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Department of Civil Engineering

Removal of organic colour from natural surface waters by coagulation and floc blanket clarification, with an investigation of the effects of the addition of Kaolin as a process aid

Abstract

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This dissertation presents a review of relevant literatre to provide a foundational understanding of the concepts, principles, processes and mechanisms involeved firstly in the coagulation of organic colour, and secondly in floc blanket clarification. The dissertation then presents an investigation of the effect of the addition of clay-kaolin-as a process aid, in floc blanket clarification of South African organically coloured natural surface waters.

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Department of Civil Engineering
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2001

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  • Theunissen, Brendon Richard

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4998
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4998

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Theunissen, Brendon Richard. Removal of organic colour from natural surface waters by coagulation and floc blanket clarification, with an investigation of the effects of the addition of Kaolin as a process aid. Department of Civil Engineering, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4998