The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of hydrodynamics in flocculation. The effects of a hydrodynamic sequencing (flocculation–break-up–reflocculation–break-up–reflocculation) on the evolution of aluminium–bentonite floc size distributions and structure are investigated by image analysis in a Taylor–Couette reactor. The flocculation phenomena analysed in this study mainly occur in the viscous subrange, with floc size below the Kolmogorov micro-scale. The high sensitivity of steady-state floc size distribution to initial floc size distribution (elementary particles or flocs formed issuing break-up stages) is highlighted. Reversibility or irreversibility of agglomeration and break-up phenomena are discussed in terms of floc history and hydrodynamic stress. Finally, the hydrodynamic conditioning for aluminium–bentonite flocs is examined.
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January 01 2006
Hydrodynamic conditioning of aluminium–bentonite flocs
C. Coufort;
1Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Procédés de l'Environnement, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4 France, (E-mail: alain.line@insa-toulouse.fr
E-mail: carole.coufort@insa-toulouse.fr
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1Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Procédés de l'Environnement, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4 France, (E-mail: alain.line@insa-toulouse.fr
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Water Supply (2006) 6 (1): 11–19.
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C. Coufort, A. Liné; Hydrodynamic conditioning of aluminium–bentonite flocs. Water Supply 1 January 2006; 6 (1): 11–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2006.002
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C. Coufort, A. Liné; Hydrodynamic conditioning of aluminium–bentonite flocs. Water Supply 1 January 2006; 6 (1): 11–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2006.002
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