Open AccessMoringa Oleifera seeds and Chitosan as alternatives to conventional coagulation agents
Author(s) -
Tomáš Kučera,
Lucie Hofmanová
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/800/1/012032
Subject(s) - moringa , chitosan , coagulation , turbidity , raw water , chitin , pulp and paper industry , raw material , chemistry , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , food science , biology , organic chemistry , ecology , psychiatry , psychology
This article discusses the possibilities of using natural polymers in the water treatment process to replace conventional chemical-based reagents. Mainly part of article presented the results of a laboratory-scale research focused on the use of alternative coagulants in water treatment. Attention was particularly paid to natural cation coagulants derived from Moringa oleifera seeds and chitin. These two coagulant agents were used in laboratory research for treating real raw water. Several series of laboratory jar tests were performed to identify the effectiveness of the selected coagulants in removing turbidity from water.