Treatment of Domestic Wastewater Through a Pilot Treatment Plant That Applies Selective Ion Flow Cell Technology

The capacity to treat synthetic and real wastewater of a small-scale pilot wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) using the Selective Ion Flow Cells (SIFC) technology (SIC patent title 37239) was evaluated, for this purpose, a one-factorial experimental design was carried out with samples of synthetic wastewater prepared in the laboratory. The relevant factor used was the flow of the sample and the response variables were hydrogen production (clean energy) and different physicochemical parameters: COD, fats and oils, color, pH, conductivity and total solids. The results obtained show that the best flow to treat wastewater was 50 mL/min with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 5.33 hours, reducing synthetic wastewater quality parameters such as COD by 90.54 wt %, fats and oils by 93.8 wt %, apparent color by 90.7 %, true color by 85.4 %, conductivity by 80.9 % and total solids by 83.7 wt % which comply with resolution No. 0631 of 2015 for discharges in Colombia.