Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 12, Pages 2931-2940Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00518-8
Keywords
AE-model; deflocculation; degree of dispersion; erosion; floc strength; shear sensitivity; shear effects; interaction energy; adhesion enthalpy
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The presence of micron-sized primary particles is critical in many solid/liquid separation processes, and characterisation of stability with respect to the degree of dispersion is therefore relevant. Characterisation of floc strength so far has mainly dealt with the size of floes and not addressed quantification with respect to primary particles. In the present work floc strength was quantified in terms of the shear sensitivity (k(SS)) as a standardised parameter based on the recent adhesion-erosion model (AE-model). The shear sensitivity quantifies the degree of dispersion for low total solids contents and intermediate turbulent shear rates. It reflects the affinity of adhesion/erosion of primary particles to and from floes and thus provides a means of characterising the interaction energy between the sludge colloids. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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