Start
Apr 17, 2012 - 16:30
End
Apr 17, 2012 - 17:30
Venue
Room 118 (Creativity Hall) Ground Floor Chemical Engineering Department
Event Type
Speaker
Prof. Sirshendu De Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur - 721302
Title
Development of low cost arsenic filter
Abstract: Arsenic contamination has become a grave problem to mankind in various parts of the world. Several places in India specially gangetic plains in West Bengal and plains of Bangladesh are badly hit. The arsenic concentration in the groundwater can be as high as 700 to 900 ppb whereas WHO regulation is 10 ppb in the drinking water. The government policy is digging deeper tubewells and extracting the groundwater and put that in public distribution system. This aggravates the problem further making future generation at stake. Treatment for surface water is the other alternative thus conserving the ground water. In this talk development of a low cost domestic arsenic filter its technical details efficiency design aspects cost analysis and suitability for rural population is presented.