STUDY OF DEFLUORIDATION USING BPAC

Dhamankar S. S, Rai R. K, Patil U. S

Abstract: Fluorine is one of the most common elements found in the earths crust. It is an acute toxin and is deemed to be slightly more toxic than even lead. There are two types of water available namely ground water and surface water. Since some of the fluoride compounds in the earths upper crust are fairly soluble in water, fluoride exists in both surface as well as ground waters. Typically, surface waters have low concentration of fluoride while groundwater may contain high levels of fluoride. The major objective is to study the process of defluoridation of ground water in the vicinity areas of Vidarbha region. The normal range of fluoride as per BIS is 0.5 to 1.5 mg/L. The main aim of the present study is to study the defluoridation using BPAC (Black Plum Activated Carbon). The complete experimental study has been carried out on batch adsorption process.

Keywords: Adsorption, BPAC, Defluoridation, Fluoride, Ground water

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2017.0603020