Use of Natural Coagulants in Waste Water Treatment

Authors : SM SAMIN ISHRAQ, SK. RAKIBUL ISLAM

Abstract
In our country, we need to use our surface water sources therefore save Source of Water : Hatirjhil (Rampura) Color Comparison Dose added vs Final Turbidity
Water quantity : 200 mL 55.8 53
our water bodies which are contaminated due to disposal of 140
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49.9
46.7

Turbidity(NTU)
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uncontrolled domestic and industrial waste water. So waste water Coagulant : 1 g Moringa seed (approximately) 120 40 33.6 37.3
treatment is a must duty to us. Coagulation is a conventional step of Settling Period : 1 hour 30

Color(Pt-Co
water purification and bio-coagulants are new horizon to go green. 100

Performance of Moringa Seed

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Cicer arietinum, which is known as chickpea and Moringa oleifera seed 10

Unit)
80
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can be used for the waste water treatment. Here we presented a Sample : Surface Water 60
39 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
comparison between a conventional coagulant (Alum) and these natural Turbidity: 9.9 NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit) 29
coagulants on the basis of some major treatment criteria. Color: 123 Pt-Co unit (Platinum-Cobalt Unit)
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Dose Added(mg/L)
Moringa oleifera Optimum Dose vs. Initial Turbidity 0 Initial 210 NTU
SOURCE SEEDED FILTERED ALUM
Moringa oleifera grows abundantly in tropical and
Workability in Lower pH We conducted more of these tests on synthetic samples of different turbidity
subtropical regions of the world and grows fast. In
and found a workable equation where we can get optimum dose of chickpea for
recent years the water clarifying ability of the
aforesaid material was found to be due to Sample :Synthetic acidic Sample (Sulphuric Acid) surface sample of any turbidity with removal percentage around 80%
positively charged protein called Moringa oleifera Turbidity: 66 NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit)
cationic protein. pH : 1.9, 4.1, 6
Alum Turbidity (NTU) Seed Turbidity (NTU)
Cicer arietinum 29 29

Optimum Dose
The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume of 28
the family Fabaceae. Its different types are
variously known as gram or Bengal gram. Indian
subcontinent produces major portion of total
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chickpea production in the world.
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Our Perception Initial Turbidity
Our basic motive is to create an alternative for conventional alum. So
we took different types of waste water and conducted tests on them Impact and Feasibility
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and tried to figure out a usage structure for these bio coagulants. Main pH
priorities are, These natural coagulants are available in our country and shows
Test procedure very good performance therefoe can be a cheap alternative to
Surface water Treatment conventional synthetic coagulants.
Industrial Waste Water Treatment
Tannery Water Treatment At present we are working on tannery water treatment through
chickpea and results are promising. Besides we have published
Preparation Before Application Change in pH Level our very own journal paper on the performance of Moringa seeds
as bio-coagulant.
Chickpea Extracted Moringa seed pH vs Seed Dose
We set the speed at 250 rotation per minute for 1 minutes Conclusion
7 and after that 40 rotations per minute for 15 minutes and The use of natural coagulants reduces the turbidity of water sample remarkably. But
allowed them to settle for 30 min the performance is not as significant as that of Alum. But it is of greater concern
6.8 that these are available in the nature. Whereas, the Alum has to be synthesized in
Grinded Air dried the lab and improvement of these bio-logical coagulants can be a key to save our
6.6 Performance of Chickpea as Coagulant rivers as well as we have a huge supply of chickpeas .
Powdered Sample : Synthetic sample
6.4
Cickpea/Moringa
0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.02 0.025 Turbidity: 210 NTU, 120 NTU
pH : 6.5-7
Acknowledgement

Workability Turbidity Comparison Dose added vs. Final Turbidity

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Turbidity(NTU)

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9 Removal of total suspended solid by natural coagulant derived from cassava peel
Turbidity(NTU)

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20 waste-S Mohd-Asharuddin, N Othman, N S Mohd-Zin and H A Tajarudin.
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 Sk. Rakibul Islam, SM SaminIshraq, Prottoy Kumar
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5 SarkerShadmanKaiser,‘GrindedMoringa Seeds as Bio-CoagulantCompared

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Initial 80 NTU Dose Added(mg/L)
SOURCE SEEDED FILTERED ALUM