Treatment additives, methods for making and methods for clarifying aqueous media
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSeethalakshmi SURESH, Stephen Robert Vasconcellos, Narain Madhavan, Baraka Kawawa
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Abstract
A coagulant composition includes chitosan, methacryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate and a redox initiator. A coagulant, method for making the coagulant and clarifying wastewater is also provided.
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A coagulant comprising poly-METAS-Chitosan polymer having repeating units of:
- wherein A has the formula of:
- and wherein n is an integer from 50 to 5000.
A coagulant composition comprising chitosan, methacryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate and redox initiators.
A method for making a coagulant comprising polymerizing 2-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium methyl sulfate and chitosan in the presence of redox initiators.
A method for clarifying aqueous media comprising adding a coagulant to the aqueous media, wherein said coagulant comprises poly(METAS)-Chitosan.
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