flocculation

In large commercial breweries it is killed off, flocculated out with a flocculation agent then filtered out.

If this was separation of precious metal from gangue you'd use flocculation or flotation after grinding.

Selection pressure with this propagation technique is primarily for flocculation ability, and it produces strains much more flocculant than wild strains.

So, in a one-liner, coagulation flocculation is a process by which colloids and particles are coalesced into larger aggregate clumps, called flocs.

The combination of ferric chloride and latex is what's called coagulation flocculation treatment.

The technical term is flocculation, but yes it's ultimately the same process.

After the coagulation and flocculation process, the water usually enters a large settling basin where the flocs gradually settle to the bottom, resulting in clarified water.

The process of flocculation itself is autocatalytic and therefore ~exponential.

> you'd still need the coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and maybe the filtration stages of the treatment plant.

In other words, no, this doesn't replace coagulation+flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration; it's only replacing the specific disinfectant in use.

(Although the pH control for coagulation/flocculation was no slouch either, especially when all of the algae were busy having sex in summertime).

My idea is to use AI algorithms to analyze large datasets to identify optimal conditions for coagulation and flocculation, such as the best types and doses of coagulants and flocculants, pH levels, and mixing speeds.