Application of a chitosan flocculant to water treatment

Investigation of flocculation efficiency in treatment of wet gas treatment slime of ferroalloys production

“…Compared to coagulation, organic polymers are used in smaller doses, do not carry an additional ion load and are of lower cost [3,4].…”

The Molecular Structure and Conformational Dynamics of Chitosan Polymers: An Integrated Perspective from Experiments and Computational Simulations

“…Such progress has been more noticeable in the structural characterization of proteins and nucleic acids. Notwithstanding, carbohydrates are not too far behind despite difficulties in proton assignment of each atom due to the structural similarity of the monosaccharide units [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

“…These functional groups are also responsible for properties such as high hydrophilicity, reactivity, and structural flexibility that make chitosan soluble in nearneutral acid solution [17]. The soluble adsorptive properties of chitosan enable its use for removal of pesticide and dyes from water, for adsorption of proteins, as flocculant agent, and even as a catalyst support for biodiesel production [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Besides being an abundant renewable resource, chitosan stands out due to some unique properties such as exceptional biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity and the easiness of production of chemically modified forms [14,25,26].…”

Removal of Turbidity, Suspended Solids and Ions of Fe from Aqueous Solution using Okra Powder by Coagulation-Flocculation Process

“…The use of polymers as flocculation auxiliary enables more efficient removal of suspended solids of water [5]. These polymers may be synthetic or natural.…”