This webinar reviews the application of in situ process analytical technologies to optimize and control the flocculation process. Examples include laboratory and manufacturing applications to optimize and control:
- Biotech cell and cell debris separations
- Pulp and paper yield, retention, and product quality
- Oil/sand tailings settling rates
- Waste water settling rates in the mining industry
- Flocculant and chemical surfactant effectiveness
Flocculation is a common separation technique in the biotechnology, petroleum, pulp and paper, and mining industries. Performance of flocculation polymers and chemicals depends on the incoming particle size distribution, solids concentration, mixing efficiency, and additive type and dosage. Flocculation effectiveness influences downstream separation, settling, flotation, and purification. By implementing probe based particle measurement technology, real time changes can be tracked to the floc distribution while measuring inline at full process concentrations with no sampling required. These particle size distribution tools allow flocculant performance to be quickly optimized in the laboratory and are used to control solids flocculation and downstream separations in the plant - even as the incoming particle system changes.
Your online presenter, Eric Dycus, has over 8 years of experience in particle size distribution technology working with companies in the pharmaceutical, chemical, oil and gas, mining, food, paper, energetics, and consumer products industries. Applications that Eric has investigated include crystallization, granulation, flocculation/sedimentation/flotation, milling, coating, dissolution, precipitation, cell growth, and emulsification.
Related topics: flocculation, floc, particle size distribution, particle shape, cell debris, oils sands tailings, surfactant polymer additive, Nalco, coalescence, Process Analytical Technology, flocculant