An experimental investigation on biopolymers application in water treatment
Sustainable process-product development & green chemistry
Sustainable & Clean Technologies-I: Extraction & Remediation (T1-4P)
Keywords: Water Treatment, Biopolymer, Polyelectrolyte, coagulant
Synthetic polyelectrolytes are widely used in water treatment as a coagulant or coagulant aid. They produce a lower volume of sludge compared with alum flocculation and their effectiveness is not much affected by the pH level of water. However, one drawback of these products is that their long-term effects on human health are not well understood.
Environmental investigations cause to develop green chemistry that indicates to apply environmental and harmless material in the industrial processes.
The biopolymers are a suitable replacement with Synthetic polyelectrolytes based on green chemistry in water treatment plant.
This article presents results of jar tests that compared biopolymer effectiveness in water treatment. The result shows they not only as effective as or even more effective than their counterparts at similar dosages, but they also do not cause any adverse effects to human health.
