KR20050054135A - Water treating agent comprising porous and alkaline hematite materials - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a water treatment comprising a porous alkaline hematite material produced as a byproduct in the process of producing alumina from bauxite. The treatment agent according to the present invention is environmentally friendly, as well as red tide bioremediation as well as heavy metal removal and pH neutralization of acid mine drainage.

Description

Water treatment agent containing porous alkaline hematite material {WATER TREATING AGENT COMPRISING POROUS AND ALKALINE HEMATITE MATERIALS}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water treatment agent comprising a porous alkaline hematite material, and more particularly, to a porous alkaline hematite obtained after a by-product of a process for preparing alumina from bauxite is subjected to a series of drying and grinding processes. The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly water treatment agent containing a substance.

Methods of removing red tide organisms generated from the sea have been studied in a wide variety of fields, and chemical spraying, zeolite treatment, sonication, electrolytic water treatment, ozone treatment, and biological treatment can be considered. Considering the economic and economic aspects, its effectiveness is low, and to this day, red tide remedies have been reliant on the ocher spreading method.

Ocher is a natural silicate aluminosilicate mineral, and its main component is composed of silica, alumina, iron, etc., and it is generally known to show good effect on the destruction and adsorption effect of red tide organisms. Recently, however, it has been pointed out that there are many problems in the red tide relief method by loess spreading method at home and abroad, in particular, the problem of using a large amount of loess due to low red tide relief efficiency of loess, and the organic matter contained in loess after spraying By promoting the decay of the sediment, the composition of the toxic environment according to the consumption of dissolved oxygen in seawater is representative. In addition, the biggest problem is the quality difference according to the loess of the loess, the problem that the loess is easily settled when mixing with the seawater, the operation efficiency decrease and the red tide relief efficiency during the spray spraying due to the large amount of gravel and rock in the loess. Appearing.

On the other hand, acid mine drainage discharged from waste metal mines and runaway mines scattered in Korea is currently being discharged into rivers without a clear treatment method. Some runaway mines are treated with acidic mine drainage using hydrated lime and caustic soda, but these treatments do not steadily occur due to high cost.

Therefore, the development of environmentally friendly materials that can effectively control red tide organisms and treat acid mine drainage has emerged as a very important problem.

Accordingly, the present inventors have intensively studied, and as a result, the functional bauxite residue obtained after the aluminum ion has been removed by the Bayer process for producing alumina from the bauxite is a fine porous hematite mineral. The present invention has been completed by discovering that it can be used as a main component and also contains an alkaline substance in the formed pores and surfaces, as well as for the control of red tide organisms as well as for neutralizing acidic water and removing heavy metals.

An object of the present invention is to provide an effective and environmentally friendly water treatment agent for treating acidic water, such as red tide and acid mine drainage.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a water treatment agent comprising a porous alkaline hematite material obtained by washing, hot drying and pulverizing red mud produced as a by-product in the process of producing alumina from bauxite.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail.

The present invention provides a red algae relief or acid mine drainage, strongly acidic wastewater, acidic porous alkaline hematite material obtained by drying the red mud particles produced as a byproduct according to the Bayer process for producing alumina from bauxite. It is used for acidic water treatment, such as tunnel drainage, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

The red mud fine particles are mainly composed of hematite minerals in which aluminum ions are released from the bauxite by the leaching reaction during the Bayer process and fine pores are formed. In addition, the pores and the surface of the hematite mineral may contain an alkaline substance such as a soda (crystalline sodium carbonate) component or a sodalite mineral produced by the leaching reaction. Hematite minerals can be usefully used for red tide relief and acid mine drainage (including tunnel drainage) due to their porosity and alkalinity.

The porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention can be prepared by washing, drying and pulverizing unreacted solids obtained as by-products in conventional Bayer processes. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the ballsite raw material is wet ball milled, and then the bauxite pulverized in a low temperature low pressure or high temperature high pressure leaching reactor together with a caustic soda solution (NaOH or Na ₂ CO ₃ solution) as a leaching solvent. After the reaction was put for a certain period of time, the obtained product was cooled and filtered to separate the leachate (alumina raw material) and the residue solids (red mud fine particles), and then the separated solids were washed and dried at a high temperature according to the purpose of use, and then pulverized to a size. can do.

As described above, when the separated solid is dried at a high temperature, the colloidal material including the water-soluble inorganic or organic matter contained in the solid is converted into a stable oxide, thereby preventing the porous hematite component from being easily ionized in seawater or water. The alkaline component is converted to a more activated material and reacts quickly upon contact with water or air. In addition, such high temperature drying contributes to the generation of large amounts of pores, greatly improving the adsorption characteristics of the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention.

The low temperature low pressure leaching process in the Bayer process used in the present invention may be carried out at a low temperature in the range of 120 to 180 ℃ and low pressure of 2.3 to 9.4 kgf / ㎠, the high temperature and high pressure leaching process in the high temperature and 33 range of 240 to 260 ℃ It may be carried out at a high pressure of 38 to 38 kgf / ㎠, the amount of caustic soda used in the leaching process is preferably 190 to 220g / L.

The content of iron (Fe ₂ O ₃ ) in the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention accounts for more than 30% by weight, preferably 32 to 46% by weight of the total amount, when the iron content is less than 30% by weight Has a low specific surface area, which adversely affects the adsorption reaction.

The alkali component (Na ₂ O or CaO) in the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention accounts for 5 to 15% by weight, preferably 5 to 13% by weight, and the content of the alkaline component is less than 5% by weight. Efficient pH neutralization of acidic water is difficult.

In addition, the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention has a specific surface area of 10 to 50 m ² / g, and when the specific surface area is less than 10 m ² / g, a smooth adsorption reaction does not occur.

The water treatment agent comprising a porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention is effectively sprayed on the seawater containing the red tide organisms in an amount of 1 to 40 g / L, preferably 5 to 10 g / L In the case of treating acidic water, it may be used in an amount of 0.05 to 180 g / L, preferably 1 to 10 g / L to efficiently neutralize the pH of the acidic water by heavy metal removal and alkalinity of the material itself. In this case, the amount of use may be adjusted according to the pH of the target acidic water.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

Example 1

After wet ball milling the bauxite raw material to 150 mesh or less, 8 samples of 500 g of pulverized bauxite were each 1 liter with 210 g / L of 10% Na ₂ CO ₃ solution and maintained at a stirring speed of 250 rpm. It reacted in the autoclave which is a low temperature low pressure leaching tank. At this time, the leaching reaction temperature was increased from room temperature to 120 to 180 ° C. according to each sample, and maintained at the highest temperature for 5 to 30 minutes, and the pressure was 2.3 to 9.4 kgf / cm 2 depending on the temperature. Maintained. For each sample, the leachate and residue solids were separated from the autoclave by filtration and forced separation after the respective time at that temperature had elapsed, as shown in Table 1 below. The solids were washed sufficiently with water. Sludge recovered after washing was dried into pellets having an average particle size of 3 to 5 mm after drying at a high temperature of 280 to 300 ℃. The pellets were then ground to an average particle size of 15-20 μm to produce a porous alkaline hematite material for each of the eight samples.

The composition ratio and specific surface area for the porous alkaline hematite material obtained from eight samples are shown in Table 1 below.

Composition ratio (%) Specific surface area (㎡ / g) Al ₂ O ₃ Fe ₂ O ₃ SiO ₂ TiO ₂ Na ₂ O Sample 1 (180 ° C, 10 minutes) 23.88 39.21 8.21 7.88 6.04 26 Sample 2 (180 ° C, 5 minutes) 24.30 37.85 7.75 7.40 6.35 25 Sample 3 (160 ° C, 30 minutes) 24.74 39.35 7.56 7.46 6.78 25 Sample 4 (160 ° C, 5 minutes) 25.22 37.63 7.24 6.88 6.42 23 Sample 5 (140 ° C., 30 minutes) 25.45 36.97 7.88 6.58 5.67 22 Sample 6 (140 ° C., 5 minutes) 26.02 35.08 7.63 6.58 5.21 18 Sample 7 (120 ° C, 30 minutes) 28.22 33.41 5.88 5.58 5.85 14 Sample 8 (120 ° C, 10 minutes) 30.55 32.64 5.20 5.45 5.98 12

From Table 1, the higher the temperature of the leaching process, the lower the content of Al ₂ O ₃ , which can be seen that the pore formation increases as much aluminum ions are removed from the bauxite material.

Example 2

The leaching process is carried out in a high temperature high pressure leaching tank subjected to a high temperature of 240 to 260 ° C. and a steam pressure of 32.5 kgf / cm 2, and adding 2 g / L of slaked lime before the leaching step to increase the leaching efficiency of aluminum. Performed the same procedure as in Example 1 to prepare a porous alkaline hematite material for five samples.

Composition ratio (wt%) Specific surface area (㎡ / g) Al ₂ O ₃ Fe ₂ O ₃ SiO ₂ TiO ₂ CaO Na ₂ O Sample 1 (260 ° C, 2 minutes) 12.43 45.50 10.4 8.10 5.53 6.80 41 Sample 2 (250 ° C., 5 minutes) 15.55 43.14 8.90 8.25 4.89 6.55 38 Sample 3 (250 ° C., 2 minutes) 14.05 41.35 7.40 7.89 6.67 5.02 38 Sample 4 (240 ° C, 5 minutes) 16.65 43.25 9.03 8.36 5.34 5.69 35 Sample 5 (240 ° C, 2 minutes) 17.70 40.61 8.65 6.74 6.01 6.11 32

As can be seen from Table 2, the high temperature and high pressure leaching reaction showed higher aluminum extraction efficiency and higher specific surface area than the low temperature and low pressure leaching reaction, which is a porous alkaline hema obtained by treating the bauxite raw material at high temperature and high pressure. Tight material shows better red tide relief.

Experimental Example 1

Red tide relief efficiency was measured using a porous alkaline hematite material and comparative ocher prepared from Sample 1 of Example 1 and Sample 1 of Example 2. Red tide relief efficiency was measured by determining the degree of removal of Cochlodinium polykrikoides , a representative red tide organism of red tide sources in seawater.

In three 2L volume cylinders, the laboratory culture sample and seawater prepared to have a density of red tide organisms were about 2,000 cell / ml were collected, and then the porous alkaline hematite of Sample 1 obtained in Examples 1 and 2, respectively. After adding 10 g / L of the material and loess, red tide relief efficiency over time was measured and shown in Table 3.

Red tide relief efficiency over time 1 minute 10 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes Sample 1 of Example 1 60% 85% 88% 92% Sample 1 of Example 2 80% 90% 95% 98% Comparative natural ocher 65% 75% 81% 85%

From Table 3, it can be seen that the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention exhibits an excellent red tide relief efficiency than the loess used as a conventional red tide rescue agent.

Experimental Example 2

To test the physiological effects of fish in seawater with red tide organisms, three 20 L tanks were filled with coastal seawater (pH 8.02) and 15 5 cm flatfish, followed by continuous air supply and water temperature of 11.5 to 12 ° C. The porous alkaline hematite material and ocher used in Experimental Example 1 were added as a red tide remedy while maintaining the temperature. At this time, the amount of red tide relief was added while increasing the amount every other day for seven days, and the excreta excreted from the fry for seven days was not filtered or removed. After 7 days, the larvae were removed from the tank and the air was shut off to observe changes in the tank.

Table 4 below shows the 7-day activity of the larvae visually observed as each red tide remedy was added.

Exam period (days) One 2 3 4 5 6 7 Daily addition amount / accumulation (g / L) 10/10 0/10 10/20 0/20 10/30 0/30 10/40 Cheer activity after addition of sample 1 of Example 1 normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Cheer activity after addition of sample 1 of Example 2 normal normal normal normal normal normal normal Cheer activity after adding ocher normal normal normal normal normal normal normal

From Table 4, it can be seen that the pomace maintains the normal activity in seawater using the porous alkaline hematite material and loess according to the present invention, which is a porous alkaline hematite material of the present invention used as a red tide remedy No effect on survival and toxicity.

On the other hand, after 7 days of observation of the change of sediment due to the excretion of the larvae, in the case of the tank using ocher, a part of black soil discolored in the lower part of the sediment layer of the ocher and the sediment which was not directly contacted with air. It is a sign of progress. However, this phenomenon could not be confirmed in the water bath using the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention. From this, it can be predicted that the red tide rescue agent comprising the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention inhibits decomposition of organic matter and degradation of fish excretion in seawater.

Experimental Example 3

The pH change in freshwater, seawater and acidic water was investigated using porous alkaline hematite materials and comparative yellow soil prepared from Sample 1 of Example 1 and Sample 1 of Example 2.

Fresh water with an initial pH of 5.98 was added to three 1 L mass cylinders, and then 10 g of porous alkaline hematite material and loess of Sample 1 obtained in Examples 1 and 2 were observed, and the pH change was observed over time. It was.

In addition, after observing the pH change in seawater by the same process as above, the results are shown in Table 5 below.

Hour (hr) One 2 3 4 5 6 7 Freshwater (Initial pH 5.98) Sample 1 of Example 1 10.48 10.51 10.45 10.46 10.32 10.25 10.20 Sample 1 of Example 2 10.87 11.07 10.89 10.74 10.61 10.52 10.50 Comparative ocher 5.3 5.45 5.48 5.71 5.66 5.68 5.65 Seawater (Initial pH 7.92) Sample 1 of Example 1 8.22 8.25 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.26 Sample 1 of Example 2 8.29 8.27 8.28 8.30 8.27 8.30 8.30 Comparative ocher 7.42 7.24 7.19 7.14 7.15 7.09 7.04

In case of using ocher in fresh water, pH tended to be temporarily lowered and then gradually recovered. In case of using porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention, the initial pH of the reaction was greatly increased from 10.4 to 11.0, and the reaction time was 2 hours. Since then, the trend has gradually stabilized. In seawater, the pH tended to decrease gradually with the addition of ocher, and the change of pH was extremely small when the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention was used.

In other words, the porous alkaline hematite material according to the present invention means that it can be used as a red tide remedy in seawater, and can be used as a pH adjuster in fresh water.

On the other hand, the effect of the porous alkaline hematite material of Sample 1 obtained in Examples 1 and 2 on pH neutralization in acidic water was investigated and the results are shown in Table 6. At this time, each acidic water was prepared using sulfuric acid, and the amount of acidic water reached to 7, which is the neutral pH range, was stabilized.

Initial pH 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Usage (g / L) Sample 1 of Example 1 160-180 13-16 0.7-0.5 0.1-0.2 0.06-0.08 Sample 1 of Example 2 140-160 11-12 0.6-0.5 0.1-0.2 0.05-0.08

When neutralizing the strongly acidic solution below pH 2.0, the material prepared in the high temperature and high pressure leaching process from Sample 1 of Example 2 showed less consumption than the material of the sample 1 of Example 1 prepared in the low temperature low pressure leaching process. At pH 3.0 and above, the consumption was similar. The difference in the amount of material used to neutralize the strongly acidic solution is presumed to be due to the influence of the sodalite material produced during the manufacture of the material, and considering the pH of the domestic acid mine drainage (including tunnel drainage) of 3.0 to 4.0, the present invention The porous alkaline hematite material according to Examples 1 and 2 may neutralize the pH of the acidic water to 7 or more even with an amount of 0.20 to 0.70 g / L.

According to the present invention, porous alkaline hematite materials prepared from natural minerals, such as bauxite, have a large specific surface area and contain alkaline substances in their pores and surfaces to induce stable hydrolysis reactions in seawater and are harmful organisms. Not only can it be easily adsorbed and rescued by red tide organisms, but it is also an environmentally friendly material effective for neutralizing pH in acidic water such as freshwater and acid mine drainage, strong acid wastewater and acid tunnel drainage.

1 is a flow chart illustrating a process for obtaining a porous alkaline hematite material from a process for preparing alumina from bauxite, in accordance with the present invention.

Claims (7)

A water treatment agent comprising a porous alkaline hematite material obtained by washing, hot drying and pulverizing a red mud produced as a by-product in the process of producing alumina from bauxite. The treatment agent according to claim 1, wherein the porous alkaline hematite material comprises at least 30% by weight of iron (Fe ₂ O ₃ ) and 5 to 15% by weight of an alkaline component (Na ₂ O or CaO). . The treating agent of claim 1, wherein the porous alkaline hematite material has a specific surface area in the range of 10 to 50 m ² / g. 2. The treating agent according to claim 1, wherein the porous alkaline hematite material is hot dried at a temperature of 280 to 300 deg. A method of treating red tide by spraying a water treatment agent containing the porous alkaline hematite material according to claim 1 in an amount of 1 to 40 g / L. A method of treating acidic water using a water treatment agent containing a porous alkaline hematite material according to claim 1 in an amount of 0.05 to 180 g / L. 7. The treatment method according to claim 6, wherein the acidic water is acid mine drainage, strong acid wastewater or acid tunnel drainage.