Interaction between Cryptosporidium oocysts and water treatment coagulants

HA Bustamante, SR Shanker, RM Pashley… - Water research, 2001 - Elsevier
… If a floc density slightly greater than 1 (ie 1.05 g/mL) is assumed with an average floc diameter
of 20 μm, the expected floc … (This floc number estimate is rather insensitive to the precise …

[HTML][HTML] Application progress of enhanced coagulation in water treatment

H Cui, X Huang, Z Yu, P Chen, X Cao - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
… roundness of the floc 30 and reduce its shape factor. The most important factors contributing
to the high settling velocities of ballasted flocs seem to be the increased floc density. Zhu 31 …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of temperature on floc formation process efficiency and subsequent removal in sedimentation process

RA Joudah - Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2014 - iasj.net
… for water treatment, the increase in flocculation time above 40 min. shows impairment of floc
… The purpose of flocculation is to create a floc of a suitable size, density, and toughness for …

Water-Treatment-System Design for Turbidity Removal.

HB Dharmappa, S Vigneswaran, J Verink… - Journal of …, 1994 - ascelibrary.org
… of flocs (number/milliliter); and pp = density of primary particles (grams/centimeter cubed).
6. The modified density (Pro) is calculated by: 9m = 9p - (gp - 1)fm. This flOC density is used in …

Image processing methods for in situ estimation of cohesive sediment floc size, settling velocity, and density

SJ Smith, CT Friedrichs - Limnology and Oceanography …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
floc size distributions and settling velocities, which together also allow inference of floc density.
… significantly reduces uncertainties in measured settling velocity and inferred floc density. …

Influences of various aluminum coagulants on algae floc structure, strength and flotation effect

W Yuheng, Z Shengguang, L Na, Y Yixin - Procedia Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Floc structure and strength play important roles in particles separation in water treatment. In
… been considered that the flocs properties, such as form and density. Fractal dimensions can …

Floc characteristics and removal of turbidity and humic acid from high-turbidity storm water

G Annadurai, SS Sung, DJ Lee - Journal of environmental …, 2003 - ascelibrary.org
… remove impurities from water. (Surely this is not the case if the density of floc has become
too … Chemical water and wastewater treatment, HH Hahn and R. Klute, eds., Springer, Berlin, …

The role of mixing conditions on floc growth, breakage and re-growth

W Yu, J Gregory, L Campos, G Li - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
… Coagulation is one of the most important processes used in water and wastewater treatment
… then a rise for flocs grown at 100 rpm. It may be that floc density increases with increased …

Comparison of coagulation behavior and floc characteristics of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and polyaluminum chloride (PACl) with surface water treatment

YX Zhao, BY Gao, BC Cao, ZL Yang, QY Yue… - Chemical Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
… Boller and Blaser [34] reported that larger particles generally settled down more quickly
than smaller particles of similar density. So, as to TiCl 4 , a short retention time coupled with …

Investigations of coagulation–flocculation process by performance optimization, model prediction and fractal structure of flocs

H Zheng, G Zhu, S Jiang, T Tshukudu, X Xiang… - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
… efficiency in wastewater treatment investigated in … flocs formed under the optimum condition
was higher than that under other conditions. The flocs were characterized by strong density