Understanding the coagulation mechanism and floc properties induced by Fe(VI) and FeCl3: population balance modeling

Coagulation kinetics and floc properties are of great fundamental and practical importance in the field of water treatment. To investigate the performance of Fe(VI) and Fe(III) salt on particle coagulation, Malvern Mastersizer 2000 was employed to continuously and simultaneously monitor the kaolin f...

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Autores principales: Xinliang Liu, Hailiang Yin, Jian Zhao, Ziqi Guo, Zhen Liu, Yizhou Sang
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Publicado: IWA Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/4c5f267a2194479190ffffd006154394
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Sumario:Coagulation kinetics and floc properties are of great fundamental and practical importance in the field of water treatment. To investigate the performance of Fe(VI) and Fe(III) salt on particle coagulation, Malvern Mastersizer 2000 was employed to continuously and simultaneously monitor the kaolin floc size and structure change, and population balance modeling was used to investigate the coagulation mechanism. The results show dosage increase had positive effect on collision efficiency and floc strength and negative effect on restructure rate. Low shear rate resulted in higher collision efficiency and stronger floc. Low water temperature had a pronounced detrimental effect on coagulation kinetics. Temperature increase showed the most significant positive effect on collision efficiency, floc strength and restructure rate. The optimum pH zone for the coagulation was found to be between 6 and 8. Further pH increase lowered the collision efficiency and floc strength and increased the restructure rate. FeCl3 resulted in a larger ratio of the mass to volume of kaolin flocs (compactness) than those induced by ferrate. HIGHLIGHTS Population balance modeling achieved excellent approximation of coagulation process.; FeCl3 produced larger, stronger and more compact flocs than those by ferrate(VI).; Dosage increase had positive effect on collision efficiency and floc strength.; High temperature resulted in high collision efficiency, floc strength and restructure.; Optimum pH for both coagulation systems was between 6 and 8.;