Simultaneous decolorization of ternary dye mixture from aqueous solution by electrocoagulation

The current study focused on the treatment of a ternary mixture of dyes which includes Disperse Blue 56 (DB56), Basic Yellow 28 (BY28) and Acid Violet 90 (AV90) using the electrocoagulation (EC) process with iron electrodes. In the presence of all dye molecules, the optimum pH was found to be 6, optimum NaCl concentration was 3000 mg/dm3 and optimum current density was 8.66 mA/cm2. Under the optimized conditions in the case of 100 mg/dm 3 each dye concentration, the average colour removal efficiency was reached 93%. Dye concentration dependent highest COD removal efficiency was measured as 88.70% at 150 mg/dm3 dye concentration.