Selective separation of copper (II) and cobalt (II) from wastewater by using continuous cross‐flow micellar‐enhanced ultrafiltration and surfactant recovery from metal micellar solutions |
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Authors: | Vijay Anand Kumar Anthati K. V. Marathe |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400019, India |
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Abstract: | Performance of continuous cross‐flow micellar‐enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) method was investigated for the selective separation of copper (Cu2+) and cobalt (Co2+) from the aqueous phase using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as an anionic surfactant and iminodiacetic acid (IDA) as a chelating agent. Operating parameters such as operating time (10–120 min), cross‐flow rate (100–250 mL/min), pH of the solution (2.8–5.6), molar concentration ratio of the chelating agent to metals (the C/M ratio, 0.5–2.5), molar concentration ratio of the surfactant to metals (the S/M ratio, 5–8) and mode of operation were studied to investigate the effectiveness of the process on selective separation. At optimal parameters, above 90% selective separation (Cu2+ in permeate and Co2+ in retentate) was achieved. Two methods were studied for the separation of Co2+ and SDS from retentate stream; acidification followed by UF and addition of chelating agent followed by UF with surfactant recovery of 75% and 83%, respectively, and Co going into the permeate. |
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Keywords: | MEUF selective separation Cu2+ Co2+ chelating agent |
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