TY  - JOUR
AB  - © 2017 Desalination Publications. All rights reserved. This study evaluated the performance of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and titanium sulphate (Ti(SO4)2) as coagulants to remove organic matter and solids from actual seawater. The coagulant performances were evaluated at different doses in terms of turbidity, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), humics (UV254), zeta potential and pH of the solution. The performance of Ti-salts were compared to ferric chloride (FeCl3), a commonly used coagulant. The results showed that at pH of 8.0 (closely similar to seawater pH), TiCl4 showed relatively better performance over FeCl3 and Ti(SO4)2 for the same coagulant dose of 20 mg/L. TiCl4 achieved a 70% DOC and UV254 removal. This was approximately two times higher than achieved by FeCl3 and Ti(SO4)2. Based on a floc zeta potential evaluation, the difference in performance of the coagulants were attributed to the coagulation mechanism. The coagulation mechanisms of Ti-salts were mainly charge neutralization while FeCl3was adsorption mechanism.
AU  - Shrestha, A
AU  - Naidu, G
AU  - Johir, MAH
AU  - Kandasamy, J
AU  - Vigneswaran, S
DA  - 2017/12/01
DO  - 10.5004/dwt.2017.21703
EP  - 97
JO  - Desalination and Water Treatment
PY  - 2017/12/01
SP  - 92
TI  - Performance of flocculation titanium salts for seawater reverse osmosis pretreatment
VL  - 98
Y1  - 2017/12/01
Y2  - 2026/07/09
ER  -