Function of Fly Ash for Settling Floc
Record of floc settlement with and without fly ash as co-coagulant is shown in Fig. 5.
It is demonstrated that the addition of fly ash helps to accelerate the formation and
settlement of the floc, which is reduced into a stable volume within less than 5 min.
The final volume of the floc with co-coagulation by fly ash is only about one-third
of that without fly ash.
Mechanism for Co-coagulation of Dye Solution by Fly Ash
Fly ash consist of irregular particles containing SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, and CaO etc.
This shape of structure helps the fly ash to adsorb both the dye molecules and the
micro-floc of dye and coagulants (Fig. 6). Big floc can be formed quickly with fly
ash particles as nucleus of the micro-floc. The co-coagulating floc of fly ash-dye
molecule-coagulant has a relatively high density and will precipitate quickly [6,7].
(a) (b)
bsorAency bsorAency
Wavelength, nm Wavelength, nm
FIGURE 4 Spectral analysis of the original and treated dye solution (A: solution before treatment,
B: treated with only coagulant, C: treated with coagulant and fly ash) ((a): Benzo Scarlet 4BS, (b): Brilliant
Acid Scarlet 3R).
0 10 20 30 40 50 600 100 200 300 400
With fly ash
Without fly ash locF olume, vlm
Time, min 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
With Fly ash
Without fly ash
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lm
Time, min
FIGURE 5 Floc settlement curves.
TREATMENT OF DYEING WASTEWATER 79
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