Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
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SUB:CHEMISTRY
B.Tech I year
COURSE CODE: CY0101
AUTHOR: Dr. P.KAMARAJ.
Course material – B.Tech
1.TECHNOLOGY OF WATER
INTRODUCTION
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Introduction…
• An adult needs to drink approximately 2 liters
of water every day.
• Humans also use much larger amounts of
freshwater (as opposed to the saltwater of
oceans) for cooking, cleaning, industry, and
agriculture.
• Thus, the quality of the freshwater supply is
important for virtually every aspect of our
lives.
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SOURCES OF WATER
• Surface water is water in a river, lake or fresh
water wetland.
• Surface water is naturally replenished by
precipitation and naturally lost through
discharge to the oceans, evaporation, and
sub‐surface seepage.
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Ground water
• Groundwater or Sub‐Surface water is fresh
water located in the pore space of soil and
rocks.
• It is also water that is flowing within aquifers
below the water table.
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TYPES OF WATER BASED ON HARDNESS
• Hard Water
• Soft Water
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Hard water
• What is "Hard Water"?
Hard water is water that does not form lather
readily with soap.
It contains cations with a charge of +2,
especially Ca2+ and Mg2+.
These ions do not pose any health threat, but
they can engage in reactions that leave
insoluble mineral deposits.
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Soft water
• What is soft water?
• Soft water is water that forms lather readily
with soap.
It is free from salts like CaSO4, MgSO4,
Ca(HCO3)2, Mg(HCO3)2
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TYPES OF HARDNESS
• Temporary hardness
• Permanent hardness
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Temporary hardness
• What is temporary hardness?
• The hardness of water which can be removed merely
on boiling is called temporary hardness.
• This hardness is caused by carbonate salts like
Ca(HCO3)2 and Mg(HCO3)2
• Water containing this hardness is called temporary
hard water.
• It is also called carbonate hardness.
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Permanent hardness
• What is permanent hardness?
• The hardness of water which can not be removed by
mere boiling is called permanent hardness.
• This type of hardness is caused by non‐carbonate
salts like CaSO4, MgSO4, Ca(NO3)2, MgNO3 etc.
• The water containing this type of hardness is also
called permanent hard water.
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Units of hardness
• How is hardness expressed?
• Hardness is expressed in the following unit:
• mg/L calcium carbonate equivalent
• parts per million
• Clark degrees (°Clark)
• French degrees (°F)
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Calcium carbonate equivalent
• How is hardness expressed in calcium
carbonate equivalent?
• Wt. of hardness causing substance x Eq. wt. of CaCO3
• Hardness =
Equivalent wt of hardness causing substance
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Water quality parameters
• How do you measure water quality?
• Water quality is measured using the following parameters:
• Electrical conductivity
• Dissolved Oxygen
• pH
• Color of water
• Taste and odor (geosmin, 2‐methylisoborneol (MIB), etc)
• Turbidity
• Total suspended solids (TSS)
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Water quality parameters….
• Dissolved metals and salts (sodium, chloride,
potassium, calcium, manganese, magnesium)
• Chemical oxygen demand (COD)
• Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
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Water quality parameters….
• Microorganisms such as fecal coliform bacteria (Escherichia
coli), Cryptosporidium, and Giardia lamblia
• Nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus
• Dissolved metals and metalloids (lead, Mercury
(element),arsenic, etc.)
• Dissolved organics: Colored Dissolved Organic Matter
(CDOM), Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)
• Temperature
• Pesticides
• Heavy Metals
• Pharmaceuticals
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Disadvantages of hardness
In domestic applications
• Washing
• Bathing
• Drinking
• Cleaning utensils
• Cooking
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Disadvantages of hard water
• In Industrial
applications
• Boiler feed water
• Water for sugar
industries
• Water for paper
industries
• Laundries
• Dyeing industries
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Determination of hardness
• Methods of determination of hardness
1. EDTA method
2. O’ Hehner’s method
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EDTA METHOD
• Principle
• Ca2+ + EBT‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐Æ[Ca2+ ‐ EBT]
• [Ca2+ _ EBT] + EDTA‐‐‐Æ [Ca2+ ‐ EDTA] + EBT
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EDTA METHOD
• TITRATION 1
Standardisation of EDTA
• TITRATION 2
Determination of Total Hardness
• TITRATION 3
Determination of Permanent Hardness
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Determination of Alkalinity in
water
• 1.Phenolphthalein alkalinity
• 2.Methyl Orange alkalinity
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Scale
• When the impurities in boiler are precipitated
out of the water directly on heat transfer
surfaces or when suspended matter in water
settle out on the metal and become a hard and
adherent deposit, it is called scale.
• Evaporation in a boiler causes impurities to
concentrate. This interferes with heat transfers
and may cause hot spots leading to local
overheating.
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Causes of Scale
• What causes scale?
• Scaling is mainly due to the presence of
calcium and magnesium salts
(carbonates or sulphates), which are
less soluble in hot conditions than in
cold conditions
• It is also due to the presence of too
high concentration of silica in relation
to the alkalinity of the water in the
boiler.
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Disadvantages of scale
• If the scales are not prevented or removed
regularly they will cause localised overheating.
• This can lead to
• tube failure (explosion risk) and/or a reduction
in the heat transfer properties of the transfer
surfaces.
• reduced efficiency and increased energy costs.
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Removal of scale
• Hardness causing salts can either be removed
before they enter the boiler system, using a
water softener, reverse osmosis plant or de‐
alkalisation unit, or they can be treated inside
the boiler itself.
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Sludge
• If the dissolved salts in the boiler water form a
precipitate of loose and slimy nature and is
suspended in the boiler water, the precipitate
is called Sludge.
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Disadvantages of sludge
• Choking of pipes
• Waste of fuel
• Formation of scales
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Prevention of sludge formation
• Blow down operation
• Using softened water
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Other boiler troubles
• Priming and foaming
Priming is the carryover of varying amounts of droplets of water in the
steam (foam and mist), which lowers the energy efficiency of the steam
and leads to the deposit of salt crystals on the super heaters and in the
turbines.
caused by improper construction of boiler, excessive ratings, or sudden
fluctuations in steam demand. Priming is sometimes aggravated by
impurities in the boiler‐water.
• Foaming is the small persistent bubbles formed at the surface of the
boiler water.
The use of anti‐foaming and anti‐priming agents, mixtures of surface‐
active agents modify the surface tension of a liquid, remove foam and
prevent the carry‐over of fine water particles in the steam.
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Other boiler troubles ……..
• Boiler corrosion
• Caustic embrittlement
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Methods of preventing boiler
troubles
•Internal conditioning
•External treatment
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Internal conditioning
• Internal treatment
• Internal treatment is a treatment carried out
when boilers operate at low or moderate
pressure, when large amounts of condensed
steam are used for feed water, or when good
quality raw water is available.
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The purpose of an internal
treatment
• 1) To react with any feed‐water hardness and prevent it
from precipitating on the boiler metal as scale
• 2) To condition any suspended matter such as hardness
sludge or iron oxide in the boiler and make it non‐adherent to
the boiler metal
• 3) To provide anti‐foam protection to allow a reasonable
concentration of dissolved and suspended solids in the boiler
water without foam carry‐over.
• 4) To eliminate oxygen from the water and provide enough
alkalinity to prevent boiler corrosion.
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Internal conditioning
methods
• Phosphate conditioning:
Phosphates or polyphosphates react with the alkaline boiler
water and neutralize the hardness of water by forming
tricalcium phosphate an insoluble compound that can be
disposed on blow down operation on a continuous basis or
periodically through the bottom of the boiler.
• Anti‐foaming or anti‐priming agents:
mixture of surface‐active agents that modify the surface
tension of a liquid, remove foam and prevent the carry over of
fine water particles in the steam
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Internal conditioning methods…..
• Calgon conditioning
• Carbonate conditioning
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External Treatment Methods
• Zeolite Process
• Ion‐exchange Process
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Zeolite Process
• What are zeolites?
• Zeolites are a group of hydrated crystalline
aluminosilicates found in certain volcanic
rocks. The tetrahedrally coordinated
aluminum and silicon atoms form AlO4 and
SiO4 tetrahedral groups.
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Zeolite Process
• What is zeolite process?
• It is a water softening process in which Ca2+
and Mg2+ ions present in water are exchanged
with Na+ ions present in sodium zeolites. The
water coming out of this process will be free
from Calcium and Magnesium ions.
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Zeolite process
• To prepare a zeolite for water treatment, they are soaked in
concentrated NaCl solution.
• The cavities trap as many sodium ions as they can
accommodate.
• After the treatment, the zeolite is designated as Na‐zeolite.
Then the salt solution is drained, and the zeolite is washed
with water to eliminate the extra salt. When hard water flows
through them, calcium and magnesium ions will be trapped
by the Na‐zeolite.
• For every Ca2+ or Mg2+ trapped, two Na+ ions are released. The
treated water contains a rather high concentration of Na+
ions, but low concentrations of Mg2+ and Ca2+.
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Zeolite Process
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Ion‐Exchange Process
• What is ion exchange process?
• It is a water softening method in which anions
(like Cl‐, SO42‐,HCO3‐ etc.) in water are
exchanged with anions (OH‐) present in the
anion exchange columm and cations (like Ca2+,
Mg2+) in water are exchanged with cations (H+)
present in the cation exchange column.
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Ion Exchange Process…
• What are ion exchange resins?
• An ion exchange resin is an insoluble matrix normally
in the form of small (1‐2 mm diameter) beads
fabricated from an organic polymer substrate.
• The material has highly developed structure of pores
on the surface of which are sites with easily trapped
and released ions.
• The trapping of ions takes place only with
simultaneous releasing of other ions. Hence, the
process is called ion exchange process.
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Ion Exchange resins…
• Resins
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Ion exchange types
The most common synthetic structures are:
• Cross‐linked polystyrene
• Cross‐linked polymethacrylate
• Phenol‐formaldehyde
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The Ion‐Exchange
Process
Cation Exchange Column Anion Exchange Column
• Scheme
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Desalination
• Desalination refers to processes that remove
excess salt and other minerals from water in
order to obtain fresh water suitable for animal
consumption or irrigation, or, if almost all of
the salt is removed, for human consumption.
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Desalination Methods
• 1.Electrodialysis
• 2.Reverse Osmosis
• 3.Distillation
• 4.Freezing
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Electrodialysis
• Electrodialysis is an electrically driven membrane separation
process that is capable of separating, concentrating, and
purifying selected ions from aqueous solutions (as well as
some organic solvents).
• The process is based on the property of ion exchange
membranes to selectively reject anions or cations.
• Electrodialysis can remove salts from food, dairy, and other
products, waste streams and other solutions, as well as
concentrate salts, acids or bases. The system is a useful tool to
remove unwanted total dissolved solids that can build up in
product streams.
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Electrodialysis
Electrodialysis cell
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Electrodialysis ‐
Advantages
Electrodialysis has the following characteristics that lead it to
various applications:
• Capability for high recovery (more product and less brine)
• Energy usage that is proportional to the salts removed
• Ability to treat water with a higher level of suspended solids
than RO
• Lack of effect by non‐ionic substances such as silica
• Low chemical usage for pretreatment
• Electrodialysis units are normally used to desalinate brackish
water
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Reverse Osmosis
• What is Osmosis?
• Osmosis may be described
as the physical movement
of a solvent through a semi‐
permeable membrane
based on a difference in
chemical potential between
two solutions separated by
that semi‐permeable
membrane.
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Reverse Osmosis….
• What is reverse Osmosis?
• When two solutions of different
concentrations are separated by a semi
permeable membrane, and a pressure higher
than that of osmotic pressure is applied on
concentrated side, solvent molecules move
from concentrated side to dilute side through
the membrane. This phenomenon is called
reverse osmosis.
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Advantages of reverse osmosis
• This method removes ionic, non‐ionic and
colloidal impurities.
• Membrane replacement is easy.
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Domestic Water Treatment
• Water purification is the process of removing
contaminants from a raw water source .
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Steps involved in water
purification
Part 1 Removal of suspended impurities
• 1.Screening : The first step in purifying surface water is to remove large debris
such as sticks, leaves, trash and other large particles which may interfere with
subsequent purification steps. Most deep Groundwater do not need screening
before other purification steps.
• 2.Flocculation is a process in which we first clarify the water. Clarifying means
removing any turbidity or colour so that the water is sparklingly clear and
colourless.
Clarification is done by causing a precipitate to form in the water.
Initially the precipitate forms as very small particles but as the water is gently
stirred, these particles stick together to form bigger particles. We can say that the
small particles coagulate. This process is sometimes called flocculation.
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Steps involved in water
purification….
• 3.Sedimentation
Water exiting the flocculation basin may enter the
sedimentation basin, also called a clarifier or settling basin. It
is a large tank with slow flow, allowing floc to settle to the
bottom.
• 4. Filtration
• After separating most floc, the water is filtered as the final
step to remove remaining suspended particles and unsettled
floc. The most common type of filter is a rapid sand filter.
Water moves vertically through sand which often has a layer
of activated carbon above the sand.
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Steps involved in water
purification…..
• Part 2 Disinfection
• Disinfection is normally the last step in purifying
drinking water. Water is disinfected to kill any
pathogens which pass through the filters. Possible
pathogens include viruses, bacteria, including
Escherichia coli, Campylobacter and Shigella, and
protozoans, including G. lamblia and other
Cryptosporidia.
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Steps involved in water
purification…..
• Methods of disinfection:
• Boiling: Water is heated hot enough and long enough to inactivate or kill
micro‐organisms that normally live in water at room temperature.
• Chlorination is the process of adding the element chlorine to water as a
method of water purification to make it fit for human consumption as
drinking water.
Addition of bleaching powder
Chloramines are another chlorine‐based disinfectant.
• Ozonisation: Ozone (O3) is a relatively unstable molecule "free radical" of
oxygen which readily gives up one atom of oxygen providing a powerful
oxidising agent which is toxic to most water borne organisms.
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Drinking water
• What would be the quality of water treated for
drinking purpose?
• should be safe to use and aesthetically pleasing.
• be clear and colourless, with no unpalatable taste or
odour.
• should contain no suspended matter, harmful
chemical substances or pathogenic micro‐organisms.
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