Characterization and Treatment of Real Wastewater from an Electroplating Company by Raw Chitin

The objective of this chapter is to study of the heavy metal removal in real waste water. The use of the raw chitin shows itself of big potential for the treatment of the liquid discharges of the studied unity. It showed itself capable to treating heavy metal loads superior to 200 mg/l by presenting percentage removal between 90 and 97%, as in the case of Cu2+. After the study performed on the global discharge, we were interested in the local treatment that rinses out plating baths, and this is the aim to optimize the treatment process and develop a project of treatment plant, recycling in situ based on the adsorption technique on raw chitin. Examination of the results allowed us to save significant percentages of sewage treated for metals mainly copper. Raw chitin showed a high affinity toward heavy metals in rinsing water supply. According to this study, the design of a treatment facility of this type of release must include a waste water treatment by adsorption on chitin. The valuation of the raw chitin is situated in this context as an economically adsorbing material, which can be an interest at the level of the recovery of heavy metals in waste water