Tips to settle sludge from wastewater
Tips to settle sludge from wastewater
(OP)
I have a waste stream with metal sludge I need to settle in a cone basin. The effluent is to be drained to be treated. It is the aqueous solution result of an alkaline cleaner and a chromate solution.
Are there any rules of thumb for this, or articles etc?





RE: Tips to settle sludge from wastewater
RE: Tips to settle sludge from wastewater
You didn't supply details, but, of course, further analysis of fundamentals, such as pH (is it even precipitating?), existing process hydraulics (cone basin?.. clarifier?), etc, would be a good first step.
Good luck.
RE: Tips to settle sludge from wastewater
you need to provide more details on what you are doing. For example, is this a batch or continuous operation?
RE: Tips to settle sludge from wastewater
There are any number of chemistries available to enhance the settling/sedimentation of your chromite sludge. Please contact us at orendatech@earthlink.net if you would like to pursue this approach.
Orenda