How to Use POLYOX™ & UCARFLOC™ Flocculation Sample Guide

POLYOX™ and UCARFLOC™ are effective flocculants for clays, silica, silt, paper fines, and more. They can help reduce the total amount of flocculant needed through their high efficacy. Often, only a few ppm is required, and adding in excess results in failure. Determining the optimal concentration is critical for flocculant performance and cost considerations.
 

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Jar Test for Sedimentation

POLYOX™ and UCARFLOC™ can be mixed directly into turbid wastewater as a powder or mixed into potable water to create a stock solution.

Since the concentrations needed for benchtop testing are often very low, ranging from 1–100 ppm, measuring the appropriate mass of POLYOX™ and UCARFLOC™ for a 1-liter jar test may be smaller than the sensitivity of scales present in most labs. Presented below is a ladder study using 1-liter jars with stock solutions to determine the optimal concentration for sedimentation using UCARFLOC™ 309. As observed, the jar containing 2 ppm UCARFLOC™ 309 provided the best sedimentation performance.

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Example Jar Test Parameters of UCARFLOC™ Per Unit of Wastewater

*1 g/L stock solution of UCARFLOC™ in water

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Mixing Stock Solutions

It is recommended to use an overhead mixer as shown below. For ease of measurement in jar testing, it is recommended to make a stock solution of 1 g/L to make the conversions to ppm easier (see the table above).

Note: Stock solutions will slowly oxidize in water and should be used within days to weeks of mixing.