… and industrial water treatment. This gravity-… a ballasting agent, typically microsand, to
increase the floc density and size. However, the physical characteristics of the final ballasted flocs …

… as ballasting agent, we show that the origin of improved floc settling in ballasted aggregation
… In water treatment, the primary objective of coagulation-flocculation process is to gather the …

… at 21 ± 1 C using surface water from the Sainte-Rose drinking water treatment plant (10 ±
2 … and impact of the ballast size on floc formation rate, floc size, and settled water turbidity. …

… promise of bringing improvements to the field of water and wastewater treatment. … ballasted
flocs are formed and to identify factors affecting the size and settleability of ballasted flocs. …

… Although the mixing intensity could be increased up to 700/s during floc maturation, in the
… , which keeps all the ballasted flocs in suspension. The ballasted flocs are heavier than they …

… promise of bringing major improvements to the field of water and wastewater treatment. …
to form “ballasted” flocs. The ballasted flocs are heavier and larger than chemical flocs and can …

… , which would imply that the bound water (BW) content would … floc and model the mechanisms
of ballasted floc formation. … “Microsand enhanced clarification for wastewater treatment: …

… Over the past few decades, land constraint has become one of the major issues in the
construction of conventional wastewater treatment plants [8]. Hence, development of …

… water/wastewater treatment schemes. A number of technological innovations have been made
to reduce the space requirement, ballasted … suspension of the ballasted flocs. The various …

… Subsequently, the resulted ballasted flocs were separated from the lamella plate, and the …
in enhancing water treatment was discussed. The water treatment performance of the ballasted …