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Synthesis of hydrophobically modified cellulose-based flocculant and its application in treatments of kaolin suspension and machining wastewater

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In this work, an efficient and hydrophobic bamboo pulp cellulose-graft-sodium silicate–polyacrylamide (BPC-g-Si–PAM) flocculant was designed and synthesized to improve its flocculation performance as well as the dewatering efficiency of coagulation sludge. The optimal synthesis process of BPC-g-Si–PAM and its optimal flocculation conditions on wastewater treatment were investigated in detail. Compared with unmodified BPC-g-PAM and commercial PAM, hydrophobic BPC-g-Si–PAM flocculant exhibited better flocculation performance with SV30 of 5.8%. Moreover, TSS, COD and turbidity reduction for machining wastewater reached upto 98.1, 86.8 and 97.6%, respectively. Compared with commercial PAM, removal rate increased by 2.69, 7.68 and 2.68%, respectively. And also BPC-g-Si–PAM exhibited higher removal efficiency for ammonia nitrogen (77.7%), total iron (99.3%), total phosphorus (93.6%) and total zinc (96.7%) than PAM. All the results demonstrated that hydrophobic BPC-g-Si–PAM has a potential application prospect in industrial wastewater treatment.

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The work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51303159, 51672251), Public Technology Research Plan of Zhejiang Province (LGF18E030003), and 521 Talent Project of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University.

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

    Xiaogang Yang, Lianwei Zhang, Xu Jin, Lin Liu, Yong Zhang & Juming Yao

  2. National Engineering Lab of Textile Fiber Materials and Processing Technology, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Lin Liu & Juming Yao

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Shinshu University, 3-15-1 Tokida, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8576, Japan

    Qingqing Ni

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Yang, X., Zhang, L., Jin, X. et al. Synthesis of hydrophobically modified cellulose-based flocculant and its application in treatments of kaolin suspension and machining wastewater. Cellulose 24, 5639–5647 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1525-1

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