Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue 24, Pages 6639-6643Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.047
Keywords
Water; Clarification; Natural coagulants; Chestnut; Acorn
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia [TR 20009]
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The ability of seed extracts of several species of chestnut and acorn to act as natural coagulants was tested using a synthetic turbid water. Active components were extracted from ground seeds of Horse chestnut and acorns of some species of family Fagaceae: Common oak, Turkey oak, Northern red oak and European chestnut. All investigated extracts had coagulation capabilities and their amounts depended on pH values and initial turbidities. The seed extracts from European chestnut and Common oak acorn were the most efficient expressing the highest coagulation activities, about 80% and 70%. respectively, in both low and medium investigated water turbidities at the lowest coagulant dose 0.5 ml/L. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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