Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity
Turbidity from raw water is, usually, removed from by adding chemical coagulants. These chemicals are hazardous to human body and not much environmentally friendly. Therefore, this study was intended to discover microbial coagulant which would be a new replacement for the chemical coagulants. Th...
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| author | Al-Mamun, Abdullah Jebun, Nessa Alam, Md. Zahangir Ahmad Raus, Raha |
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| description | Turbidity from raw water is, usually, removed from by
adding chemical coagulants. These chemicals are hazardous to
human body and not much environmentally friendly. Therefore, this
study was intended to discover microbial coagulant which would be a
new replacement for the chemical coagulants. There are potential
microorganisms, those can produce bioactive compounds, which can
lead to different charges and surface properties. As such, the main
goal of this project was to reduce turbidity of river water using
natural coagulant. The discovered microbial coagulant showed
promising results which can be considered as safe and
environmentally friendly as compared to the conventional chemical
coagulants. Thus far, a potential fungal strain is successfully
identified which could reduce turbidity of water from 900 NTU to 54
NTU. It is expected that further optimization of the process
parameters will help reduce the turbidity of the water. However, the
full-scale application of the findings and the economic evaluation of
the new coagulant is not determined yet. |
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| spelling | iium-552152017-02-28T06:40:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55215/ Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity Al-Mamun, Abdullah Jebun, Nessa Alam, Md. Zahangir Ahmad Raus, Raha TD169 Environmental protection Turbidity from raw water is, usually, removed from by adding chemical coagulants. These chemicals are hazardous to human body and not much environmentally friendly. Therefore, this study was intended to discover microbial coagulant which would be a new replacement for the chemical coagulants. There are potential microorganisms, those can produce bioactive compounds, which can lead to different charges and surface properties. As such, the main goal of this project was to reduce turbidity of river water using natural coagulant. The discovered microbial coagulant showed promising results which can be considered as safe and environmentally friendly as compared to the conventional chemical coagulants. Thus far, a potential fungal strain is successfully identified which could reduce turbidity of water from 900 NTU to 54 NTU. It is expected that further optimization of the process parameters will help reduce the turbidity of the water. However, the full-scale application of the findings and the economic evaluation of the new coagulant is not determined yet. International Institute of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering (IICBEE) 2016-01-07 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55215/7/55215_Fungal%20Coagulant%20for%20Reduction%20of%20Water%20Turbidity.pdf Al-Mamun, Abdullah and Jebun, Nessa and Alam, Md. Zahangir and Ahmad Raus, Raha (2016) Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity. In: 3rd International Conference on Civil, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ICBEE-2016), 4th-5th Jan. 2016, Bali, Indonesia. http://iicbe.org/upload/8340C0216029.pdf 10.15242/IICBE.C0216 |
| spellingShingle | TD169 Environmental protection Al-Mamun, Abdullah Jebun, Nessa Alam, Md. Zahangir Ahmad Raus, Raha Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity |
| title | Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity |
| title_full | Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity |
| title_fullStr | Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity |
| title_short | Fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity |
| title_sort | fungal coagulant for reduction of water turbidity |
| topic | TD169 Environmental protection |
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