Measurement and implications of floc structure in water and wastewater treatment

TD Waite - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 1999 - Elsevier
… Further work in this area is encouraged, however, given the lack of availability of on-line
devices for the rapid measurement of floc density (and potential control of chemical dosing). …

Floc properties of polyaluminum ferric chloride in water treatment: The effect of Al/Fe molar ratio and basicity

B Cao, B Gao, M Wang, X Sun, J Wang - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2015 - Elsevier
… , and the floc growth process usually occurs within several minutes, reaching a steady-state
floc size with a balance of formation and breakage [6]. Flocs with large size and high density

Characterisation of floc size, effective density and sedimentation under various flocculation mechanisms

Y Fan, X Ma, X Dong, Z Feng… - Water Science and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
… In the present study, the floc of coal wastewater with higher floc size and looser structure was
treated as the research object. It is difficult to analyse the velocity of such a floc using Stokes…

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of flocculation in water treatment: a review

J Bridgeman, B Jefferson… - Engineering Applications of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
flocs poses limitations on the accuracy of the results generated and, in particular, the impacts
of density … growth and strength of flocs in specific water treatment applications. Other recent …

The role of floc density in solid-liquid separation

J Gregory - Filtration & separation, 1998 - Elsevier
… -similar nature of aggregates is that their density decreases appreciably as the size increases…
that floes produced under water treatment conditions had effective densities that decreased …

[PDF][PDF] Waste water treatment by coagulation and flocculation

NB Prakash, V Sockan, P Jayakaran - International Journal of …, 2014 - researchgate.net
… repotted to increase the density to slow-settling flocs and toughness to the flocs so that they
… – flocculation for the treatment of industrial waste-water treatment, aiming at performance …

Floc size distribution and bacterial activities in membrane separation activated sludge processes for small-scale wastewater treatment/reclamation

B Zhang, K Yamamoto, S Ohgaki, N Kamiko - Water Science and …, 1997 - Elsevier
treatment process averaged at 123gCOD/kgMLSS.h which was significantly higher than
others. FlocFlocs in MSAS processes changed their sizes with MLSS concentration changes …

Correlations between floc physical properties and optimum polymer dosage in alum sludge conditioning and dewatering

YQ Zhao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2003 - Elsevier
… from many different water treatment systems with aluminium … floc effective density increases
with decreasing floc diameter. According to the floc effective density data and floc dry density

A study of titanium sulfate flocculation for water treatment

YF Wu, W Liu, NY Gao, T Tao - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Floc densities were estimated by observing the buoyancy of floc particles released in a … 3,
within each flocculation region, both Ti-floc and Al-floc densities were comparatively constant …

The effect of polymeric flocculants on floc strength and filter performance

MM Rawlings, CSB Fitzpatrick, J Gregory… - Water science and …, 2006 - iwaponline.com
… widely used throughout the water industry as flocculant aids, they are known to increase
floc density and aid settlement in the clarification stage of the water treatment process. In this …