What is a polyacrylamide flocculant?

The flocculant is designed to be eco-friendly and to support long-term effectiveness for filtration media and equipment. Polyacrylamide is a polymer-based flocculant that is widely used in the treatment of water, ranging from waste water to drinking water.

How effective is coagulant & flocculant?

Results showed that the most effective impact of coagulant and flocculant was the treated wastewater in Jar 5 using only 16 mg/L of PAC and 0.04 mg/L of PAM were used as coagulant and flocculant, respectively, resulting the value of the turbidity, pH, COD, BOD, and TSS was 2.00 NTU, pH 6.22, 2.00 mg/L, 5.22 mg/L, and 2.00 mg/L, respectively.

Can flocculants be used in wastewater treatment?

The potential application of conventional flocculants, bio-flocculants and grafted flocculants in wastewater treatment has been verified and well investigated.

What are the most commonly used flocculation agents?

These compounds make up some of the most widely used flocculation agents on the market. Aluminum sulfate (Al2 (SO4)3) is an aluminum salt that is also known by the name alum. Along with ferric chloride and ferric sulfate, it is the most widely used of all flocculant agents.

What is polyacrylamide used for?

Polyacrylamide is a polymer-based flocculant that is widely used in the treatment of water, ranging from waste water to drinking water. It is often used as an anionic — or negatively charged — flocculant and is popular in industry, thanks to its broad availability and relative safety when in use or in storage.

Why are polymeric flocculants used in industrial effluent treatment?

Polymeric flocculants, synthetic as well as natural have become very popular in industrial effluent treatment due to their natural inertness to pH changes, high efficiency with low dosage, and easy handling (Singh et al., 2000).