Treatment of Suspended Materials in Water using Natural Coagulants
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Coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation are widely used in water treatment to obtain pure
drinking water. Thus, efforts have made to find alternatives to alum. In this study, Starch and
Dextrin have been chosen as natural coagulants. A set of experiments were carried out, conditions
were varied in (30-500 NTU), and (5-10) for the water turbidity and acidity pH ,respectively.
The results showed that Lamella has the ability to increase the efficiency of sedimentation process
in flocculation/settling tank due to reduction in surface loading and increasing in a retention time .It
has also been observed that the efficiency of Lamella was ranged in (50-40%)compared with a Jar
test that has efficiency between (60-50%).
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