Title :
The effectiveness of corn cob activated carbon in rainwater harvesting filtration system
Author :
Abu Bakar, Ahmad Ashrif ; Hassan, Nor Syamira
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Civil Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Abstract :
The aim of this research is to design a rainwater filtration system by using an activated carbon. The activated carbon had been act as one of the filter medium to filtrate the water. Three filters were design, namely Filter A, Filter B and Filter C, to determine the most effective filter that can be used in the study. To determine the effectiveness of the filter, seven parameters were measured that is temperature, colour, turbidity, total suspended solid (TSS), pH, conductivity and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODs). The results shows that the removal of BODs is up to 82%, TSS removal is 55.6% and turbidity removal is 28.8%.
Keywords :
activated carbon; agricultural products; filtration; pH; rain; temperature; turbidity; water supply; water treatment; BOD removal; TSS removal; biochemical oxygen demand; colour; conductivity; corn cob activated carbon; filter medium; pH; rainwater harvesting filtration system; temperature; total suspended solid; turbidity removal; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Color; Conductivity; Filtration; Oxygen; Solids; activated carbon; corn cob; filter; rainwater harvesting;
Conference_Titel :
Technology, Informatics, Management, Engineering, and Environment (TIME-E), 2014 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bandung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4806-2
DOI :
10.1109/TIME-E.2014.7011597
