Carbon neutrality is a pressing goal for the whole society. Over 20% of municipality electrical
energy on public utilities was consumed by the operation of wastewater treatment plants …

In this work, ballasted flocculation (without sedimentation) was suggested as a potential
pretreatment for ultrafiltration to improve cake layer microstructure and mitigate membrane …

Poor sludge settling characteristics limit the enhancement of treatment capacity of municipal
wastewater treatment plants, and excessive nitrogen and phosphorus discharge will further …

Large amounts of expensive single-use and metal-based coagulants and synthetic
flocculants are employed and lost in settled sludge during water treatment. In this work …

Implementing appropriate measures to recycle and convert the organic matter in sewage
into valuable products can effectively contribute to resource recovery. The macromolecular …

Ballasted flocculation (BF) is an efficient way to remove the turbidity from surface water. The
objective of the present study is to optimize the ballast (magnetite), coagulant (poly …

Ballasted flocculation is an advanced clarification process capable to treat exceed of
colloidal and suspended particles in natural water resources caused by climate change. The …

Ballasted flocculation is regarded as a most promising water treatment technology in
aspects of retrofit and high-rate applications. To deep understand the incorporation …

Oil-contaminated water from oil and gas exploration remains the industry's primary waste
stream. The common method of using chemical coagulation/flocculation followed by air …

This study was emphasized on unraveling the concealed role of surface charge
characteristics of employed ballasts at suspended solids interaction with employed ballasts …