The main objective of this research was to study the removal of turbidity and COD (chemical oxygen demand) from a synthetic water sample. The water sample was treated chemically by coagulation. Two inorganic coagula...The main objective of this research was to study the removal of turbidity and COD (chemical oxygen demand) from a synthetic water sample. The water sample was treated chemically by coagulation. Two inorganic coagulants were used, ferric chloride and the double salt potassium-aluminium sulphate. The optimum coagulant dosage and working pH were examined. The results for ferric chloride as coagulant showed that the maximum removal efficiency (%) of COD was achieved at pH 6 with a dosage of 100 mg-L-1 and the maximum removal efficiency (%) of turbidity at pH 5 with a dosage of 500 mg.L-1. For double salt, as coagulant, the maximum removal efficiencies (%) of COD and turbidity were achieved at pH 6 with a dosage of 3,500 mg.L-1. An extensive comparison with results from previous studies was also described in this research.展开更多
文摘The main objective of this research was to study the removal of turbidity and COD (chemical oxygen demand) from a synthetic water sample. The water sample was treated chemically by coagulation. Two inorganic coagulants were used, ferric chloride and the double salt potassium-aluminium sulphate. The optimum coagulant dosage and working pH were examined. The results for ferric chloride as coagulant showed that the maximum removal efficiency (%) of COD was achieved at pH 6 with a dosage of 100 mg-L-1 and the maximum removal efficiency (%) of turbidity at pH 5 with a dosage of 500 mg.L-1. For double salt, as coagulant, the maximum removal efficiencies (%) of COD and turbidity were achieved at pH 6 with a dosage of 3,500 mg.L-1. An extensive comparison with results from previous studies was also described in this research.