Integrated Engineers Floccin™ (Flocculating Agents)
Floccin™ to Traditional Chemistry Comparison
The Floccin™ products have proven to be more cost effective than the conventional steps of pH adjusting, coagulation, flocculation, and the use of dewatering aids such as pearlite or diatomaceous earth.
The Floccin™ products usually replace 3 chemistries with 1 and in many cases replaces 5 products. This greatly simplifies the treatment operation and variability of the treated water.
In batch operations or clarification, the Floccin™ products have greater settling rates. Batch systems can settle the solids in 20 minutes versus 2+ hours.
In clarifiers, the increased settling rate allows a higher hydraulic loading thereby increasing the throughput. The sludge generated has a higher shear strength generating a drier cake without dewatering aids.
A strong aspect is the ability of the Floccin™ products to work over a wide pH range. Traditional chemistry has a very tight pH range of operation for metal removal or emulsion breaking. The Floccin™ flocculant products require a wider pH range thereby savings in acid/base costs as well as lowered effluent EC/TDS levels.
In metals removal, the effluent water quality has lowered concentrations. In high fats/oils/grease wastewater, the Floccin™ products have a higher affinity to reduce these over a wider pH range.
