THE USE OF PEANUT AND SESAME SEEDS AS NATURAL COAGULANT IN THE WATER TREATMENT
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Natural coagulants are now proving to be good substitutes for chemical coagulants due to their availability, cost effectiveness, nontoxic and biodegradable natures. In this research work, the treatment of highly turbid surface water by coagulation method with sesame and peanut seeds as a natural coagulant has been investigated. This study investigates the potential, suitability, effectiveness and efficiency of sesame and peanut seeds as an environmental friendly and natural coagulant for the treatment of high turbid water, and the effect of each one of the coagulant on the pH of the water, as well as a comparison between the two
natural coagulant as which one is more effective in removing the turbidity from water. The sesame and peanut seeds have been used after extraction of the active coagulation component by distilled water and salt solution. The results obtained from the jar test showed that peanut seeds extracted with KCL could effectively remove 88.3% of the 340 NTU turbidity using only dosage of 20 mg/l, while sesame seeds extracted could remove only 79.7% of the 344 NTU turbidity using dosage of 60 mg/l . Moreover, the results
showed that the peanut seed is more effective in removing the turbidity from water more than the sesame seeds as it is not that effective in removing turbidity from water. So, it has been demonstrated, in this work, that peanut seed is one of the promising natural coagulants for water treatment.
