Journal
SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 9, Pages 1923-1940Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01496390902955628
Keywords
Bubble; coagulant; dissolved air flotation; polymer; surfactant
Funding
- EPSRC
- Anglian Water
- Northumbrian Water
- Thames Water
- Yorkshire Water
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This paper investigates the potential for using surface modified bubbles in the treatment of algae using dissolved air flotation (DAF) instead of upstream coagulation and flocculation. Bubble modification is attempted by adding either metal coagulant, surfactant or polymers direct to the saturator. In this way, the chemical characteristics most suitable for removing small algae cells using this technique are examined. Optimum removal using metal coagulant, aluminium sulphate, was 60%; however, both a decrease in the magnitude of the zeta potential and microfloc generation occurred concurrently, thus accounting for the improved removal. In contrast, there was no change in system zeta potential and no microfloc generation when using cationic surfactant cetyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide (CTAB), for which 63% removal was achieved. An average of 95% removal was achieved using the cationic polymer, PolyDADMAC, with no change to system zeta potential. The results therefore confirm that there is a potential for adapting the conventional DAF process to operate without upstream coagulation and flocculation. A chemical with both a hydrophobic component in addition to a high molecular weight, hydrophilic, highly charge component is advised for the process.
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