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Title:	Coagulation in waste water treatment
Author:	Westerhoff, Garret P.
View Online:	njit-etd1968-003 ([6], 36 pages ~ 2.5 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Civil Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Civil Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Metzger, Ivan (Committee chair) Dresnack, Robert (Committee member)
Date:	1968
Keywords:	Water--Purification.
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	This paper emphasizes a practical approach to the coagulation of domestic waste water. A portion of the paper is a synopsis of current published literature on the subject. Laboratory studies on the coagulation of raw domestic waste waters were conducted to provide the basis of a practical procedure for the evaluation and design of a coagulation process. Studies included the development of a relationship between the B.O.D. and the soluble and solids portion of two waste tests. The jar test was used for the studies on the coagulation process. The final section of the paper outlines the chemical cost factors involved in process selection.