Research Article

A Performance Comparison of Anaerobic and an Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Biological Reactor System for the Effective Treatment of Textile Wastewater

Table 2

Functional groups and compounds observed through FT-IR analysis.

Peak ValueIntensityFunctional group

100 mg/L mixed Azo dyes standard
1636StrongC=C
3326Broad, strongO-H
Treated effluent (100 mg/L)
3448.44Strong, broadN-H
3160.58StrongC-H
1104.62MediumC-N
1636.97MediumC=C
1400.36StrongS=O
Treated effluent (500 mg/L)
3443.39Broad, mediumO-H
1400.64Medium, sharpO-H
1651.83MediumC=C