Chitosan as a Coagulant in Drinking Water Treatment

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rustyh2o Power-User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rockwell,North Carolina Posts: 210 Good Answers: 1	Chitosan as a Coagulant in Drinking Water Treatment 01/12/2010 6:37 AM
	Hello, Does anyone have any experience using chitosan as a coagulant for drinking water. I understand it can be used alone or in combination with other coagulants for flocing raw water. I am also looking at alum and other coagulants. I have found a few papers on the net concerning chitosan but not really what I need. Is it readily dissolved in water or does it need to first be dissolve in an acid solution? That is one thing I ran across which is a little confusing. __________________ 1.1 billion people do not have safe drinking water
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DVader1000 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Anywhere Emperor Palpatine assigns me Posts: 2774 Good Answers: 101	#1 Re: Chitosan as a coagulant in drinking water treatment 01/12/2010 6:47 AM
	Is there any particular reason why you want to use chitosan instead of some other more commonly used coagulant? You can simply add it to water, it's especially effective at binding to oil. __________________ If only you knew the power of the Dark Side of the Force
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#2 Re: Chitosan as a coagulant in drinking water treatment 01/12/2010 6:48 AM
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rustyh2o Power-User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rockwell,North Carolina Posts: 210 Good Answers: 1	#3 Re: Chitosan as a coagulant in drinking water treatment 01/12/2010 6:57 AM
	I am interested in the science of water treatment. So I am looking at different alternatives so as to get a good comparrison. This may not be the way I want to go. Especially after I work out all of the other sample coagulants I have on the way here. Someone has already been through this before. I am curious as to why some are using chitosan. Possibly it may be an additive in some of the organic polymers available commercially. __________________ 1.1 billion people do not have safe drinking water
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bhankiii Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: El Lago, Texas, USA Posts: 2639 Good Answers: 65	#4 Re: Chitosan as a Coagulant in Drinking Water Treatment 01/12/2010 9:54 AM
	mmmm - coagulated water, that's some good drinking.
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