Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment

Water treatment industry worldwide including South East Asia IS facing high demand for synthetic coagulants for water treatment process. Research is continuously being done to find the best treatment methods and lower cost alternatives. Moringa oleifera seed could be a suitable natural alternative t...

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Main Authors: Ali, Eman N, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Salleh, Mohd Ramlan M.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IWA Publishing 2010
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author Ali, Eman N
Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Alam, Md. Zahangir
Salleh, Mohd Ramlan M.
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Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Alam, Md. Zahangir
Salleh, Mohd Ramlan M.
author_sort Ali, Eman N
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description Water treatment industry worldwide including South East Asia IS facing high demand for synthetic coagulants for water treatment process. Research is continuously being done to find the best treatment methods and lower cost alternatives. Moringa oleifera seed could be a suitable natural alternative to synthetic coagulants. This paper investigates processing Moringa oleifera seed in order to concentrate the bio-active constituents which have coagulation activity. The proposed method to isolate and purify the bio-active constituents is the cross flow filtration method, which produced the natural coagulant with very cost effective processing technique (oil extraction; salt extraction; and microfiltratlon through 0.20 ~Im). Coagulation activity was determined using conventional jar test procedures, and the major water quality control parameters monitored was the residual turbidity for river water with low initial turbidity. Results showed residual turbidity of less than 5 NTU which is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). The turbidity removal was 94.82% for river water of low initial turbidity of 44.2 NTU, without any chemicals added. The microfiitration method is considered to be a practical method which needs no chemicals added. The product is commercially valuable and can contribute to the economic development of South East Asian countries.
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spelling iium-301962021-06-10T03:28:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30196/ Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment Ali, Eman N Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Alam, Md. Zahangir Salleh, Mohd Ramlan M. TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes Water treatment industry worldwide including South East Asia IS facing high demand for synthetic coagulants for water treatment process. Research is continuously being done to find the best treatment methods and lower cost alternatives. Moringa oleifera seed could be a suitable natural alternative to synthetic coagulants. This paper investigates processing Moringa oleifera seed in order to concentrate the bio-active constituents which have coagulation activity. The proposed method to isolate and purify the bio-active constituents is the cross flow filtration method, which produced the natural coagulant with very cost effective processing technique (oil extraction; salt extraction; and microfiltratlon through 0.20 ~Im). Coagulation activity was determined using conventional jar test procedures, and the major water quality control parameters monitored was the residual turbidity for river water with low initial turbidity. Results showed residual turbidity of less than 5 NTU which is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). The turbidity removal was 94.82% for river water of low initial turbidity of 44.2 NTU, without any chemicals added. The microfiitration method is considered to be a practical method which needs no chemicals added. The product is commercially valuable and can contribute to the economic development of South East Asian countries. IWA Publishing 2010 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30196/1/Southeast_Asian_Water_Production_of_natural.pdf Ali, Eman N and Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu and Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah and Alam, Md. Zahangir and Salleh, Mohd Ramlan M. (2010) Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment. In: Southeast Asian Water Environment. IWA Publishing, London, pp. 135-139. ISBN 184339362X http://www.iwapublishing.com
spellingShingle TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
Ali, Eman N
Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Alam, Md. Zahangir
Salleh, Mohd Ramlan M.
Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment
title Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment
title_full Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment
title_fullStr Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment
title_full_unstemmed Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment
title_short Production of natural coagulant from Moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment
title_sort production of natural coagulant from moringa oleifera seed for drinking water treatment
topic TD201 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/30196/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/30196/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/30196/1/Southeast_Asian_Water_Production_of_natural.pdf