Removal of suspended solids in irrigation water utilizing non-woven synthetic fabrics

摘要

The objective of this work was to verify the efficiency of trickle irrigation filters on the removal of suspended solids using as filter elements three different types of non-woven synthetic fabrics. Also, was conducted an experiment with disk and screen elements in order to compare with the non woven synthetic fabric element. The results have demonstrated that non-woven synthetic fabrics presented better performance, removing 27 to 29% of suspended solids, while screen and disk elements presented 19 to 20% removal. No significant differences were observed among the three fabrics evaluated as well as between the screen and disk elements