To have good sedimentation ...
Published by Marina Vasiljevic, Sole Proprietor at M ENGINEERING ZONE
To have good sedimentation in clarifier you need to use coagulants and flocculant aid. It is recommended to first insert rapid mixing unit with coagulant dosing and after it a flocculation chambers where the formed flocs will grow in size.
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I totally agree with Marina!
Published by Kurt Rasmussen, P.Eng., Specialist Engineer, Water & Wastewater Engineering, SaskWater
Thank you all for your answer.I want to say that I have over 20 years of experience in water treatment
In this case we are talking about clarifiers with a trapezoidal cross-section with a base width of 18 m and a water mirror of 30 m,the length is 750 m and no reaction chamber.
The sludge that gathers is cleaned annually with the dear river.It is difficult to place ordinary mixers because it lifting deposits from the bottom of clarifiers. We do not need a flocculant because decanting is done gravitationally over the length of decanters (1.5 kilometers) and water quality is very good.
What we want is to optimize the amount of coagulant and so we need a solution to better mix the coagulant with water.
Published by ANGHEL DANIELA, Eng
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For coagulation you could also use hydraulic jump instead of rapid mixers. The coagulant optimisation is possible but some parameters are needed like water flow and its fluctuation, turbidity and suspended solids, pH etc...
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Published by Marina Vasiljevic, Sole Proprietor at M ENGINEERING ZONE