Flocculation is a common process for wastewater treatment. However, the most commonly
used organic synthetic flocculants such as polyacrylamide are petroleum-based. In this …

A novel lignin-based flocculant was introduced in recycling of the biomass existing in
papermaking sludge. The product, lignin-diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride-acrylamide …

Heavy metals from various natural and anthropogenic processes have become a main
threat to the aquatic environment owing to their hazardous impact. Bioflocculant is a natural …

Water pollution contributes to water scarcity by decreasing the amount of available
freshwater. Grafted bioflocculants tend to have excellent wastewater remediation …

Graft modified flocculants have recently received increasing attention in the field of water
treatment as they have the combinative advantages of synthetic and natural polymeric …

Currently, there is a growing concern regarding water remediation from agricultural and
domestic wastewaters. Among water treatment methods, flocculation is a widely used …

As flocculant plays an important role in wastewater treatment, searching for high efficient
and cost-effective flocculants has always become the challenge in chemical industry. In the …

Flocculant made from natural polymers has the advantages of abundant source, affordable
cost and environmental friendliness. In this work, a binary flocculant (sodium alginate …

In this study, a novel bioflocculant QZ-7 was produced from Bacillus salmalaya 139SI for
industrial wastewater treatment. Biochemical analysis, FTIR, scanning electron microscopy …

In the current work, an environmentally friendly chitosan-based flocculant (carboxyethyl
chitosan, denoted as CEC) was prepared to flocculate copper (II) and tetracycline (TC) …