Coagulant aids are chemicals added during water treatment that improve coagulation, build stronger flocs, overcome slow floc formation in cold water, reduce the amount of coagulant and sludge required. Common coagulant aids include lime, which increases alkalinity and positively charged particles to attract colloids, and bentonite clay, which joins with small flocs to make them heavier and settle more quickly.
Coagulant aids are chemicals added during water treatment that improve coagulation, build stronger flocs, overcome slow floc formation in cold water, reduce the amount of coagulant and sludge required. Common coagulant aids include lime, which increases alkalinity and positively charged particles to attract colloids, and bentonite clay, which joins with small flocs to make them heavier and settle more quickly.
Coagulant aids are chemicals added during water treatment that improve coagulation, build stronger flocs, overcome slow floc formation in cold water, reduce the amount of coagulant and sludge required. Common coagulant aids include lime, which increases alkalinity and positively charged particles to attract colloids, and bentonite clay, which joins with small flocs to make them heavier and settle more quickly.
Coagulant aids are chemicals added during water treatment that improve coagulation, build stronger flocs, overcome slow floc formation in cold water, reduce the amount of coagulant and sludge required. Common coagulant aids include lime, which increases alkalinity and positively charged particles to attract colloids, and bentonite clay, which joins with small flocs to make them heavier and settle more quickly.
Coagulant aids are chemicals which are added to water during coagulation to: 1) Improve coagulation; 2) Build a stronger, more settleable floc; 3) Overcome slow floc formation in cold water; 4) Reduce the amount of coagulant required; 5) Reduce the amount of sludge produced. Question 5 In what way the dosage of aluminium sulphate in the treatment process can be reduced? To determine the settings in percent stroke on a chemical feed pump (the chemical could be chlorine, polymer, potassium permanganate or any other chemical solution fed by a pump) for various doses of a chemical in milligrams per liter:
Question 6
Instead of Al 2 (SO 4 ) 3 , name another three coagulants that can be best used as coagulant aid.
Nearly all coagulant aids are very expensive, so care must be taken to use the proper amount of these chemicals. In many cases, coagulant aids are not required during the normal operation of the treatment plant, but are used during emergency treatment of water which has not been adequately treated in the flocculation and sedimentation basin. A couple of coagulant aids will be considered below. Lime is a coagulant aid used to increase the alkalinity of the water. The increase in alkalinity results in an increase in ions (electrically charged particles) in the water, some of which are positively charged. These positively charged particles attract the colloidal particles in the water, forming floc. Bentonite is a type of clay used as a weighting agent in water high in color and low in turbidity and mineral content. This type of water usually would not form floc large enough to settle out of the water. The bentonite joins with the small floc, making the floc heavier and thus making it settle more quickly.