TY - JOUR
T1 - Recycling aluminum from polyaluminum chloride sludge through acid dissolution and cation resin separation/purification
AU - Liu, Jiawu
AU - Zhang, Jianfeng
AU - Dai, Zicheng
AU - Li, Bing
AU - Chen, Xuan
AU - Meng, Xiaoguang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/9/15
Y1 - 2024/9/15
N2 - To recycle aluminum (Al) from waterworks sludge resulting from polyaluminum chloride (PAC) used as coagulants, this study proposed an innovative strong acidic cation (SAC) exchange resin treatment strategy for Al separation from coexisting fulvic acid (FA) and heavy metals (HMs) in the H2SO4 leachate of PAC sludge. Fluorescence titration confirmed the breakdown of the Al-FA complex at pH 2.0, which facilitated Al separation from FA in the acidic leachate. The species distribution of the dissociated Al (i.e. Ala, Alb, and Alc) significantly influenced the adsorption of Al onto the cation exchange resin. The continuous release of H+ during the cation exchange reaction greatly promoted the transformation of dissociated Alc and Alb into Ala, thereby improving the adsorption of total Al. Moreover, the SAC resin column successfully separated the codissolved HMs from the Al in the leachate even at an influent pH of 2.8, which was attributed to the greater selectivity of the sulfonate groups on the cation exchange resin for free Al3+. The Al eluted from the exhausted resin with 1.1 M H2SO4 was collected as the recycled coagulant after proper pH adjustment. The Al adsorption capacity of the SAC resin decreased by approximately 5 % with each operation cycle and was regained by complete regeneration with 1.8 M H2SO4 after 5 cycles. Overall, the integrated efficiency of Al recovery from PAC sludge by H2SO4 acidification and SAC resin separation/purification reached 70.10 %. The recycled Al from sludge has a water treatment performance comparable to that of fresh PAC coagulant.
AB - To recycle aluminum (Al) from waterworks sludge resulting from polyaluminum chloride (PAC) used as coagulants, this study proposed an innovative strong acidic cation (SAC) exchange resin treatment strategy for Al separation from coexisting fulvic acid (FA) and heavy metals (HMs) in the H2SO4 leachate of PAC sludge. Fluorescence titration confirmed the breakdown of the Al-FA complex at pH 2.0, which facilitated Al separation from FA in the acidic leachate. The species distribution of the dissociated Al (i.e. Ala, Alb, and Alc) significantly influenced the adsorption of Al onto the cation exchange resin. The continuous release of H+ during the cation exchange reaction greatly promoted the transformation of dissociated Alc and Alb into Ala, thereby improving the adsorption of total Al. Moreover, the SAC resin column successfully separated the codissolved HMs from the Al in the leachate even at an influent pH of 2.8, which was attributed to the greater selectivity of the sulfonate groups on the cation exchange resin for free Al3+. The Al eluted from the exhausted resin with 1.1 M H2SO4 was collected as the recycled coagulant after proper pH adjustment. The Al adsorption capacity of the SAC resin decreased by approximately 5 % with each operation cycle and was regained by complete regeneration with 1.8 M H2SO4 after 5 cycles. Overall, the integrated efficiency of Al recovery from PAC sludge by H2SO4 acidification and SAC resin separation/purification reached 70.10 %. The recycled Al from sludge has a water treatment performance comparable to that of fresh PAC coagulant.
KW - Acidification
KW - Cation exchange resin
KW - Fulvic acid
KW - Heavy metal
KW - PAC sludge
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U2 - 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122096
DO - 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122096
M3 - Article
C2 - 39029394
AN - SCOPUS:85198757423
SN - 0043-1354
VL - 262
JO - Water Research
JF - Water Research
M1 - 122096
ER -