February 2003

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HP Water Management: Influent clarification

Surface water from lakes and rivers requires removal of suspended solids to be suitable for cooling systems or to feed softeners, demineralizers or reverse osmosis units. The convention..

Huchler, L. A., MarTech Systems, Inc.

Surface water from lakes and rivers requires removal of suspended solids to be suitable for cooling systems or to feed softeners, demineralizers or reverse osmosis units. The conventional method for removing these suspended solids is gravity clarification. Gravity clarifiers rely on chemical coagulants and flocculants to agglomerate suspended solids large enough to settle and be removed via blowdown. Surfaces of most suspended particles are negatively charged, resulting in particle repulsion. The coagulation process neutralizes this surface charge. Inorganic coagulant chemicals such as aluminum sulfate or ferric chloride

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