{"title":"Application of horizontal series filtration in greywater treatment: a semi-industrial study","authors":"M. Bahrami, M. Amiri, Morteza Badkubi","doi":"10.1080/13241583.2020.1824610","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT One of the important alternative water sources for non-potable purposes is greywater, but needs to remove contaminants. The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of a horizontal series filter (HSF) consists of sand, zeolite (Z), pumice (P), and granular activated carbon (GAC) to analyse the chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), total dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity, and pH in greywater samples from Fasa University Student Hostel, Iran. Recycling treatment was performed by passing the greywater through filters. After the last filter, treated greywater was returned into the main tank. The system was run at filtration rate of 2.94 m3 day−1. The analysis of the data from the filtration tests showed that GAC is the best adsorbent for removing COD, BOD5, and TDS from greywater, followed by zeolite. Whereas, pumice is more advisable to remove turbidity. However, due to the different mass of adsorbents in the filters, pumice showed a higher adsorption capacity than zeolite. Generally, the triple combination of GAC+Z + P represented the best performance in the reduction of COD, BOD5, TDS, turbidity up to 90.42%, 91.43%, 82.95%, and 90.27%, respectively. Therefore, the studied system can be implemented in public places to greywater treatment and reuse.","PeriodicalId":51870,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Water Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13241583.2020.1824610","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australasian Journal of Water Resources","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2020.1824610","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"WATER RESOURCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT One of the important alternative water sources for non-potable purposes is greywater, but needs to remove contaminants. The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of a horizontal series filter (HSF) consists of sand, zeolite (Z), pumice (P), and granular activated carbon (GAC) to analyse the chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), total dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity, and pH in greywater samples from Fasa University Student Hostel, Iran. Recycling treatment was performed by passing the greywater through filters. After the last filter, treated greywater was returned into the main tank. The system was run at filtration rate of 2.94 m3 day−1. The analysis of the data from the filtration tests showed that GAC is the best adsorbent for removing COD, BOD5, and TDS from greywater, followed by zeolite. Whereas, pumice is more advisable to remove turbidity. However, due to the different mass of adsorbents in the filters, pumice showed a higher adsorption capacity than zeolite. Generally, the triple combination of GAC+Z + P represented the best performance in the reduction of COD, BOD5, TDS, turbidity up to 90.42%, 91.43%, 82.95%, and 90.27%, respectively. Therefore, the studied system can be implemented in public places to greywater treatment and reuse.
期刊介绍:
The Australasian Journal of Water Resources ( AJWR) is a multi-disciplinary regional journal dedicated to scholarship, professional practice and discussion on water resources planning, management and policy. Its primary geographic focus is on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Papers from outside this region will also be welcomed if they contribute to an understanding of water resources issues in the region. Such contributions could be due to innovations applicable to the Australasian water community, or where clear linkages between studies in other parts of the world are linked to important issues or water planning, management, development and policy challenges in Australasia. These could include papers on global issues where Australasian impacts are clearly identified.