Flocculant Plants
Efficient aggregation of colloidal particles using advanced polymer dosing for high-rate solid-liquid
separation
Under construction
Overview
Cube Consolidating Flocculant Plants are engineered to promote rapid aggregation of destabilised particles into larger flocs for subsequent removal via clarification, thickening, or filtration. Unlike precipitation, flocculation involves suspended—not dissolved—solids. Optimised flocculant and coagulant dosing enhances settling rates and improves downstream separating processes across industries including mining, water treatment, food & beverage, and chemicals.
Technical Highlights
- Ideal overflow rates: 5–12 m³/m²/h (conventional) or up to 25 m³/m²/h for lamella units
- Typical detention times: 60–120 min for gravity units; shorter cycles with plate settlers
- Sludge underflow solids: dependent on feed solids concentration and coagulation dosing regime
- Lamella plate spacing: 50–80 mm; plate pitch: ~50–70° for self-cleaning effectiveness.
How Flocculant Plants Work
Coagulation neutralizes particle surface charge—typically using salts like ferric chloride or aluminum sulfate—while flocculants (synthetic polymers) bridge particles into larger aggregates. The process is facilitated by controlled mixing and retention time in flocculation basins or tanks. Preparation and dosing systems ensure precise polymer concentration (typically 0.05–0.2%) and solution viscosity via dry- or liquid-feed systems, often with automated maturation and storage tanks.
Accurate dosing is critical. Customized equipment—such as hopper feeders, jet mixers, and screw feeders—creates a homogeneous flocculant solution, which is mixed into the feed stream, promoting optimal floc formation before clarifiers or thickeners.
Key Benefits
- Enhanced Solids Capture: Transforms fine suspended particles into settleable flocs, improving removal rates and reducing turbidity.
- Chemical Efficiency: Precise dosing reduces polymer consumption and avoids excess dosing.
- System Protection: Protects downstream equipment (clarifiers, filters, dewatering units) by improving process performance.
- Automated & Scalable: Units can operate continuously with minimal operator input and adapt to varying capacities.
System Components & Features
Cube Consolidating Flocculant Plants typically include:
- Dosing pumps or screw feeders
- Polymer housing and make-up tanks (single or multi-tank)
- Agitators for mixing and maturation
- Jet wetting system for powder hydration
- Control panel and PLC for automation
- Supporting infrastructure: walkways, stairs, valves
- These modular systems are skid-mounted for quick installation and are tailored to match client feed rates, polymer type, and integration requirements.
Industries Where Flocculant Plants Are Used
Flocculant plants manufactured by Cube Consolidating are applied in:
- Mining – tailings management and tailwater reuse
- Water & Wastewater Treatment – enhanced sedimentation and clarifier feed preparation
- Food & Beverage, Pulp & Paper, Pharmaceuticals – removal of organic solids and colour before clarification
- Chemicals, Petrochemical & Agriculture – process water conditioning and impurity removal
Customization & Integration
Design features tailored by Cube Consolidating include:
- Polymer make-down concentration: typically 0.05–0.4% (dry or emulsion polymers)
- Dosing rates: 1–10 ppm depending on feed and solids concentration
- Hydration time: up to 60 minutes for full dissolution
- Polymer solution volumes calibrated by feed solids and treated flow rate