%0 Journal Article
%T Coag-Flocculation Kinetics of <i>Mucuna sloanei</i> Seed for Phosphorus Removal from Waste Water
%A Kamoru Akinpelu Babayemi
%A Okechukwu Dominic Onukwuli
%A Matthew Chukwudi Menkiti
%A Akindele Oyetunde Okewale
%J American Journal of Analytical Chemistry
%P 732-738
%@ 2156-8278
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajac.2013.412088
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Mucuna sloanei</span></i><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (MS) an environmentally friendly biomass was used as a coagulant
for treatment of phosphorus containing waste water. The study evaluates the
coag-flocculation efficiency of MS and its functional kinetic parameter
response to varying pH and dosage of the waste water effluent.
Coag-flocculation reaction order </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¦Á</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,
coag-flocculation rate constant </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">K</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,
and coagulation period </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¦Ó</span></i><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">1/2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> were determined. The maximum coag-flocculation performance (97.4%) is recorded
at rate constant, </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">K</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> of 1.24</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡Á</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">10<sup>-</sup></span><sup><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">4</span></sup></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">l/mg<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">¡¤</span>min,</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">dosage of 400</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">mg/l, pH of 8 and
coagulation period </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¦Ó</span></i><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">1/2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> of
0.100</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">min while the minimum (61%) is recorded at </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">K</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> of 3</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;\">¡Á</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:1.5;\"><span
%K Coag-Flocculation
%K &lt
%K i&gt
%K Mucuna slonaei
%K &lt
%K /i&gt
%K Phosphorus
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=40397