International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-5, January 2020 1929 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number: E6004018520/2020©BEIESP DOI:10.35940/ijrte.E6004.018520 Prediction of Paper Mill Wastewater Treatment Process Parameters in Sequencing Batch Reactor using Fuzzy Logic Technique Saranya S. N., S. Lakshmana Kumar, R. Raj Jawahar Abstract: Integrated paper and pulp mills utilize logs and wood chips for the production of paper. During the process, the expose of raw effluents affect the environmental factors. In this analysis, waste water from paper mills was processed with the SBR (sequencing batch reactor) cycle. The effect of microbes and aeration periods with varying amounts of waste water on the efficiency of SBRs has been evaluated. During the tests, removal efficiencies of COD, BOD and TDS have been tracked. For experimental design, study and optimization, Box-Behnken core composite architecture was implemented. To maximize SBR performance, Fuzzy logic control was used. The SBR demonstrated higher efficiency in removal output on the basis of the tests. At the optimum conditions of microbe dosage of 55 ml aeration time of 5 hrs and wastewater concentration of 75% and the SBR achieved maximum removal percentage of COD, BOD and TDSis 88.18%, 91.80% and 87.12%respectively. Keywords: Paper mill wastewater, Phenerocheteschrysosporium, Wastewater treatment, Sequencing batch reactor, Optimization, Fuzzy logic control I. INTRODUCTION The pulp and paper industry contains heavily toxic waste water in large quantities. Thanks to the implementation of strict regulations the pulp and paper sectors have been compelled in recent years to significantly reduce waste water discharge. Sustainable development and the increased awareness of the protection of natural resources has also brought public concern to a greater extent about bad pollution industries, especially in pulp and paper factories.The exponential increase in population and the increased demand for industrial facilities to satisfy human needs generated problems such as the use of available resources that led to soil, air and water contamination. The wood pulping and manufacturing of paper products lead to a significant amount of toxins, which are distinguished by BOD, COD, suspensive solids (SS), toxicity and color. One of the most water-dependent sectors is the pulp and paper industry. The P&P sector faces challenges today, though, to conform with strict environmental standards. Currently, 500 m 3 of water needed to produce a ton of paper have been cut down, but recent technological advances have taken the requisite quantity of water down to 15 m 3 . To reduce the environmental affecting impacts of the wastewater from the paper mill industry varies methods had been proposed to treat the waste water includes, Revised Manuscript Received on January 10, 2020. * Saranya S. N., Ph.D. & Research Scholar, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. S. Lakshmana Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. R. Raj Jawahar, CEO, Dynamech Design Solutions, Chennai, India. Chemical and electrochemical oxidation process, aerobic and anaerobic digestion, reverse osmosis, coagulation- flocculation and membrane process.Among the different existing process, SBR applied to remove the pollutants from the waste with higher removal efficiency. The SBR method contrasts with activated sludge technologies, since SBR integrates each processing unit into a single tank or tank, whereas conventional processes are focused on separate tanks. Usually, the SBR has five phases–charging, responding, setting, drawing and idling. SBR is an active sludge process which ensures aeration, reaction and loaming in the same tank. In addition, the minimum of operator activity needed good oxygen contact with microorganisms and substrate due to versatile treatment with differing flows, good removal performance. The performance of batch reactor series production in the biological treatment of waste water in olive mills was researched by Agostina Chiavola et al. (2014). They analyzed the impact on chemical oxygen demand and the elimination with polyphenols of various control organic loadings. More assessment through various steps of membrane separation (UF), nano-filtration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) pre-or post-treatment. SBR has announced the complete removal, with a median output of 90 per cent and 60 percent for COD and TPPs, of biodegradable organic content. Via coagulation, flow and sequencing of batch reactivity reactor cycle, F.El-Gohary.Tawfik (2009) researched the elimination of colored waste water and the reduction of COD. In the first step, the treatment of magnesium chloride with lime[ MgCl2/CaO], alum[Al2(SO4)3 and lime[ Cao] was done before the chemical treatments for effluent.. They used cationic polymer namely cytec to enhancing the effectiveness of the alum. The method of sequencing the batch reactor with effluents was chemically treated to HRT at 5.0 h. The total amount of residual COD and the total requirement for biochemical oxygen (Total BOD5 oxygen) in the final effluent was 78±7.7; the total capacity of elimination was 28±4.2 and 17±4.2 mg / l and that was 76.3 and 61.4 percent, respectively. Morgan-Sagastume and D. Fernando. Grant Allen (2003) investigated the impact on the output of an active slot-type system of regulated temperature transients. At the upper limit of mesophilic care (30-45oC), the results of a 10 ° C increase in the temperature and the 10 ° C rise on sludge activity, settling and biofloculation properties were measured. We have assessed the possible improvement in sludge robustness by adjusting it to temperature oscillations to accommodate temperature changes.