Posted in Activated carbon water treatment on 11/02/2009 06:54 am by admin
by the impure water which are very harmful to the life,So, people became very conscious about water especially drinking water.Water which look like drinkable may containing a harmful infectious viruses that will causes illness and many diseases.This small lakes,ponds,rivers,wells,springs were containing only 1% of water in it and 97% of water is find on the oceans.And the remaining were in the icy or frozen areas.Water treatment is the way where the water get purified from the impurities and bad odors.Sewages,industries waste water,dead animals and plant may pollute the surface water.leaks from the sewages and industrial wastes.there are many ways to pure the water,in that intake filtering is one of the method,through a tunnel or pipe line untreated water or raw water enters into the water treatment.debris prevent by entering the water treatment by the series of screens.An another ways is chemical treatment,in this treatment the raw water is pumped into the discharge bin and after that it given a several water treatment.To kill bacteria,viruses and other organisms disinfections such as iodine,chloride,chlorine di oxide, ozone were using.To remove the taste of chlorine from the water carbon and ammonia is usually added.To prevent tooth decay fluorides may uses sometime.carbons filters is another method it is powerful absorbents and it is using from many years to removing impurities.By adding a slightly positive electric charges to the carbon for remove impurities then it is said to be activated carbon.This type of carbon is used only for the standard home water filters.Purification of water is the most essential part of our life to live a healthy life without any harmful diseases.
Posted in Activated carbon water treatment on 10/12/2009 07:29 pm by admin
Carbon is used for many cleaning treatments whether they be for home or industry. Different sizes of carbon molecules are better than others for the different chores. The best size for activated carbon filter absorption in reference to activated carbon water treatment is the granulated size, although the other sizes are used depending on how large the water’s volume will be. A large pool or public drinking source may use a powder granulated carbon instead.
Using granular activated carbon is feasible due to the lower cost of producing the carbon that is used in activated carbon filters when compared to other possible water purification procedures. Most filters that can be purchased are embedded with granular activated carbon.
Activated carbon absorption is highly effective due to the numerous deep-set pores throughout the surface of each molecule, and due to its activation pulling the undesirable substances out of the contaminant solution. Something known as van der Waals forces are responsible for attracting the atoms involved to one another. This is a weak attractive force that occurs between non-polar molecules or atoms. The absorption rate eventually weakens and the carbons used, whether it is bulk activated carbon, activated carbon air, powder activated carbon or granular activated carbon will need to be replaced or replenished.
Activated carbon of any kind when used for treating water supplies can and does remove elements such as arsenic, chromium, mercury both organic and inorganic, benzene, endrin, lindate, methoxychlor, dichloroethane, trihalomethanes, toxaphene and others. Activated carbon water treatment also reduced foaming agents, color and odors from the treated water. The water being treated could be for drinking or it could be for cleaning water that has been used for the purpose of cleaning something else.
There are some items or contaminants that cannot be removed by activated carbon filtration. These items are sodium, nitrate, fluoride and a water’s hardness. To get the lead out the activated carbon water treatment needs further specialization worked into its filters or other water purification equipment.