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Gisselle Flores
Estefanía Túquerrez
Melissa Trujillo
• Definition
• Difference between coagulation and
flocculation
• Coagulation process in WWT
• Advantages and disadvantages of
coagulation
• Types of coagulants
INDEX • Organic
• Inorganic
• Coagulants aids
• Jar test
• Exercise
• Kahoot
• The small particles in
the water due to a
coagulant are put
together into larger,
heavier clumps which
settle out relatively
quickly.
DEFINITION
VIDEO
COAGULATION VS
FLOCCULATION
EFFECTIVENESS ●
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Coagulant dose
Laboratory jar test
TYPES OF COAGULANTS
ORGANIC
COAGULANTS
• More expensive
• Usually picked as a second choice in processes where alum
Aluminum Chloride can not be used.
Limestone and
Cationic,
Reduces powdered
anionic or
coagulant dose silica are also
nonionic
used
JAR TEST
• Pilot-scale test
• Determine the coagulation dose
and efficiency for a given water
sample.