Figure 3.

Turbidity removal of industrial effluent as a function of time of settling, using cationic cellulose-based flocculation agents from bleached pulp (CDAC_p A and B) and from wood chips (CDAC_w A and B), in a dual system with bentonite, at pH 1.5. Procedure A: 0.3 wt% bentonite followed by 2.67 mg/L of flocculant. Procedure B: 0.6 wt% bentonite and 5.34 mg/L of flocculant. Procedure C: 0.3 wt% bentonite and 5.34 mg/L of flocculant. Procedure D: 0.6 wt% bentonite and 2.67 mg/L of flocculant. A cationic synthetic cPAM (in dual system with the same concentrations described in procedures A-D), was used as reference.