I'm working on a small scale water treatment idea that I'm not quite ready to explain fully but one step of the process would involve separating Ferric Chloride from water to ultimately be used for drinking water. the idea is to line the bottom of a weir with magnets to keep as much of the ferric chloride concentrated in the bottom of the weir as possible and minimize the amount that makes it over the weir into a settling tank that is also lined with magnets along the bottom and has an intake on the bottom for a small recirculaton pump to pump the concentrated FeCl3 back to the bottom of the previous weir. the third settling tank would have calcium carbonate added to it to neutralize any FeCl3 that makes it past the prior settling tanks. the intent is for the flow rate to be slow enough that the flow won't overcome the magnetic attraction.
thoughts? would this work?
Separating Ferric Chloride from Water
Re: separating Ferric Chloride from water
