What are the different types of polyacrylamide flocculants?

1. Introduction It is well known that polyacrylamide (PAM), which is a type of water-soluble polymer, is widely used in industrial wastewater treatment as a flocculant , . In general, these flocculants can be divided into three groups, depending on the nature of their charge, i.e., cationic-PAM, anionic-PAM and non-ionic-PAM.

What is cationic polyacrylamide flocculant?

Cationic polyacrylamide is widely used for municipal sewage treatment. Its sludge dewatering qualities make it the best for sewage treatment. Cationic polyacrylamide flocculant is grouped depending on its levels of ionicity. The ionicity levels include strong, medium, and weak.

Why is polyacrylamide used as a flocculant?

Polyacrylamide (PAM) is a commonly used polymeric flocculant because it is possible to synthesize polyacrylamides (PAMs) with various functionalities (positive, neutral, or negative charge) which can be used to produce a good settling performance at relatively low cost.

Can polyacrylamide flocculant improve water purification capacity?

Using organic polyacrylamide flocculant instead of inorganic flocculant, even don’t modify the sedimentation tank, it can increase water purification capacity by more than 20%. In sewage treatment, the use of PAM flocculant can increase the utilization rate of water recycling and can also be used for sludge dewatering.

What is Pam flocculant used for?

In sewage treatment, the use of PAM flocculant can increase the utilization rate of water recycling and can also be used for sludge dewatering. In industrial water treatment, it is an important formulation agent. PAM polymer is a kind of multifunctional oilfield chemical treatment agent.

Which polyacrylamide coagulants are used as flocculants?

Soluble chemical oxygen demand. Alum and PACl were used as coagulants and very high molecular weight cationic polyacrylamide (C-PAM), Organpol 5415, with low charge density and high molecular weight anionic polyacrylamide (A-PAM), Chemfloc 430A, with high charge density were used as flocculants.