Description

This university-industry research project brings together researchers from the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB) in Côte d'Ivoire, the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Canada, and the TEX-CI Gonfreville company. The project has resulted in the development of a mobile unit for the electrolytic treatment of colored wastewater from the textile industry. The design and production of the prototype were informed by our research on innovative technologies for decontaminating various types of industrial and urban waste not connected to centralized treatment systems. The primary objective of the project is to evaluate the purification performance of an electrocoagulation process for treating industrial textile wastewater from the TEX-CI Gonfreville plant. This evaluation began at the laboratory scale and progressed to demonstration tests at a pilot site using a mobile prototype. The project also facilitated the training of two master’s students, a PhD candidate, and a technician from TEX-CI Gonfreville in electrotechnologies and decentralized sanitation—fields in which Côte d'Ivoire faces a critical shortage of expertise and qualified personnel.