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http://dx.doi.org/10.15681/KSWE.2020.36.3.185

Investigation on Flocculi-floc Interaction and Flocculation in Extracellular Polymeric Substances, Ionic Species and Clay-containing Suspension  

Kim, Jae In (Department of Disaster Prevention and Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Byung Joon (Department of Disaster Prevention and Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment / v.36, no.3, 2020 , pp. 185-193 More about this Journal
Abstract
Bimodal flocculation describes the aggregation and breakage processes of the flocculi (or primary particles) and the flocs in the water environment. Bimodal flocculation causes bimodal size distribution with the two separate peaks of the flocculi and the flocs. Extracellular polymeric substances and ionic species common in the water environment increase the occurrence of bimodal flocculation and flocculi-floc size distribution, under the flocculation mechanisms of electrostatic attraction and polymeric bridging. This study investigated bimodal flocculation and flocculi-floc size distribution, with respect to the extracellular polymeric substance concentration and ionic strength in the kaolinite-containing suspension. The batch flocculation tests comprising 0.12 g/L of kaolinite showed that the highest flocculation potential occurred at the lowest xanthan gum (as extracellular polymeric substances) concentration, under all the ionic strengths of 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1 M NaCl. Also, it was important to note that the higher ionic strength resulted in the higher flocculation potential, at all the xanthan gum concentrations. The bimodal flocculation and flocculi-floc size distribution became apparent in the experimental conditions, which had low and intermediate flocculation potential. Besides the polymeric bridging flocculation, steric stabilization increased the flocculi mass fraction against the floc mass fraction, thereby developing the bimodal size distribution.
Keywords
Bimodal Flocculation; Extracellular Polymeric Substances; Floc; Flocculi; Ionic strength;
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