A COMPREHENSIVE LABORATORY REPORT

On

BATCH
SEDIMENTATION
CARRIED OUT BY:

TOGUN Iyanuoluwa John

18/30GM066
Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering & Technology
University of Ilorin

CHE 383 (Group D)

DATE OF EXPERIMENT: 18th August, 2021

DATE OF SUBMISSION: 3rd September, 2021

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE COURSE REQUIREMENT FOR CHE 383

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 ABSTRACT
Batch Sedimentation is a major form of separation also known as settling, also it can
be defined as the removal of solid particles from a suspension by settling under gravity. Batch
sedimentation has been widely used in the separation of flocculated suspension into a very
concentrated sediment and a clear liquid which in this case is water. However, a perfect
liquid-solid layer should be obtained but there may be some fine solid particles in the liquid
layer and some of the liquid might contain some particle of the solids.
This report documents the determination of settling velocity as a function of
concentration using chalk slurry. Also in this report the material used is chalk.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS PAGE
Title page i
Abstract
ii
Table of contents iii
List of table(s) iv
List of figures v
List of symbols vi

CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Aims and Objectives 2
1.2 Significance/Importance of the Experiment 2
1.3 Limitation of the Experiment 3

CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Background Theory 4

CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Description of Apparatus
7
3.1 Experimental procedure 9

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Experimental Result/Calculation 10
4.1 Calculations 10
4.2 Discussion of Result 21

CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Conclusion 22
5.1 Recommendation 22
5.2 References 22

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 LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO TITLE PAG
E
Table 4.1 DATA OBTAINED FOR DIFFERENT % OF w/w CHALK 10
SUSPENSION
Table 4.2 TABLE OF VALUES FOR V si AND C i FOR DIFFERENT % 15
OF w/w CHALK SUSPENSION
Table 4.3 TABLE OF VALUES FOR W i AND V si FOR DIFFERENT % 19
OF w/w CHALK SUSPENSION

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 LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO. TITLE PAG
E
1.1 Sketch showing different stages of Batch Sedimentation 1
2.1 Settling Zones Present In a Sedimentation Tube 6
3.1 Graduated Cylinder 7
3.2 Stop watch 7
3.3 Chalk 7
3.4 Weighing balance 8
3.5 Mortal & Pestle 8
3.6 Meter rule 8
3.7 Vernier Calliper 9

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 LIST OF SYMBOLS
SYMBOLS DESCRIPTION
t Time
Zo Height of clear liquid layer
V si Velocity
C Concentration
Wi Mass Flux or Mass Velocity

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