Hydrology: Current Research

Dong Hun Chung

Publications

• Research Article
  Introducing Efficient Low Cost Smoked Pots for Water Purification for Developing Countries
  Author(s): Dong Hun Chung, Josphert N Kimatu, Kelvin O Nyariki, Kim Jong Su, Karren N Onura and Johnson U KithekaDong Hun Chung, Josphert N Kimatu, Kelvin O Nyariki, Kim Jong Su, Karren N Onura and Johnson U Kitheka
  
  Ceramic materials are easy to make using most African soils. They have been used for a long time mainly for cooking and water storage. However, in other low income economies these clay ceramic filters have been shown to have the potential of being improved by being embedded with carbonaceous materials for water purification. In this research we have produced efficient physiological and biological gravity operated smoked pots for water purification. We used well calculated volume ratios of black clay, red and sand soils (B:R:S) and soil balls; All these were baked at different smoke infusing kiln temperatures for efficient water purification. We analyzed water purification efficiencies of the pot ceramics and the trickling rates at different conditions. We isolated the best B:R:S to be the 40:40:20. We found significant reductions in turbidity (99.95%), salinity (21.42%), microbial pop.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7587.1000152

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