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Synthesis of an Eco-friendly Bamboo Cellulose-grafted-ployacrylamide Flocculant and Its Flocculation Performance on Papermaking Wastewater

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Flocculation is the first and important step to remove suspended and slightly soluble pollutants in industrial wastewater treatment. Flocculant is just the key element for flocculation process. Polyacrylamide (PAM) is the most widely used flocculant. But it still holds some potential flaws which are ignored by people. An eco-friendly bamboo cellulose-grafted-ployacrylamide flocculant (BC-g-PAM) was then synthesized by free-radical graft copolymerization in homogeneous aqueous solution. The optimal synthesis conditions of the BC-g-PAM was investigated. FTIR, TG, XRD and FESEM were employed to characterize and define its molecular structure and physical characteristics. The BC-g-PAM was also adopted to treat an actual papermaking wastewater. The positive results showed that the BC-g-PAM exhibited an excellent flocculation performance on the papermaking wastewater. The average turbidity removal rate reached 99.7 % and related suspended solids exhibited the corresponding decline. This flocculation also caused a positive effect on the reduction of CODCr and BOD5 of the wastewater. Meanwhile, the BC-g-PAM exhibited an excellent biodegradability. Its degradation rate reached 63.4 % at 90 d in soil extracting solution.

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The work was financially supported by the Key R & D Plan of Zhejiang Province of China, Grant 2020C04015, the Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Province of China, Grant LGF18C160002, the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China, Grant LY19C160010 and the Science and Technology Program of Hangzhou of China, Grant 20191203B28 and the State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, Grant 201758.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Chaoying Chen, Xiumei Zhang, Hridam Deb, Kecong Cui, Yong Zhang & Juming Yao

  2. Zhejiang Transfar Whyyon Chemical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 311231, China

    Fugen Liang

  3. Hangzhou Vocational and Technical College, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Haidong Zhu

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Chen, C., Zhang, X., Deb, H. et al. Synthesis of an Eco-friendly Bamboo Cellulose-grafted-ployacrylamide Flocculant and Its Flocculation Performance on Papermaking Wastewater. Fibers Polym 22, 1518–1525 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-021-0845-9

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