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Considering that contaminated raw water mostly contains high Ammonia-N and a majority of water treatment plants use prechlorination process in China, efficiency of chloramines as a coagulant aid in enhancing coagulation was investigated by Jar stirring and pilot-scale tests, using Yellow River water containing high concentration of natural organic matters (NOM) and bromide in winter. The jar tests results showed that, compared with no preoxidation, preformed chloramine apparently decreased the turbidity of settled and filtered water with low dosage (2.0 mg/L), and the aid-coagulation efficiency was further enhanced with the increase of chlorine (Cl2) to Ammonia-N (N) ratio. Pilot-scale studies indicated that, in comparison to the case without preoxidation, the turbidity removal efficiency of flotation and filtration effluent water was significantly improved, the particle counts of filtered water were decreased 63.4%, the average rate of filter head loss was reduced 18.2%, and filter run time was prolonged 15.7%. Therefore, chloramine preoxidation may substantially enhance the particle separation efficiency.
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Project supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program (863) of China (No. 2002AA601140), and the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (No. E200510), China
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Yang, W., Chen, J., Li, X. et al. Using chloramine as a coagulant aid in enhancing coagulation of Yellow River water in China. J. Zhejiang Univ. - Sci. A 8, 1475–1481 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2007.A1475
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