The flocculation of paint wastewater using inorganic salts
Date
2006-02-14
Authors
Fasemore, Olufemi Alexander
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Abstract
Wastewater is generated in the production of water-based paints when vessels and filling lines are washed in between batches. This results in a dilute paint wastewater stream. This dissertation concerns the study of the treatment of wastewater, using flocculation and coagulation processes. Standard jar test were
used in screening the flocculants. The inorganic flocculants used were ferric chloride (FeCl3) and aluminium sulphate (Al2(SO4)3) A thermodynamic model is developed for understanding the coagulation and flocculation process for inorganic flocculants. Properties such as the effect of bulk concentration, pH and feed concentration of flocculant on wastewater were investigated. The impact of kinetics and other properties such as the influence of redox potential on flocculation experiments are also evaluated in order to have an understanding of the properties that influence the flocculation of wastewater. It was found that thermodynamics could be used to predict gross flocculation
behaviour. However mixing and the rate of the nucleation and growth of flocs are also important and need to be controlled for efficient and reproducible flocculation.
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Master of Science in Engineering - Engineering
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salts, inorganic, wastewater, Paint, flocculation