Removal of phosphorus from aqueous solution using alumized red mud

Treated red mud, the solid residue from bauxite processing, was found to adsorb phosphorus from dilute aqueous solution effectively. Experiments were carried out in aqueous as well as buffer media to obtain the optimum conditions like contact time, pH, adsorbent dose, adsorbate concentration, temperature etc. The pH value of 4.5 was found to be optimum for maximum removal. The equilibrium was attained within 60 mins. Lower adsorbent dose and higher initial phosphorus concentration favoured higher loading capacity. The adsorption process followed Freundlich isotherm and Lagergren equations and they followed first order rate kinetics. The effect of different anions on phosphorus removal could be explained on the basis of the changing affinity of anions for the surface and their relative concentrations.     

Removal of dyes from aqueous solution using fly ash and red mud

Fly ash and red mud have been employed as adsorbents for the removal of a typical basic dye, methylene blue, from aqueous solution. Heat treatment and chemical treatment have also been applied to the as-received fly ash and red mud samples. It is found that fly ash generally shows higher adsorption capacity than red mud. The raw fly ash and red mud show adsorption capacity at 1.4 x 10(-5) and 7.8 x 10(-6) mol/g, respectively. Heat treatment reduces the adsorption capacity for both fly ash and red mud but acid treatment by HNO(3) induces a different effect on fly ash and red mud. Nitric acid treatment results in an increase in adsorption capacity of fly ash (2.4 x 10(-5) mol/g) while it decreases the adsorption capacity for red mud (3.2 x 10(-6) mol/g). The adsorption data have been analysed using Langmuir, Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson isotherms. The results indicate that the Redlich-Peterson model provides the best correlation of the experimental data. Isotherms have also been used to obtain the thermodynamic parameters such as free energy, enthalpy and entropy of adsorption. For fly ash and red mud, adsorption of methylene blue is endothermic reaction with DeltaH(0) at 76.1 and 10.8 kJ/mol, respectively.     

赤泥作水泥掺合料的试验研究

运用X衍射分析方法,分析了赤泥的矿物组成,表明赤泥含有潜在活性的物质;采用SEM分析了赤泥的形态,表明赤泥有较好的填充形态;通过水泥胶砂强度试验,表明掺未煅烧赤泥的最佳掺量为5%左右,最大掺量为10%～15%;而600℃煅烧的赤泥具有较好的活性,在20%掺量以下具有较高的强度,最大掺量可达30%左右。     

树脂基水合氧化铈复合材料深度去除污水中磷酸盐

通过"前驱体导入-原位沉积"的工艺路线,将水合氧化铈(HCO)纳米颗粒负载入强碱阴离子交换树脂(SAE)孔道内,制得复合纳米吸附剂HCO@SAE并用于污水中磷酸盐的深度去除。试验结果表明:与其母体材料SAE、粉末活性炭(PAC)和大孔吸附树脂XAD-4相比,HCO@SAE具有最佳的磷酸盐吸附性能。溶液pH值对HCO@SAE吸附磷酸盐的性能有较大影响,且在中性条件下可获得最大的磷酸盐吸附量(30.96 mgP/g)。得益于负载HCO纳米颗粒对磷酸盐的专属内配位络合作用,HCO@SAE能够在共存高浓度竞争离子的条件下实现对磷酸盐的选择性吸附。采用NaOH-NaCl混合溶液作为脱附剂可实现对吸附饱和HCO@SAE的高效再生,再生后吸附性能保持稳定,从而实现多批次循环吸附操作。     

Evaluating Algibon adsorbent and adsorption kinetics for launderette water treatment: towards sustainable water management

Grey water from commercial laundry facility was used for treatment to substitute the conventional water sources. Algibon, A800 derived from mesoporous alginic acid and Starbon S300, carbonaceous mesoporous polysaccharide‐derived materials, silica gel (SG) and activated carbon (AC) were used for the treatment of wastewater. The optimum adsorbent dosing and pH value for each adsorption system are defined. The adsorption efficiency are in the order of A800 > SG > AC > S300 and the removal rate reached to 91% when A800 was used. Furthermore, the reaction followed the second‐order kinetic model and the rate constant is high when A800 adsorbent is applied.     

Enhanced trace phosphate removal from water by zirconium(IV) loaded fibrous adsorbent

This study was investigated for the trace phosphate removal at high feed flow rate by ligand exchange fibrous adsorbent. The zirconium(IV) loaded bifunctional fibers containing both phosphonate and sulfonate were used as a highly selective ligand exchange adsorbent for trace phosphate removal from water. The precursory fiber of the bifunctional fibers was co-grafted by polymerization of chloromethylstyrene and styrene onto polyethylene coated polypropylene fiber and then bifunctional fibers were prepared by Arbusov reaction followed by phosphorylation and sulfonation. Phosphate adsorption experimental work was carried out in column approach. Phosphate adsorption increased with decreasing the pH of feed solutions. An increase in the feeds flow rate brings a decrease in both breakthrough capacity and total adsorption. The effect of competing anions on phosphate adsorption systems was investigated. The experimental findings reveal that the phosphate adsorption was not affected in the presence of competing anions such as chloride and sulfate despite the enhancement of the breakthrough points and total adsorption. Due to high selectivity to phosphate species, low concentration level of phosphate (0.22 mg/L) was removed at high feed flow rate of 450 h⁻¹ in space velocity. The adsorbed phosphate on the Zr(IV) loaded fibrous column was quantitatively eluted with 0.1 M NaOH solution and then the column was regenerated by 0.5 M H₂SO₄ for the next adsorption operation. During many adsorption-elution-regeneration cycles, no measurable Zr(IV) was found in the column effluents. Therefore, the Zr(IV) loaded bifunctional fibrous adsorbent is to be an effective means to treat wastewater to prevent eutrophication in the receiving water bodies for long time without any deterioration.     

Use of TNSAC in phosphate adsorption studies and relationships. Isotherm relationships and utility in the field

There is a need for developing low cost, easily and abundantly available, yet efficient, adsorbents for the removal of phosphates during the tertiary treatment of wastewaters. The tamarind nut shell activated carbon (TNSAC) prepared on a laboratory scale has been used to evaluate its performance for phosphate adsorption. This paper describes the laboratory production of this adsorbent material in its various forms, and discusses the effects of the TNSAC process variables (the unrinsed and rinsed forms of the TNSAC and the impregnation ratio) on its performance in adsorbing phosphate. The material has been shown to be a good alternative adsorbent. As much as 95% phosphate removal by the unrinsed TNSAC is possible in about 30 min under the test conditions. The phosphate adsorbing capacity is about two times higher for the unrinsed TNSAC in comparison to the rinsed TNSAC. The adsorption rates, however, transit to extremely low rates towards the end when equilibrium conditions could be attained in about 2 h contact time. The phosphate removal mechanics are adsorption and precipitation/ion exchange when unrinsed TNSAC is used, and adsorption alone for the rinsed TNSAC. The maximum phosphate removal is found to take place at an impregnation ratio of 1.0 for both forms of the TNSAC.     

净水型赤泥-矿渣基地聚合物透水混凝土的研究

研究了赤泥掺量、碱激发剂模数及碱当量、集料空隙率等对赤泥-矿渣基地聚合物透水混凝土(RSGPC)力学性能、透水性能和重金属吸附性能的影响规律,采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和X射线能谱仪(EDS)等微观测试手段,探讨了RSGPC对溶液中重金属离子的吸附机理及重金属离子在RSGPC浆体表面的分布规律.结果表明:RSGPC对重金属离子的吸附性能随赤泥掺量的增加和集料空隙率的降低而增加,而受碱激发剂模数及碱当量的影响不大; RSGPC对重金属离子的吸附作用主要是未水化赤泥颗粒、地聚合物凝胶以及低钙硅比C-S-H凝胶的吸附作用,同时还与透水混凝土表面浆体和溶液中重金属离子的接触时间有关;提高浆体自身的力学性能与吸附性能,是协调透水混凝土强度、透水、净水三者之间矛盾的有效途径.     

Selective removal of copper and lead ions by diethylenetriamine-functionalized adsorbent: behaviors and mechanisms

The selective removal of copper and lead ions from aqueous solutions by diethylenetriamine (DETA)-functionalized polymeric adsorbent was investigated. The adsorbent was prepared by amination of the micro-beads synthesized from glycidyl methacrylate and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate co-polymerization (denoted as P-DETA). In the single metal species system (only copper or lead ions present), P-DETA was found to adsorb copper ions or lead ions significantly (with a slightly higher adsorption uptake capacity for lead ions than copper ions). However, P-DETA displayed an excellent selectivity in the adsorption of copper ions over lead ions in the binary metal species system (with both copper and lead ions present). It was also found that initially (or previously) adsorbed lead ions on P-DETA were displaced, even completely, by subsequently adsorbed copper ions from the solution but the case was not vice versa. The greater electronegativity of copper ions than lead ions was identified as the major factor that caused P-DETA to selectively adsorb copper ions over lead ions during competitive adsorption in the binary metal species system. It was speculated that the displacement of already adsorbed lead ions on P-DETA by subsequently adsorbed copper ions was through an adjacent attachment and repulsion mechanism. P-DETA has been shown to have the potential to be used as an effective adsorbent for the removal as well as selective recovery of heavy metal ions in water or wastewater treatment.     

赤泥吸附去除淀粉废水中高浓度磷的研究

以铝矿工业废渣--赤泥为吸附剂去除高浓度淀粉废水中的磷,比较了三种原状赤泥的除磷效果,考察了反应时间、初始pH、NaOH投加顺序和赤泥投加量对除磷效果的影响.结果表明,赤泥具有很好的除磷能力,在投量为2 g/L、反应时间为2 h、反应结束前0.5 h投加2 mol/L的NaOH(25 mL/L)的条件下,除磷率可达98.2%.该研究在赤泥的资源化利用和淀粉废水中磷的去除方面有重要的意义.     

赤泥高强陶粒的研制

利用拜耳法赤泥、页岩和粉煤灰等原料制备的高强陶粒,赤泥掺入量最高50%,陶粒堆积密度840kg/m3,筒压强度达到7.5MPa,强度标号45MPa,吸水率6.9%,表观密度1000kg/m3,孔隙率16.0%,放射性能够满足作为轻集料的活度要求;还利用了XRD、SEM等分析方法,对赤泥陶粒烧结机理进行了探讨。     

Arsenic removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption on magnetite nanoparticles

Magnetite nanoparticles were used to treat arsenic‐contaminated water. Because of their large surface area, these particles have an affinity for heavy metals by adsorbing them from a liquid phase. The results of the study showed that the maximum arsenic adsorption occurred at pH 2, with a value of approximately 3.70 mg/g for both As(III) and As(V) when the initial concentration of both arsenic species was maintained at 2 mg/L. The study showed that, apart from pH, the removal of arsenic from contaminated water also depends on the contact time, the initial concentration of arsenic, the phosphate concentration in the water and the adsorbent concentration. The results suggest that arsenic adsorption involved the formation of weak arsenic–iron oxide complexes at the magnetite surface. At a fixed adsorbent (magnetite nanoparticles) concentration of 0.4 g/L, percent arsenic removal decreased with increasing phosphate concentration. Magnetite nanoparticles removed <50% of arsenic from water containing >6 mg/L phosphate. In this case, an optimum design for achieving high arsenic removal by magnetite nanoparticles may be required.     

Competitive adsorption of phosphate and phosphonates onto goethite

Phosphate and phosphonates are both strongly adsorbed onto mineral surfaces and their removal during wastewater treatment is mainly due to adsorptive processes. We have conducted experiments to study the mutual influence of phosphate and six different phosphonates on each other in buffered medium at pH 7.2. We have used phosphonates having one to five phosphonic acid groups (HMP, IDMP, HEDP, NTMP, EDTMP and DTPMP). The presence of phosphonates suppressed the adsorption of phosphate. The monophosphonate HMP had the smallest and the polyphosphonates the largest effect on phosphate adsorption. The presence of phosphate lowered phosphonate adsorption. The competition in the multicomponent system can reasonably well be predicted using a surface complexation model developed for single component systems. The competitive model only failed in systems containing the polyphosphonate DTPMP. With this approach we can predict the behavior of both compounds during wastewater treatment. The calculations show that phosphonates have a small effect on phosphate adsorption at the actual concentrations in observed wastewater. Adsorption of low concentrations of phosphonates was calculated to be significantly reduced by phosphate concentrations as observed in wastewater.     

大直径桩成孔的泥浆分析

介绍了桥梁大直径桩基施工所采用的不分散低固相泥浆的配制 ,泥浆性能指标及试验 ,制浆机械设施 ,钻孔泥浆的施工管理 ,同时提出了特殊地质泥浆的处理 ,泥浆的循环净化效果。     

Removal of Congo Red dye by adsorption onto phyrophyllite

Synthetic dye‐containing wastewaters from textile, paper, plastic and leather‐tanning industries are a most common organic pollutant. Such dyes may be toxic not only to aquatic life, but also to human beings. Consequently, dye removal from wastewater significantly benefits the environment. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of phyrophyllite as an adsorbent for Congo Red dye from wastewater. Dye sorption rates were investigated in bench‐scale studies. Evaluation of adsorption performance of phyrophyllite on Congo Red necessitated the determination of Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. Adsorption of Congo Red on phyrophyllite was found to be in conformity with both isotherms. The adsorption capacity for phyrophyllite was found to increase with decrease in particle size and with increase in temperature and intensity of agitation. The results indicated that phyrophyllite was a good adsorbent for Congo Red from wastewaters.     

Removal of lindane and malathion from wastewater using bagasse fly ash--a sugar industry waste

The bagasse fly ash, obtained from the local sugar industry, has been used as inexpensive and effective adsorbent for the removal of lindane and malathion from wastewater. The optimum contact needed to reach equilibrium was found to be 60 min. Maximum removal takes place at pH 6.0. The removal of the pesticides increases with an increase in adsorbent dose and decreases with adsorbent particle size. The optimum adsorbent dose is 5 g/l of particle size 200-250 microm. Removal of the two pesticides was achieved up to 97-98% under optimum conditions. The material exhibits good adsorption capacity and follows both Langmuir and Freundlich models. Thermodynamic parameters also indicate the feasibility of the process. The adsorption was found to be exothermic in nature. At lower concentrations, adsorption is controlled by film diffusion, while at higher concentrations, it is controlled by particle diffusion mechanisms. The adsorbent is a very useful and economic product for the removal of lindane and malathion.     

岩土工程泥浆固化处理技术研究

从岩土工程泥浆产生的严重影响及对人类生存的污染着手，总结了国内外常用的工程废泥浆处理方法，论述了采用明矾、石灰等材料对岩土工程废泥浆进行循环处理的必要性和可行性，进一步阐述了应用该方法治理废泥浆的美好前景。     

沉降比与污泥浓度及污泥指数的关系分析

介绍了活性污泥法处理污水的过程,提出污泥沉降比是用以指导工艺运行的重要参数的观点,分析了沉降比与污泥浓度和污泥指数的关系,研究了沉降比对污水处理效果的影响,指出通过确定稳定的污泥沉降比值,可以达到控制污水处理效果,保证出水水质的目的.     

铁-铈复合除磷剂的合成及高效吸附机理

为找到一种除磷的高效吸附剂，通过铁盐与铈盐的混合溶液与碱溶液反应合成了对水溶液中磷酸盐具有高效吸附作用的吸附剂粉末。经正交试验发现，盐溶液中铁、铈离子含量是影响除磷效果的最重要因素，此外合成温度、干燥温度也对吸附性能有一定影响。通过各种测试证明，结晶破碎是复合除磷剂比表面积增大的主要原因，而比表面积增大又是高效吸附除磷的主要原因。     

Preparation and evaluation of a novel Fe-Mn binary oxide adsorbent for effective arsenite removal

Arsenite (As(III)) is more toxic and more difficult to remove from water than arsenate (As(V)). As there is no simple treatment for the efficient removal of As(III), an oxidation step is always necessary to achieve higher removal. However, this leads to a complicated operation and is not cost-effective. To overcome these disadvantage, a novel Fe-Mn binary oxide material which combined the oxidation property of manganese dioxide and the high adsorption features to As(V) of iron oxides, were developed from low cost materials using a simultaneous oxidation and coprecipitation method. The adsorbent was characterized by BET surface areas measurement, powder XRD, SEM, and XPS. The results showed that prepared Fe-Mn binary oxide with a high surface area (265 m2 g(-1)) was amorphous. Iron and manganese existed mainly in the oxidation state +III and IV, respectively. Laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate adsorption kinetics, adsorption capacity of the adsorbent and the effect of solution pH values on arsenic removal. Batch experimental results showed that the adsorbent could completely oxidize As(III) to As(V) and was effective for both As(V) and As(III) removal, particularly the As(III). The maximal adsorption capacities of As(V) and As(III) were 0.93 mmol g(-1) and 1.77 mmol g(-1), respectively. The results compare favorably with those obtained using other adsorbent. The effects of anions such as SO4(2-), PO4(3-), SiO3(2-), CO3(2-) and humic acid (HA), which possibly exist in natural water, on As(III) removal were also investigated. The results indicated that phosphate was the greatest competitor with arsenic for adsorptive sites on the adsorbent. The presence of sulfate and HA had no significant effect on arsenic removal. The high uptake capability of the Fe-Mn binary oxide makes it potentially attractive adsorbent for the removal of As(III) from aqueous solution.