UPM Institutional Repository

Pilot scale microfiltration - coagulation for treatment of retention pond water.


Citation

Saed, Katayon and Megat Mohd Noor, Megat Johari and Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew and Salim, Mohd Razman and Hiroshi, Nagaoka and Hidenori, Aya (2004) Pilot scale microfiltration - coagulation for treatment of retention pond water. Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A, 39 (8). pp. 2129-2142. ISSN 1093-4529 ; ESSN: 1532-4117

Abstract

An evaluation of two commonly used coagulants, alum and ferric chloride was conducted to treat retention pond water using microfiltration. To determine the effectiveness of these coagulants in removing turbidity, color, and total suspended solids two different sets of the experiments were performed. Preliminary test was carried out to evaluate the optimum dosages of coagulants. Optimum turbidity removal was achieved with a 4 and 20 mg/L dosage for ferric chloride and alum, respectively. Generally, coupling microfiltration with coagulation using both alum and ferric chloride exhibited excellent effectiveness for turbidity, color, and total suspended solids removal. The efficiency for alum and ferric chloride for turbidity removal were 96 and 98%, respectively, which was greater than 89% removal using microfiltration alone. Furthermore, microfiltration only demonstrated 81 and 83% removal efficiency for color and total suspended solids removal, respectively. However, microfiltration–coagulation using alum and ferric chloride resulted about 83 and 93% color removal, and 92 and 94% total suspended solids removal, respectively.


Download File

Full text not available from this repository.

Additional Metadata

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: 10.1081/ESE-120039380
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: Microfiltration; Coagulation; Water treatment; Alum; Ferric chloride.
Depositing User: Fatimah Zahrah @ Aishah Amran
Date Deposited: 12 Nov 2013 04:56
Last Modified: 12 Nov 2013 04:56
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1081/ESE-120039380
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16225
Statistic Details: View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item