Abstract
The ability of flocs growth has a significant effect on the efficiency of solid/liquid separation during coagulation process. The growth and re-growth of flocs by one time or continuous dosage were explored at neutral pH, including one time and continuous additional dosage strategy after flocs breakage. The size of flocs formed by continuous dosage before breakage was much larger than the one formed by one time dosage. There was significant irreversibility of floc breakage when no additional coagulant was added. For the one with one time initial dosage strategy, the size of re-grown flocs by one time additional dosage was nearly the same as that before breakage. The re-grown flocs formed by continuous additional dosage were a little smaller than that formed by one time additional dosage. It definitely showed that the growth or connection of flocs was probably not determined by the flocs size distribution and fractal dimension, but by the surface activity of flocs. Additional dosage could improve flocs re-grown ability because the surface activity of broken flocs was repaired by adding new alum.
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