International Science Community Association Research Journal of Chemical Sciences 2231 - 606X 5 10 2015 October 18 Treatment of textile Industry Waste water using Solar photo Catalysis 20 27 EN Shinde V.G. 1 * Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, 431004, MH, INDIA Ingale V.D. 2 RajbhojA.S. 3 Gaikwad S.T. 4 Runde M. 1 Department of Chemistry, Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola Adamawa State, NIGERIA KubmarawaD. 2 Maina H.M. 3 Diedhiou Djibril 1 Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle (LCA), ENSIACET, INP Toulouse, 4 Allée Emile Monso - BP 44362 - 31030 Toulouse Cedex 4, FRANCE Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et des Procédés Membranaires (LEPM), Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5085 Dakar-fann, SENEGAL DiattaMamadou Lamine 2 Faye Mamadou 3 Vilarem Gerard 4 SockOumar 5 Rigal Luc 6 ShamsaAl Sadi 1 Caledonian Centre for Creativity and Innovation, Caledonian College of Engineering, OMAN Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Caledonian College of Engineering, OMAN Geetha Devi.M 2 MurtuzaAli Syed 3 Feroz.S 4 Varghese. M.J. 5 > Research Paper 2015 9 10nd 2015 October 18 The present study investigated the application of solar photo catalysis in the treatment of textile industry wastewater using zinc oxide (ZnO) and Titanium dioxide (TiO) as photo catalysts. Thin films of nanometer precision were prepared by coating chitosan and catalyst inside the glass tubes by Layer-by-layer (L-b-L) technique. A recirculation reactor set up was fabricated using the coated glass tubes and the experimental studies were carried out under solar irradiation. The experimental results indicated an appreciable decrease in Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and turbidity within two hours of exposure under solar radiation. Copyright@ International Science Community Association