The Use of Roughing Filters in Water Purification | ||
| Scientific Journal of October 6 University | ||
| Article 6, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 50-58 PDF (1.7 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjou.2014.32690 | ||
| Authors | ||
| K. M. Adel1; M. S. Negm2; M. H. Abdelrazik2; E. S. Wahb2 | ||
| 1Faculty of Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo | ||
| 2Sanitary& Environment Engineering, Faculty of Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The objective of this research is to investigate the performance of various roughing filter configurations as pre-treatment for filtration process. UFRS has recorded the highest efficiency among the four RF configurations followed by the HFRS, DFRS, HFRS-IP (Hz roughing filter with inclined plates). Results revealed that the UFRS recorded average turbidity removal efficiency of 76.64, 83.02 and 87.88% at ROF 0.7m/h, 0.5m/h and 0.3m/h respectively. DFRS recorded average turbidity removal efficiency of 74.90, 76.19 and 78.59% at ROF 0.7m/h, 0.5m/h and 0.3m/h respectively. HFRS recorded average turbidity removal efficiency of 73.33, 76.80 and 80.73% at ROF 0.7m/h, 0.5m/h and 0.3m/h respectively. HFRS-IP recorded average turbidity removal efficiency of 69.88, 72.87 and 74.10 % at ROF 0.7m/h, 0.5m/h and 0.3m/h respectively. All configuration handled 30NTU influent turbidity without problems. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Roughing Filter; gravel filter; upflow; downflow; Horizontal Flow and inclined plates | ||
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