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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Rabah, Fahid K. J. | Ramaha, Mohammad T. | Darwish, Mohamada; * | Mohamed Najib, Mohamed Zuhailia | Mustafa, Shaymaab
Affiliations: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Islamic University-Gaza, Palestine | [a] School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia | [b] Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding Author. sjmohamad@utm.my
Abstract: The present study investigates the characteristics of calcium hardness removal from water using a continuous flow microwave (MW) radiation system with heat exchange. The effects of initial calcium concentration, detention time, and initial temperature were investigated by the study. About 97% of calcium hardness removal was achieved at a detention time of 12.5 minutes. It was concluded from the experiments performed that the optimum conditions for this system use a detention time of 12.5 minutes. This leads to an initial temperature of 70°C when using the heat exchanger. These conditions are valid for the range of Ca initial concentrations between 92 and 204 mg/L as CaCO3. The residual concentrations under optimum conditions were 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, and 3 mg/L as CaCO3 for initial concentrations of 92, 141, 172, and 204 mg/L as CaCO3, respectively. The developed system proved to be practical in the continuous flow mode that simulates the actual operations in water treatment plants. It was concluded that MW energy could be one of the most effective methods for large scale removal of hardness from water.
Keywords: Hardness, microwave radiation, heat exchange, calcium
DOI: 10.3233/AJW200048
Journal: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 31-36, 2020
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