Microbial Flocculants: The Future Star of Green Water Treatment
Recently, microbial flocculants, an emerging environmental technology, have once again become the focus of the scientific research and environmental protection sectors. Microbial flocculants are metabolic products produced by microorganisms or their secretions, which are obtained through biotechnological fermentation, extraction, and refinement. Compared with traditional chemical flocculants, microbial flocculants are characterized by high efficiency, non-toxicity, biodegradability, and no secondary pollution.
Unique Advantages Spark Attention
The main components of microbial flocculants include bio-macromolecules such as glycoproteins, polysaccharides, proteins, cellulose, and DNA. These components endow microbial flocculants with high flocculation efficiency and a wide range of applications. They can quickly aggregate suspended particles and colloids in water, while maintaining water quality safety and avoiding the heavy metal residues and secondary pollution that may be caused by traditional chemical flocculants.
Broad Application Prospects
The application fields of microbial flocculants are continuously expanding. They have been successfully used to treat various complex water bodies, including high-turbidity river water, food industry wastewater, dyeing wastewater decolorization, oily wastewater, and heavy metal wastewater. For example, in the treatment of livestock wastewater, microbial flocculants can increase the removal rate of organic matter in wastewater to 67.2%, and the treated water quality is almost transparent. In addition, they can effectively restore the settling capacity of activated sludge and eliminate sludge bulking problems.
Research and Development Trends
Despite their many advantages, microbial flocculants are still limited in large-scale industrial applications due to high production costs and limited microbial strain resources. Currently, researchers are working to reduce costs by optimizing fermentation processes, screening for highly efficient flocculating strains, and developing low-cost culture media. For example, attempts to use high-COD/high-N wastewater as an alternative culture medium have achieved preliminary success.
Conclusion
As the third generation of flocculants, microbial flocculants, with their high efficiency, environmental friendliness, and no secondary pollution, are gradually becoming the ideal choice for water treatment. With continuous technological advancements and cost reductions, microbial flocculants are expected to replace traditional chemical flocculants in the future, providing strong support for environmental protection and sustainable development.
Beijing Succeeder Technology Inc. (Stock code: 688338), founded in 2003 and listed since 2020, is a leading manufacturer in coagulation diagnostics. We specialize in automated coagulation analyzers and reagents, ESR/HCT analyzers, and hemorheology analyzers. Our products are certified under ISO 13485 and CE, and we serve over 10,000 users worldwide.
Analyzer Introduction
Fully Automated Coagulation analyzer SF-9200 (https://www.succeeder.com/fully-automated-coagulation-analyzer-sf-9200-product) can be used for clinical test and pre-operative screening. Hospitals and medical scientific researchers also can use SF-9200. Which adopts coagulation and immunoturbidimetry, chromogenic method to test the clotting of plasma. The instrument shows that clotting measurement value is the clotting time (in seconds). If the test item is calibrated by calibration plasma, it can also display other related results.
The product is made of sampling probe movable unit, cleaning unit, cuvettes movable unit, heating and cooling unit, test unit, operation-displayed unit, LIS interface (used for printer and transfer date to Computer).
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