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Use of Coagulation for Post Treatment of UASB Effluent

Authors(3) :-Parth G. Tandel, Keval M. Tandel, Nirav D. Parmar

Exploratory experiments were performed to test the feasibility of coagulation and flocculation as a post treatment process for the effluent of an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor treating domestic sewage. Commonly used coagulants [Alum, Polyaluminium Chloride (PAC)] were utilized in a series of jar tests to determine the optimum coagulant dose. The optimum chemical dosage was 500 mg/L to 600mg/L for [Alum, Polyaluminium Chloride (PAC)] respectively.It was found that all the tested coagulants were effective in reducing the effluent BOD ,COD and SS Coagulation treatment is also efficient in reduction of nutrient from wastewater because by coagulation we can reduce Phosphorous and Nitrogen up to 85-92 % and 75-85% respectively. It was found Coagulation give better results than aeration for post treatment of UASB effluent.

Authors and Affiliations

Parth G. Tandel
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Dr. S. and S. S. Ghandhy Government Engineering College, Surat, India
Keval M. Tandel
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Government Engineering College, Surat, India.
Nirav D. Parmar
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Dr. S. and S. S. Ghandhy Government Engineering College, Surat, India

UASB, Coagulation, Alum, PACL, Post treatment, Aeration

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 6 | September-October 2017
Date of Publication : 2017-10-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 1269-1272
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET2310555
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

Cite This Article :

Parth G. Tandel, Keval M. Tandel, Nirav D. Parmar, " Use of Coagulation for Post Treatment of UASB Effluent, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 6, pp.1269-1272, September-October-2017. Journal URL : https://res.ijsrset.com/IJSRSET2310555
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