flocculation

The sprayed clay technique, called flocculation, was most recently used by Sarasota’s Mote Marine Laboratory in 2018 to combat saltwater red tide, which is also caused by a toxin-producing microorganism.

At the Fort Peck water treatment plant, Missouri River water goes through a multi-step process including chemical treatment, coagulation, flocculation, maturation, sedimentation, clarification and disinfection.

The proteins are also responsible for flocculation, the process by which yeast cells clump together in a beer and fall out of solution.

Harvesting typically involves separation of the algae by sedimentation or flocculation, followed by filtration or centrifugation to remove the unwanted water.

As it is the fine clay-particles that are the chief cause of the puddling of clay soils, their flocculation does much to destroy this objectionable property.