The invention discloses a modified water-soluble
chitosan flocculating agent and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: a carboxymethyl
reaction step: dispersing
chitosan into a
mixed solution of isopropanol and
sodium hydroxide, stirring for alkalization so as to obtain a reaction mixture, dissolving monochloro
acetic acid into isopropanol to obtain asolution, dropwise adding the solution into the reaction mixture, reacting for 3-5 hours, adding an
ethanol water solution to terminate the reaction, washing, and
drying, so as to obtain carboxymethylchitosan; and a cross-linking
reaction step: dissolving
carboxymethyl chitosan into
hydrochloric acid, adjusting the pH value to 5, dissolving 3,4-
dihydroxyphenylacetic acid into a certain amount ofwater to obtain a solution, adding the solution into a
carboxymethyl chitosan solution, dissolving a mixture of EDC and NHS into mixed liquid of water and
ethanol to obtain a solution, adding the solution into a reaction solution, adding
hydrogen peroxide into the reaction solution, stirring to maintain the pH value of the reaction solution at 4.5-5.0, and reacting at the
room temperature for 9-11hours, so as to obtain the modified water-soluble
chitosan flocculating agent. The flocculating agent disclosed by the invention has good water
solubility and flocculating property.