Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/100919
Author(s): M. A. Fonseca Almeida
Rui A. R. Boaventura
Title: Chromium precipitation from tanning spent liquors with industrial alkaline residues: a comparative study
Issue Date: 1997
Abstract: Chromium precipitation from spent tanning liquors using industrial alkaline tailings is described and removal efficiencies are compared with those obtained with traditional chemicals as NaOH, CaO and MgO: (i) using steelmaking dusts at dosages up to 70 g l(-1) residual Cr remains greater than or equal to 3.7 mg l(-1). Moreover Cr and mainly Pb are partially leached by the spent tanning liquor, therefore limiting the use of this industrial residue as Cr precipitant; (ii) a dosage of 80 g l(-1) (dry basis) of chemical sludge from a water treatment plant results in a removal efficiency of 99.97% Cr and residual Cr less than or equal to 2 mg l(-1) under experimental conditions that include stirring at 100 rpm for 1 h and settling for 23 h. Sedimentation time may be reduced to 2 h if stirring is extended to 2 h. Resulting sludge volume is about 400 ml l(-1). However, during Cr precipitation, Al is leached from the added product up to about 40 mg Al per litre of supernatant; (iii) precipitation using acetylene production sludge only requires a dosage of 16 g l(-1) (dry basis) to remove 99.96% Cr after stirring for 1 h and settling for 2 h. The soluble Cr concentration in the clarified effluent is less than or equal to 2 mg l(-1) and the sludge volume about 500 ml l(-1). This Cr level can also be achieved at a dosage of 14 g l(-1), provided the stirring time is increased to 3 h; (iv) these results are comparable with those using either CaO or MgO at similar dosages (14 and 18 mg l(-1), respectively); and, (v) NaOH at dosages between 6.4 and 14 g l(-1) proved to be not sufficiently effective for Cr precipitation. Although removal efficiencies up to 99.9% are achieved, residual Cr is always above 8.7 mg l(-1). Additionally, the resulting sludge is not very dense, thus leading to high sludge volume production (about 800 ml l(-1) spent liquor).
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/100919
Document Type: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
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