Questions

1. Please draw the process flow diagram (PFD) of industrial water purification based on
the jar testers.
2. Please describe the change in the waste water during the whole process. What caused
this phenomenon?
3. Please specify how much impurity was removed after adding FeCl3 with different
dosage when the initial pH of waste water is fixed. What was the reaction efficiency
at the different dosage of FeCl3? Please find the optimal dosage of FeCl3 in this case
as excess iron ions in the treated water is undesirable.
4. Please investigate the effect of initial pH of waste water on purification when the
dosage of FeCl3 was fixed. Did lower initial pH of waste water result in better
purification? Why? Any possible ways to further optimize the purification?
5. Please determine the correlation between UV spectrums and impurity concentration of
filtrate.
6. Did the turbidity, pH, and residual reactant concentration values conform to the
regulatory norms for waste water release? Please refer to the relevant literature or
governmental requirements.
7. Here is a case for chemical handling in industrial water purification. There will be
300,000 gallons waste water needing to be treated per day, and the jar test results
indicated that the required dosage of FeCl3 was 23 mg/L. The specific gravity and
concentration of FeCl3 solution are 1.5 and 45%, respectively. Please answer the
following questions.
1. a) Calculate the pounds per day of FeCl3 that must be added to the wastewater
flow
2. b) Calculate the weight in pounds of a gallon of the FeCl3 solution
3. c) Calculate the pounds of dry FeCl3 per gallon of the solution

d) Calculate the number of gallons of the FeCl3 solution that must be fed per day
8. 120 gallons/day of a ferric chloride solution was fed into a flow of 2.5 million gallons per
day. The ferric chloride solution had a concentration of 40 % and a specific gravity of 1.43.

Please calculate the chemical dosage in mg/L.