Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purification
The coagulation causes suspended material coalescence, which generally is done by adding chemical substances to the water. Nevertheless, since some of these substances have been associated to health problems, several researchers study as an alternative natural coagulants obtained from vegetables spe...
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| author | Lorena Fuentes Iván Mendoza Angela López María Castro Carlos Urdaneta |
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| description | The coagulation causes suspended material coalescence, which generally is done by adding chemical substances to the water. Nevertheless, since some of these substances have been associated to health problems, several researchers study as an alternative natural coagulants obtained from vegetables species. For this reason, it was evaluated the effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from the cactus Stenocereus griseus in water purification. For this, there were collected samples of natural crude water at the treatment plant of Pueblo Viejo (Zulia state, Venezuela) and from them they were prepared diluted waters with initial turbidity of 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 NTU. These waters were treated with different doses (300, 400, 500, and 600 ppm) of natural coagulant. pH, turbid, color, and alkalinity parameters were evaluated in the crude and treated waters. After the coagulant optimum dose was applied (300, 400, 500, and 600 ppm), turbidity removal percentages oscillated between 14.50 and 80.42% before purification simulation and between 69.27 and 96.46% after it. This demonstrated the effectiveness of the coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb. in water purification.
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| spelling | doaj.art-99d85bd8d0544ead9e46c21bfa881c532022-12-22T02:59:37ZengUniversidad del ZuliaRevista Técnica de la Facultad de Ingeniería0254-07702477-93772011-05-01341Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purificationLorena Fuentes0Iván Mendoza1Angela López2María Castro3Carlos Urdaneta4Universidad del Zulia-VenezuelaUniversidad del Zulia-VenezuelaUniversidad del Zulia-VenezuelaUniversidad del Zulia-VenezuelaUniversidad del Zulia-VenezuelaThe coagulation causes suspended material coalescence, which generally is done by adding chemical substances to the water. Nevertheless, since some of these substances have been associated to health problems, several researchers study as an alternative natural coagulants obtained from vegetables species. For this reason, it was evaluated the effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from the cactus Stenocereus griseus in water purification. For this, there were collected samples of natural crude water at the treatment plant of Pueblo Viejo (Zulia state, Venezuela) and from them they were prepared diluted waters with initial turbidity of 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 NTU. These waters were treated with different doses (300, 400, 500, and 600 ppm) of natural coagulant. pH, turbid, color, and alkalinity parameters were evaluated in the crude and treated waters. After the coagulant optimum dose was applied (300, 400, 500, and 600 ppm), turbidity removal percentages oscillated between 14.50 and 80.42% before purification simulation and between 69.27 and 96.46% after it. This demonstrated the effectiveness of the coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb. in water purification. https://www.produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/tecnica/article/view/6731water purificationnatural coagulantStenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb.Cactaceae |
| spellingShingle | Lorena Fuentes Iván Mendoza Angela López María Castro Carlos Urdaneta Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purification Revista Técnica de la Facultad de Ingeniería water purification natural coagulant Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb. Cactaceae |
| title | Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purification |
| title_full | Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purification |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purification |
| title_short | Effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb in water purification |
| title_sort | effectiveness of a coagulant extracted from stenocereus griseus haw buxb in water purification |
| topic | water purification natural coagulant Stenocereus griseus (Haw.) Buxb. Cactaceae |
| url | https://www.produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/tecnica/article/view/6731 |
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