Coagulant Market Trends

Growth Drivers

• Rising Industrial Activities - Effective coagulation, is one of the most often employed water treatment chemicals in industrial processes, that can assist in stabilizing treatment performance despite the unpredictability of industrial activities.
• Growing Cases of Surgery - The escalating use of coagulants in the healthcare sector, to boost the blood clotting process in patients of surgery or accidents, is estimated to boost the coagulant market growth. The majority of blood tests and coagulation tests are identical since they determine how quickly and easily blood clots are to assist doctors in determining the risk of experiencing severe bleeding or thrombosis and keeping an eye on the patient. For instance, globally, more than 300 million major surgical procedures are carried each annually.
• Use of Coagulant in Pulp and Paper Industry- The pulp and paper sector is currently dealing with stricter regulations regarding wastewater discharge requirements and related licenses, which has resulted in an increasing usage of coagulants to treat pulp and effluent by controlling anionic waste. Moreover, large amounts of black liquors are produced as byproducts of both wood and non-wood pulping processes, which necessitate the use of electrocoagulation as an efficient, quick, and affordable method for treating black liquor.

Challenges

• Growing Environmental Concerns Resulting from the Production of Coagulants- About half of the sludge produced by chemical coagulation is produced by electrocoagulation which has certain negative effects on the environment and health. Chemical-based coagulants, such as poly-aluminum and aluminum sulfate, have produced extremely toxic sludge for a long time, which has had varying consequences on the environment and may result in neurological illnesses. Similarly, disposing of sludge might become difficult when inorganic coagulants are used as they produce massive amounts of metal-rich floc that need to be disposed of in an environmentally responsible way, which can raise the cost of disposal significantly. Besides this, the extremely caustic sludge produced by the metal-based coagulants and the sodium hydroxide, increases operational carbon emissions, in addition to being expensive.
• High Circulation of Generic Chemicals
• Competition with Flocculants
• Exorbitant Cost of Advanced Coagulants