BATCH

SEDIMENTATION
NEZREEN ARDENIO
ALLEN CREDO
MIKEE BERNADETTE INDAB
DARWIN MOJICA
BATCH SEDIMENTATION
• Sedimentation is a gravitational accumulation of solids at the
bottom of a fluid.
• A sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by
fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid
particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid.
• Settling is the process by which particulates settle to the bottom
of a liquid and form a sediment. Particles that experience a force,
either due to gravity or due to centrifugal motion will tend to
move in uniform manner in the direction exerted by that force
CLEAR LIQUID Zone free of particles is called clear
zone.
SUSPENSION Point separating the constant
INTERFACE composition zone and clear liquid.
CONSTANT In constant composition zone, the
COMPOSITION ZONE suspension moves at the uniform rate.
Free settling occurs in this zone.
VARIABLE Hindered Settling occurs in this zone.
COMPOSITION ZONE Concentration of the particles does not
remain same in different areas.
SLUDGE INTERFACE Point separating the sediment and
liquid.
SEDIMENT Solid particles which are obtained at
the end of sedimentation process.
 METHODOLOGY

• Mixture A have 1800 mL of 5% wt of the minus 100 mesh particle size CaCO3,
• Mixture B holds the mixture of 1800 mL of 5% wt of the plus 60 mesh particle size
CaCO3,
• Mixture C contains 1800 mL of 10% wt of the plus 60 mesh particle size,
• Mixture D have 1200 mL of 5% wt of the plus 60 mesh particle size CaCO3
• Mixture E also have 1200 mL of 5% wt but minus 100 mesh particle size of CaCO3.
EFFECTS OF INITIAL CONCENTRATION
EFFECTS OF HEIGHT OF SUSPENSION
EFFECT OF PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION