PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ELECTRO COAGULATION PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GROUNDWATERMUNAF D. F. AL-ASEEBEE, HAMEED R. ALAMERY AND ALI S.J.Abstract This work include groundwater treatment of Al Hashimia region in Babylon governorate using electrocoagulation (EC) technology. The groundwater characteristics were total dissolved solid (TDS), electrical conductivity, total hardness (TH), and Turbidity. Several parameters are investigated such as applied current density (I), electrodes material; time (RT), pH, interelectrode distance (IED) and mixing speed (MS). The results showed that the maximum removal efficiencies were 91% TDS, 91% electrical conductivity, 92% TH, and 92% turbidity. The optimal parameters of EC process were I= 0.8 A, Al-Al materials, pH=7.12, RT= 80min, IED=1cm and MS=500 rpm. EC process is comfortable technology for groundwater treatment. Treated groundwater can use for multipurpose such as drinking, irrigation, and industry. |