Name: Kandlakuti Vasanth Kumar: SC Id: 1811042
Name: Kandlakuti Vasanth Kumar: SC Id: 1811042
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Sc id : 1811042
Chlorination
Chlorine and its various forms are powerful oxidants that will kill or inactivate most pathogenic organism that
are harmful to human and animal life. Chlorination is the most commonly used disinfection process for wastewater
treatment.
Chlorination chemicals are relatively :
o Easy to obtain
o Economical
o Effective
o Easy to apply
Typical forms of chlorine used in wastewater treatment are
Elemental chlorine
Hypochlorite
Chlorine Dioxide
when chlorine is dissolved in water at temperature between 49degree F and 212 degree F,
it reacts to form hypochlorous and hydrochloric acids within few seconds:
When chlorine gas is dissolved in water, it also reacts with the water to form hypochlorous acid and hydrochloric
acid:
HOCl = OCl¯ + H+