Control of Nanoparticle-Based Wastewater Treatment Plant

The new era of Nanotechnology has found wider applications in all domains of science and technology. The greatest advantage of using Nanoparticles is due to the properties of “Reusability” and “Change of properties in the Nanoscale”. These unique properties of Nanoparticles when clubbed with proper instrumentation may prove to be a valuable intervention in saving the water resources of the environment currently being polluted by the Dyeing Industries (Ong et al. in Water 3:157–176, 2011). Conventionally, Nanoparticles’ application in water treatment is generally limited to the filtration of drinking water. We are extending its scope to industrial effluent treatment since dye degradation is one valuable property of Nanoparticles. The organic dye “Congo Red” which is used by textile industries is left out in wastewater. This will be treated with Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles as part of the effluent treatment. Hence, this would result in achieving perfect color-free recycled water. We will be using a microcontroller to automate this process to improve the efficiency of the Nanoparticle reacting with the color dye in wastewater treatment.