Cellulose nanocrystals for the flocculation of Chlorella microalgae

摘要

1 Pyridinium and imidazole grafted CNCs produced through simple esterification reactions 2 Flocculation of Chlorella achieved up to 98 % efficiency at a dose of 40 mgL~(-1) 3 Flocculation with modified CNCs shows correlation with DS 4 Pyridinium grafted CNCs Comparable dose to cationic starch Less sensitive to AOM