WO2015150636A1 - Method for removal of sulphate from aqueous solution - Google Patents
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- B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
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- Sulphate sources loading the water systems include mines, the pulp industry and effluent treatment plants.
- Typical water-soluble sulphates are, among others, sodi- urn sulphate, potassium sulphate, magnesium sulphate and ammonium sulphate.
- Sulphates are usually water-soluble and form a solution which is difficult to purify.
- Sulphate has conventionally been removed from aqueous solutions by precipitating it as calcium salt, that is, calcium sulphate. This can be done by adding calcium chloride, calcium hydroxide or calcium carbonate into the solution, the last- mentioned particularly into acidic solutions. Adding calcium chloride adds a chloride ion into the solution, which is usually undesirable in purified water.
- Adding calcium hydroxide increases the pH value of the purified water and the purified water then usually has to be neutralised thereafter.
- the use of calcium carbonate for precipitation is limited to acidic solutions, in which case the carbonate ion releases carbon dioxide.
- Calcium carbonate is obtained from limestone, which also contains considerable amounts of magnesium, which produces soluble magnesium sulphate and has a reductive effect on the amount of precipitating sulphate.
- Ettringite process Previously is known the so-called Ettringite process, which is, however, complicated and expensive and, therefore, unsuitable for purifying the large amounts of aqueous solutions produced in the mining or pulp industries or in effluent purification and for removing sulphate.
- calcium hydroxide is used to increase the pH value to about 12, whereupon the aluminium trioxide added into the suspension to be processed forms a precipitate together with the sulphate.
- This well- known sulphate precipitation method is complicated and expensive and is, therefore, for the present rarely used in industrial applications.
- Soluble sulphate ending up from effluent treatment plants in natural waters is due especially to the fact that acidic iron sulphate originating in the mining industry is intentionally added into the effluent because it precipitates phosphorus as iron phosphate.
- the soluble sulphate remains in the treated effluent.
- the only partly purified effluent contains organic matter, the bacteria responsible for oxidising which first consume the soluble oxygen from the water, and if this is lacking, take the oxygen from the sulphate.
- the sulphate converts into extremely toxic hydrogen sulphide. Hydrogen sulphide destroys organisms living in natural waters efficiently. It is, therefore, important not to discharge sulphate-containing effluents into nature.
- the aim of the invention is to provide an easy-to-use and economical process suita- ble for treating large amounts of aqueous solutions in such a way that the end result is water purified of sulphates, which can be discharged into nature without it being harmful.
- Figure 1 shows a general diagram of the device used for implementing the method of the invention according to one embodiment.
- An aqueous solution and/or suspension in a container 1 is heated to a temperature within the range +40°C-+50°C, while mixing calcium carbonate CaC0 3 into it. Increasing the temperature speeds up the process.
- the calcium carbonate is in powder form and it is added and mixed into the aqueous solution and/or suspension in an amount which increases the pH of the aqueous solution and/or suspension to a value of approximately 8.4, the amount being sufficient in relation to the amount of sulphate to be precipitated. Irrespective of the calcium carbonate content, the pH reaches a constant value and the pH value does not have to be separately adjusted.
- the aqueous solution and/or suspension is pumped from the container 1 through an electrolytic cell 2 provided with an aluminium electrode. Aluminium hydroxide and hydrogen gas are produced in the cell 2 by means of an electric current.
- the cell may be, for example, of the type described in patent publication
- the cells may be aluminium cells with one or more electrodes.
- the aqueous solution and the sulphate-containing suspension contained by it are conveyed from the cell 2 into a precipitation basin 3, which is connected to a collection basin 5 through a flow channel 4 close to the bottom.
- a precipitation basin 3 which is connected to a collection basin 5 through a flow channel 4 close to the bottom.
- the flow channel 4 may be, for example, a belt conveyor or several screw conveyors, by means of which the precipitate is conveyed into the collection basin or directly to the filter. If so desired, some polymer may be added after the cell 2, which stabilises the precipitate and flock produced.
- the aqueous solution and the suspension are cooled or allowed to cool in the collection basin 5 to a temperature of typically below 30°C, in which it crystallises and forms a solid substance which rises to the surface of the water, resembles ice, floats, and contains uniform blocks, "a flock". It has been found that during cooling, the flock crystallises into a coarsely structured or spongy "sulphate ice" which is lighter than water and rises to the surface and can thus be easily removed, for example, by scraping with a scraper conveyor 8 and conveying through a pipe or chute 6 to further treatment.
- the "sulphate ice” formed is a metal complex compound which contains aluminium and calcium in addition to sulphate and, depending on the solution purified, may also con- tain sodium, potassium and magnesium and small amounts of other metals, chloride and other anions.
- a complex compound typically also contains crystal water.
- Sulphate can be removed from an aqueous solution or suspension also by filtering at the basin 3 precipitate stage.
- the precipitate is formed by means of a molecular sieve provided by aluminium hydroxide to which the sulphate, calcium and other ions formed in the electrolysis adhere.
- the aqueous solution and/or suspen- sion purifying or purified in connection with the formation of the precipitate or flock can, if necessary, be conveyed back to the aqueous solution and/or suspension to be purified in order to reduce its conductance typically to a value of less than 4 mS/cm (e.g. 3.5 mS/cm) for the electrolysis treatment.
- this is implemented with a pipe 7 which extends from the bottom of the rear part of the con- tainer 5.
- the aqueous solution and/or suspension purifying or purified in connection with the formation of the precipitate or flock can be conveyed to another electrolytic cell 12 for further purification.
- each cascade stage may be a desired number of cells 2 in parallel to provide sufficient treatment capacity.
- the aluminium cells may also be arranged in such a way that they form a horizontal channel system through which the sulphate-containing water is passed.
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