Get Rid of Water Pollutants Using Porcelain Filter Made From Local Materials

Abstract

Raw materials from some mines from the Iraqi Westren Desert were used to manufacture tap water porcelain filter. They were Montmorolinite clays, Sand, Limestone, and remnants of the membership. These materials were cleaned dried grind and sieved to the required size then several homogenous mixtures were prepaired using different amounts of the raw materials. Filter test samples were prepaired. Several testes were carried to get the porcelain propetrties. They were apparent density, apparent porosity, percentage of absorbed water, and hydraulic conductivity. Tests results of these properties showed that the addining of remnants of the membership has big effect on the porcelain properties and the changes of these properties depend on the amount of these additives in the porcelain body. As a result for these changes the amount of water which could be filtered by them would be increased respectly. These filters were compatible with important filter standard specifications such as toxicity test and suspended particles. The results showed that the filtered water were conformity with the specifications for public drinking water with high flow rates.

Producing Ceramic Water Purifiers Made Of Iraqi Bentonite Type (Bpl1)

“…The tests were carried following the constant head method which was viewed previously. The results showed that the average hydraulic conductivity was 0.0023 m/hr, which is 56.5 times maximum hydraulic conductivity of the commercially available ceramic filters which is about 0.00004 m/hr, [ 6].…”

“…Protoenstatite (MgSiO 3 ) had appeared due to existing of some impurity of Mg +2 in the initial composition of minerals with plenty of silica in all used minerals, and it is stable phase of Magnesium Silicate which formed at high temperatures, [ 19] as reported in [ 6].…”

“…It is mainly composed of Alcalsiet, CaCO 3 , [2]. Raw materials were milled and sieved to be uniformly graded material to get porous ceramic, [ 5] as reported in [ 6]. Generally, Clay plus Silica and fluxes are used to produce ceramic.…”

“…2. The mold should be cleaned and lubricated by thin oil (glycerin) before each pressing, [ 6]. Some of the prepared wet mixture was placed in the mold and pressed with an electrical hydraulic jack at 250kg/cm 2 , Drying the sample at 105 C ˚ for 24hr, .…”

Decontamination of Water from Dissolved Pollutants by Special Ceramic (AKP1 & AKP2)

“…Ceramic is a very important and useful material which used for water filtration ( Jassim, 2010). It was used to remove heavy metals from their solutions ( Jassim et. al., 2014, Jassim, et.…”