An environment-friendly flocculant and application thereof belong to the technical field of environment-friendly flocculants. At present, the most widely applied flocculants are mainly inorganic flocculants (such as
polyaluminum chloride) and synthetic organic flocculants (such as
polyacrylamide), the flocculants have certain
toxicity and are difficult to degrade, secondary
pollution can be caused when the flocculants are widely used, and waste residues cannot be treated. The invention provides an environment-friendly flocculating agent which is non-toxic, harmless, free of secondary
pollution and good in performance and application of the environment-friendly flocculating agent. The main component of the environment-friendly flocculating agent is a
dextran-
citric acid anionic
polymer. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: adjusting the pH value of a
citric acid solution to 7-9 by using
sodium hydroxide, well mixing and stirring the
citric acid solution with a
dextran solution, adding 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide
hydrochloride, and reacting for 12-36 hours, the
molar ratio of edc to citric acid being (1-2): 1; and adding
ethanol for
precipitation, and washing and
drying the precipitate to obtain the flocculant.
Soybean meal waste liquid can be used for
livestock breeding after being flocculated, the preparation is simple, and the efficiency is high.