First International Conference on MOLDAVIAN RISKS – FROM ...
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>First</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>MOLDAVIAN</strong> <strong>RISKS</strong> - <strong>FROM</strong> GLOBAL TO LOCAL SCALE<br />
16-19 May 2012, Bacau, Romania<br />
COMPARATIVE STUDY VIEWING THE EFFICIENCY OF<br />
THE GRANULAR FILTERS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF<br />
THE FILTER MATERIAL<br />
Oana (Irimia) Tirtoaca, Valentin Nedeff, Mirela Panainte<br />
“Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Department of Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Engineering and<br />
Mechanical Engineering<br />
Corresp<strong>on</strong>ding author: Tirtoaca (Irimia) Oana, oana.tartoaca@ub.ro<br />
Abstract: Water’s quality can be defined through a series of properties that limit the<br />
water’s exploitati<strong>on</strong>. In order to accomplish the accordance with quality standards required<br />
for a specific demand (potable water, industrial water of different categories, ultrapure<br />
water), the c<strong>on</strong>tinental surface water is treated through a sequence of operati<strong>on</strong>s and unit<br />
processes. The technological installati<strong>on</strong> of treatment accomplishes, partially or totally, the<br />
disposal of the pollutants, every treatment proceeding being used for improving <strong>on</strong>e or<br />
more qualitative parameter. The chosen treatment proceeding is specific to the type of the<br />
alimentati<strong>on</strong> source and to the followed purpose (the producti<strong>on</strong> of the potable water, of<br />
industrial water for different categories). One of the basic proceedings for treating water is<br />
represented by the mechanical filtrati<strong>on</strong> of the water. The operati<strong>on</strong> of filtering is<br />
influenced by a series of parameters, from which, the <strong>on</strong>es characteristic to the filter layer<br />
have a very special importance: nature, surface, thickness, pores dimensi<strong>on</strong>, the shape of<br />
the granular particles, hydrodynamic resistance, chemical resistance, mechanical<br />
resistance. The present paper aims to identify the type of granular filtering material that has<br />
the highest degree of retenti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cerning the storage of the solid particles. For<br />
discharging the solid suspensi<strong>on</strong>s that are found in water in c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s between 5 <strong>–</strong> 50<br />
mg/L, granular filtering materials are the most used (quartz sand, anthracite, perlite, barite,<br />
granate). In order to accomplish the experiments (the separati<strong>on</strong> of the liquid <strong>–</strong> solid<br />
mixture) were carried out studies for three types of filtering materials with granular shape<br />
particles, respectively: quartz sand, perlite and anthracite. Using this types of materials<br />
were c<strong>on</strong>stituted granular filters with different thicknesses and the water passed through<br />
these filters with different intake flows in order to be filtrated. From the experiments<br />
accomplished for the three types of filtering materials it was identified the type of granular<br />
filtering material with the highest degree of retenti<strong>on</strong> in water’s mechanical filtering<br />
process.<br />
Key words: potable water, water’s mechanical treatment, filtrati<strong>on</strong>, filter materials.<br />
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