Purification of household greywater loaded with hair colorants by solar photocatalysis using TiO2-coated textile fibers coupled flocculation with chitosan》.pdf

Journal of Water Process Engineering 5 (2015) 15–27 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Water Process Engineering j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/jwpe Purification of household greywater loaded with hair colorants by solar photocatalysis using TiO2-coated textile fibers coupled flocculation with chitosan ∗ ˇ ´ ˇ ´ ´ Ivana Grcic , Domagoj Vrsaljko, Zvonimir Katancic, Sanja Papic University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Marulicev trg 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia ´ a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This study reports a possibility of the household greywater treatment by solar photocatalysis followed Received 1 July 2014 by flocculation with special emphasis on hair colorants and accompanying chemicals. The greywater Received in revised form of concern (hereafter: GW) was collected from the bathroom after hair dyeing, washing and rinsing. 15 December 2014 Its tentative composition was determined taking into account listed ingredients of used hair colorant, Accepted 20 December 2014 dyeing chemistry and measured values of surface tension, light absorption and scattering. In order to Available online 10 January 2015 assess the quality of the e