Kinetics of pneumatic flocculation

A mathematical model has been established to describe the kinetics of pneumatic flocculation in terms of the process variables: energy of agitation, volume of turbid water, temperature, water viscosity, amount of synthetic turbidity, flocculating time, amount of air flow, depth of water column and size of orifice. The mathematical model tested for both normal and taper types of flocculation. The experimental data vindicated the model relationship between the concentration ratio and the rate of air flow for the air flow rate above 50 cm3 min−1. Accordingly, the developed mathematical model was then linearised.