Natural way effluent treatment using fractal dimension

Tannery effluent (sludge, wastewater) is treated by natural way. The waste sludge has been taken for the following two experiments, namely Neutralization process and Ferric alum treatment process. The alkali chemicals neutralized by pyroligneous acid which is obtained by pyrolysis process of wood. This sludge is sent out for drying. The dried sludge contains some biological waste and other organic compounds. So it is very good manure to plants. We studied changes of pore space of a sludge by image analysis, and also assessed the applicability of fractal scaling of pore surfaces. Lacunarity shows the size distribution of the holes. If the Lacunarity increases, the dimension also increases. The calculated pore surface dimension showing that the surface exhibit fractal structure. This study demonstrates that applicability of fractal scaling for evaluating pore space of the two sludge image.