Flocculation properties of biodegradable amphoteric chitosan-based flocculants

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 287-295

  Yang, Zhen ^a   Shang, Yabo ^b   Lu, Yaobo ^a   Chen, Yichun ^b   Huang, Xin ^a   Chen, Aimin ^b   Jiang, Yuxiang ^b   Gu, Wei ^b   Qian, Xiaozhi ^b   Yang, Hu ^a   Cheng, Rongshi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhenjiang Water Supply Company   (China)

Author keywords

Amphoteric chitosan based flocculants; Flocculation mechanism; Flocculation properties; Laboratory scale; Pilot scale

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMPHOTERIC CHITOSAN-BASED FLOCCULANTS; CARBOXYMETHYL CHITOSAN; FLOCCULATION MECHANISM; FLOCCULATION MECHANISMS; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; KAOLIN SUSPENSIONS; LABORATORY SCALE; MECHANICAL MIXING; OPTIMAL DOSAGE; OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; ORTHOGONAL TESTING; PARTICLE COLLISION; PH RANGE; PILOT SCALE; POLYMER CHAINS; RAW WATER; SYNTHETIC WATERS; TRIMETHYL; WIDE PH RANGE; YANGTZE RIVER; FLOCCULATION KINETICS; FLOCCULATION PERFORMANCE; POLY FERRIC SULFATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHITOSAN; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; KAOLIN; LABORATORIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERS; TURBIDITY; PH;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 79961006242     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.106     Document Type: Article

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