Although dissolved air flotation (DAF) has been successfully adopted for water and wastewater treatment, the fundamental characteristics of the process have not been fully investigated. According to recent theoretical work on DAF, bubble size is one of the most important factors that affect the efficiency of the process, with better removal efficiency when the sizes of both bubbles and particles are similar. In this study, a newly developed particle counter method (PCM) was introduced to measure particle sizes. To confirm its usefulness, the results were compared with those from image analysis. Then, using PCM, the size of bubbles in DAF was measured under various pressure conditions which are known to affect the bubble size the most (from 2 to 6 atmospheres). The bubble size decreased as the pressure increased up to a pressure of 3.5 atmospheres. Above this critical pressure, the bubble size did not decrease with further increases in pressure. According to these experimental results, it is not only costly, but also unnecessary, to maintain a pressure above 3.5 atmospheres if the goal is only to generate smaller bubbles.
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December 01 2002
Effect of pressure on bubble size in dissolved air flotation
M. Han;
*School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shilim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul, Korea (E-mail: myhan@gong.snu.ac.kr)
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Y. Park;
Y. Park
*School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shilim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul, Korea (E-mail: myhan@gong.snu.ac.kr)
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J. Lee;
J. Lee
*School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shilim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul, Korea (E-mail: myhan@gong.snu.ac.kr)
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J. Shim
J. Shim
**Department of Civil Engineering, Kyunghee University, 1, Seocheon-ri, Kihung-eup, Yongin-si, Kyunggi-do, Korea (E-mail: jsshim@khu.ac.kr)
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Water Supply (2002) 2 (5-6): 41–46.
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M. Han, Y. Park, J. Lee, J. Shim; Effect of pressure on bubble size in dissolved air flotation. Water Supply 1 December 2002; 2 (5-6): 41–46. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2002.0148
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