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Characteristics of textile printing and dyeing wastewater:

—— Industry problems of "high water volume, high pollution, and high volatility"

Large water volume: 70-200m³ of water are used for every ton of fabric produced, which is equivalent to 10-30 20m³ water trucks fully loaded to transport the dyeing and finishing water for this ton of fabric. The amount of water used for textile dyeing and finishing in the world is about 5×10⁹ cubic meters per year, which is equivalent to the capacity of 200,000 standard Olympic swimming pools. Such a huge amount of water determines that printing and dyeing factories must be equipped with large-flow collection pipe networks, equalization tanks and efficient treatment equipment to ensure that the dual goals of production and environmental protection are easily achieved.
High-color, high-concentration organic pollution: Dyes, auxiliaries, printing and dyeing slurries and other organic matter content is extremely high, chemical oxygen demand (COD) is usually above 2,000-5,000mg/L; biochemical oxygen demand (BOD₅) is 800-1,500mg/L; color can reach 500-2,000 degrees, and conventional biochemical treatment is difficult to completely remove.
High salt, high suspended solids: bleaching, color fixation and other processes produce a large amount of sodium salts, sulfates, and chlorides, which can make the conductivity exceed 6,000μS/cm; the suspended solids (SS) content can reach 200-500mg/L, which can easily cause membrane blockage and sedimentation system overload.
pH and temperature fluctuate violently: The pH range of process wastewater is often between 4.0-11.0, and the temperature can be as high as 40-60℃. Direct discharge will seriously damage the activity and efficiency of downstream biological treatment units.
Large fluctuations in water quality and obvious impact loads: With the dyeing batches and process switching, the wastewater volume fluctuations can reach a peak-to-valley ratio of more than 3:1, and the instantaneous COD concentration may exceed 10,000mg/L, which poses a great challenge to the stable operation of subsequent treatment facilities.

Huadian Capabilities

As an industry-leading water treatment general contracting expert, Huadian has been deeply involved in the textile printing and dyeing field for many years and has a full-process one-stop turnkey service capability from process design, equipment manufacturing to engineering construction and operation and maintenance. Our core advantages include:

Customized process design

Based on online water quality monitoring and big data models, flexible configuration of combined processes such as "anaerobic-aerobic-advanced oxidation-membrane separation" to achieve COD, chromaticity, total phosphorus, SS and other indicators once reached.

Application of cutting-edge membrane technology

Innovative introduction of anti-pollution ultrafiltration/reverse osmosis membrane components to intercept high-concentration organic micropollutants, achieve a chromaticity removal rate of more than 99%, effluent COD≤30mg/L, conductivity<200μS/cm, suspended solids<1mg/L, easily meeting local regulations and corporate reuse needs.

Energy and resource recovery

Through sludge resource technology, the sludge produced by treatment is converted into high-value-added building materials or organic fertilizers.

Intelligent operation and maintenance control

The whole plant is installed with an intelligent platform to monitor water quality parameters and equipment status in real time, automatically adjust the dosage of reagents and the aeration intensity of the fan, ensure the stable operation of the system 365×24h, and significantly reduce the operating cost.

Huadian Commitment

Choosing Huadian means choosing a comprehensive solution for textile printing and dyeing wastewater with "precise management, efficient compliance, green and low-carbon, and full-process trusteeship"! We will help your company move towards a new era of clean production with "zero emissions, zero pollution, and zero concerns" with our strong technical strength and considerate operation and maintenance services.

Textile industry cases

A Chinese governmental printing and dyeing textile wastewater treatment and reuse project (secondary contracting project)

A Chinese governmental printing and dyeing textile wastewater treatment and reuse project (secondary contracting project)

Project type:

General contracting

Project scale and process:

Daily wastewater volume8500t,Daily discharge volume2500t,Daily reuse volume6000t, Collecting tank → mechanical grille → cooling → equalization tank → coagulation and sedimentation → A/O process → MBR → ultrafiltration → RO → reuse

Influent water quality:

Temperature ℃ 65.8pH:10.2Conductivity μS/cm 2500SS mg/L 950BOD5 mg/L 875COD mg/L 2080Chloride mg/L 750Ammonium nitrogen mg/L 75Total phosphorous mg/L 30Sulfate mg/L 360Grease mg/L 60

Effluent water quality:

COD:<50mg O₂/LNH3→N:<5mg/LSS:<1mg/LConductivity:<200μS/cmChromaticity:<10mg Pt/LpH:6.5~9
Zhejiang xxx Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang xxx Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd.

Project type:

General contracting

Project scale and process:

Daily wastewater volume5000t,Daily discharge volume1900t,Daily reuse volume3100t, Collecting tank → mechanical grille → equalization tank → drum filter → air flotation → A/O process → MBR → ultrafiltration → RO → reuse

Influent water quality:

Temperature:33.6℃pH:8.33Conductivity:2080μS/cmSS:3758mg/LBOD5:184mg/LCOD:480mg/LChloride:374mg/LAmmonium nitrogen:30mg/LTotal phosphorous:5mg/LSulfate:200mg/LGrease:30mg/L

Effluent water quality:

COD:<50mg O₂/LNH3→N:<5mg/LSS:<1mg/LConductivity:<200μS/cmChromaticity:<10mg Pt/LpH:6.5~9
Zhejiang xxx Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang xxx Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd.

Project type:

General contracting

Project scale and process:

Daily wastewater volume10000t,Daily discharge volume4000t,Daily reuse volume6000t, Collecting tank → mechanical grille → equalization tank → cooling → hydrolysis acidification → A/O process → MBR → ultrafiltration → RO → reuse

Influent water quality:

Temperature:53℃pH:6→6.5Conductivity:3800μS/cmSS:300mg/LBOD5:950mg/LCOD:3500mg/LChloride:910mg/LAmmonium nitrogen:55mg/LTotal phosphorous:30mg/LSulfate:580mg/LGrease:160mg/L

Effluent water quality:

COD:<50mg O₂/LNH3→N:<5mg/LSS:<1mg/LConductivity:<200μS/cmChromaticity:<10mg Pt/LpH:6.5~9
Poland Zwoltex Sp z.o.o.

Poland Zwoltex Sp z.o.o.

Project type:

General contracting

Project scale and process:

Daily wastewater volume 800t,Daily discharge volume 200t,Daily reuse volume 600t, Collecting tank → mechanical grille → equalization tank → drum filter → intermediate water tank → air flotation → anoxic tank → aerobic tank → MBR tank → MBR water production tank → ultrafiltration → RO → reuse

Influent water quality:

Temperature:33℃pH:9.5TDS:4520mg/LSS:93mg/LBOD5:350mg O2/LCOD:824mg O2/LTotal nitrogen:24.3mg/LTotal phosphorous:6.88mg/L

Effluent water quality:

COD:<30mg O2/LTotal nitrogen:<5mg/LSS:<1mg/LConductivity:<200μS/cmChromaticity:<10mg Pt/LpH:6.5~9
A printing and dyeing textile factory sewage and reuse treatment station project

A printing and dyeing textile factory sewage and reuse treatment station project

Project type:

General contracting

Project scale and process:

6,000 tons/day, daily discharge volume of 2,500 tons, daily reuse volume of 3,500 tons. Separation pretreatment + cooling + high-efficiency flocculation sedimentation + deep anaerobic biochemical + multi-stage AO biochemical treatment + high-efficiency flocculation sedimentation + MBR membrane treatment + ultrafiltration filtration + reverse osmosis technology

Effluent water quality:

pH: 6.5~8.5Chroma: ≤10SS: ≤10 mg/LHardness (calculated as CaCO3): ≤150 mg/LIron: ≤0.1 mg/LManganese: ≤0.1 mg/L
Wastewater treatment station project of a knitting group company

Wastewater treatment station project of a knitting group company

Project type:

General contracting

Project scale and process:

3,000 tons/day, flotation + biochemical + sand filtration

Effluent water quality:

pH: ≤6~9Suspended solids: ≤400 mg/LBOD5: ≤300 mg/LCOD: ≤500 mg/LAmmonia nitrogen: ≤45 mg/LTotal nitrogen: ≤70 mg/LTotal phosphorus: ≤8 mg/L
A printing and dyeing textile factory wastewater and reuse treatment station project

A printing and dyeing textile factory wastewater and reuse treatment station project

Project type:

General contracting

Project scale and process:

Daily treatment capacity 4,500 tons, daily standard discharge capacity 2,500 tons, daily reuse capacity 2,000 tons. Equalization tank-shallow pool flotation-cooling system-hydrolysis acidification-contact oxidation-secondary sedimentation tank-dissolved air flotation-MBR tank-ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis-reuse

Effluent water quality:

pH: 6.5~8.5Chroma: ≤10SS: ≤10 mg/LHardness (calculated as CaCO3): ≤150 mg/LIron: ≤0.1 mg/LManganese: ≤0.1 mg/L

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