Why is polyaluminum chloride a good coagulant for water treatment?

Polyaluminum chloride (PAC) is highly effective coagulant for water treatment over conventional coagulants because of low dosage requirement, shorter flocculation time, smaller amount of sludge, high efficiency and low aluminum residual in treated water .

What are the synthesis parameters of aluminum chloride hexahydrate?

The synthesis parameters were concentration of aluminum chloride hexahydrate (0.4 to 0.8 M), basicity ratio (2.0 to 2.4), reaction temperature (60 to 80 °C) and time (180 to 360 min). The performance of PΑC for water treatment was also investigated. The monomeric, medium polymeric and colloidal species of PAC were determined by Ferron test method.

Does initial concentration of aluminum chloride affect the yield of Al B?

As observed in Fig. 1 (a–d), the effects of initial concentration of aluminum chloride, basicity ratio, reaction temperature and time curves were steep slope and curvature, which revealed that the yield of Al b content in the PΑC species was very sensitive for these factors.

What is the coagulation time for aluminum sulfate and aluminum chloride coagulants?

However, for aluminum sulfate and aluminum chloride coagulants the coagulation time and settling time were reached to 15 and 35 min, respectively. The results revealed that the residual aluminum concentration in the treated water was very small for synthesized PAC coagulant which was <0.2 mg L −1.

What is the coagulation and settling time for synthesized PAC coagulant?

The coagulant dose and the lime required of synthesized PAC were reduced more than two folds relative to aluminum sulfate and aluminum chloride doses. The coagulation process was very fast for synthesized PAC coagulant, which was also required less settling time. The coagulation and settling time for synthesized PAC were 5 and 20 min, respectively.

Can PAC be prepared from aluminum chloride solution?

PAC can be prepared from aluminum chloride solution with the titration of various basification agents such as calcium oxide [16, 21], sodium hydroxide [, , ] and sodium aluminate .