granular Sludge and Reactor Startup | 第38页 |
| ·Experimental Procedure | 第38-39页 |
| ·RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第39-48页 |
| ·Colour Removal in the Simulated Textile Wastewater | 第39-41页 |
| ·Mechanisms of Colour Removal in Different Dyes | 第41-44页 |
| ·COD Removal Efficiency of STW | 第44-45页 |
| ·Reactor Stability in Treating STW | 第45-48页 |
| ·BRIEF SUMMARY | 第48-49页 |
| CHAPTER 3 DECOLOURIZATION AND BIODEGRADATION KINETICS OF ACID DYES OF DIFFERENT CHEMICAL GROUPS UNDER MIXED ANAEROBIC BATCH RECTORS | 第49-61页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第49-50页 |
| ·MATERIALS AND METHODS | 第50-51页 |
| ·Laboratory Scale Batch Reactors | 第50页 |
| ·Incubation Medium | 第50页 |
| ·Analytical Procedures | 第50页 |
| ·Chemicals | 第50-51页 |
| ·Inoculums | 第51页 |
| ·Experimental Procedure | 第51页 |
| ·RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第51-60页 |
| ·Primary Mechanisms of Dye Removal | 第51页 |
| ·Colour Removal during Incubation | 第51-53页 |
| ·Biodegradation Kinetics | 第53-55页 |
| ·Substrate (COD) Removal | 第55-57页 |
| ·Substrate (COD) Removal Kinetics | 第57-59页 |
| ·VFA, Total Alkalinity and pH in Reactors with AR131, AY79 and A8204 | 第59-60页 |
| ·BRIEF SUMMARY | 第60-61页 |
| CHAPTER 4 DECOLOURIZATION OF SIMULATED TEXTILE WASTEWATER CONTAINING MIXTURE OF ACID DYES BY UASB REACTOR | 第61-73页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第61页 |
| ·MATERIALS AND METHODS | 第61-63页 |
| ·UASB Reactors | 第61页 |
| ·Incubation Medium | 第61页 |
| ·Synthetic Textile Wastewater Preparation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Analytical procedures | 第62页 |
| ·Chemicals used | 第62页 |
| ·Reactor Startup | 第62页 |
| ·Methanogenic Activity of Granules | 第62页 |
| ·Experimental procedure | 第62-63页 |
| ·RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第63-71页 |
| ·Primary Mechanism of Colour Removal | 第63-64页 |
| ·Colour Removal of STW | 第64-66页 |
| ·COD Removal of STW | 第66-68页 |
| ·Alkalinity, VFA and pH of Effluents | 第68-70页 |
| ·Activity of Microbial Granules | 第70-71页 |
| ·BRIEF SUMMARY | 第71-73页 |
| CHAPTER 5 DECOLOURIZATION OF REAL TEXTILE WASTEWATER BY UASA REACTOR SYSTEM | 第73-87页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第73-74页 |
| ·MATERIALS AND METHODS | 第74-77页 |
| ·UASB Reactors | 第74页 |
| ·Additional Nutrients | 第74页 |
| ·Analytical Procedures | 第74页 |
| ·Chemicals | 第74-75页 |
| ·Experimental Procedure | 第75-77页 |
| ·RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第77-85页 |
| ·Reactor Startup for RTW | 第77-78页 |
| ·COD Removal Efficiency with RTW in Different Operating Conditions | 第78页 |
| ·Colour Removal Efficiency with RTW in Different Operating Conditions | 第78-80页 |
| ·Alkalinity, VFA and pH of Effluents in Different Operating Conditions with RTW | 第80-81页 |
| ·Reactor Startup for MRTW | 第81页 |
| ·COD removal efficiency with MRTW | 第81-82页 |
| ·Colour Removal Efficiency with MRTW | 第82-83页 |
| ·Alkalinity, VFA and pH of Effluents in Different Operating Stages with | 第83页 |
| ·Activities of Granules before and after Investigation | 第83-84页 |
| ·Bio-faces of granules in UASB reactor before and after treatment of textile wastewaters | 第84-85页 |
| ·BRIEF SUMMARY | 第85-87页 |
| CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 第87-89页 |
| REFERENCES | 第89-97页 |
| APPENDIX-A: COD DETERMINATION | 第97页 |
| APPENDIX-B: TOTAL PHOSPHORUS DETERMINATION | 第97-98页 |
| APPENDIX-C: CALIBRATION CURVES FOR RESIDUAL DYE ESTIMATION | 第98-100页 |
| APPENDIX-D: DYES USED IN THE TEXTILE FACTORY | 第100-101页 |
| PUBLICATIONS DURING THE STUDY | 第101页 |
