Chemical precipitation at extreme fluoride concentration and potential recovery of CaF2 particles by fluidized-bed homogenous crystallization process

2021 ◽  
Vol 415 ◽  
pp. 128917
Author(s):  
Carl Francis Zulueta Lacson ◽  
Ming-Chun Lu ◽  
Yao-Hui Huang
Author(s):  
Antonio Dominguez-Ramos ◽  
Ruben Aldaco ◽  
Angel Irabien

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful tool in order to identify sustainable alternatives in process engineering. In this work, the LCA of two fluoride effluent treatment processes in the aluminium trifluoride (AlF3) manufacture has been carried out. Two scenarios have been considered: (i) chemical precipitation for fluoride removal, leading to a water-rich sludge, which has poor dewatering properties and therefore, must be managed in inert waste landfills, and (ii) the recovery of fluoride by crystallization as synthetic fluorite to be reused in the hydrogen fluoride (HF) manufacture. The LCA software SimaPro 7 (PRé Consultants BV) makes it possible to compare in terms of different methodologies like Eco-Indicator 99 and CML 2 Baseline 2000. Environmental metrics developed by IChemE were included in the software. The crystallization process in a Fluidized Bed Reactor allows reductions in the range of 20-40% for most metrics because of the recycled synthetic fluorite to the HF manufacture.


2015 ◽  
Vol 155 ◽  
pp. 6-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Daniel G. de Luna ◽  
Luzvisminda M. Bellotindos ◽  
Riño N. Asiao ◽  
Ming-Chun Lu

2018 ◽  
Vol 789 ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Susmardi Masti Casoni ◽  
Chandra Wahyu Purnomo ◽  
Muslikhin Hidayat

The high organic material contained in wastewater released into the environment asresults of various sources of human activities, such as phosphorus, can cause eutrophication. Thestruvite crystallization in an aerated fluidized bed reactor is one of the methods which able toimprove the efficiency of phosphorus removal. In this study, a mixture of synthetic wastewaters andthe MgCl2 solution was treated in a fluidized bed reactor equipped with aeration to produce thestruvite which can be utilized as a slow release fertilizer. Subsequently, the effect of aeration atdifference influent flow rate was investigated to correlate with the changing of phosphorusconcentration in the reactor effluent. The experiments were conducted for 240 minutes with thevariation of aeration are 0.5 L/min to 1.5 L/min; variation of influent flow rate of syntheticwastewater is 150 ml/min to 350 ml/min, with a constant influent flow rate of MgCl2 solution is 50ml/min. These solutions were maintained at the condition of pH 9. The results showed that theoptimal efficiency of phosphor removal which accounted for 82.5% occurred when the aeration rateof 1.5 L/min in the influent flow rate of 150 ml/min. From these findings, it is revealed that theefficiency of P removal in wastewater is obtained by a crystallization process which utilizing anaerated fluidized bed reactor and by increasing the aeration rate and the reactants contact time.


2019 ◽  
Vol 373 ◽  
pp. 313-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guisheng Zeng ◽  
Bo Ling ◽  
Zhongjun Li ◽  
Shenglian Luo ◽  
Xinzhen Sui ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 783-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rekich R. Pahunang ◽  
Florencio C. Ballesteros ◽  
Mark Daniel G. de Luna ◽  
Anabella C. Vilando ◽  
Ming-Chun Lu

2007 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chihpin Huang ◽  
Jill R Pan ◽  
Maosung Lee ◽  
Shihming Yen

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 2431-2439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Daniel G. de Luna ◽  
Diana Pearl M. Rance ◽  
Luzvisminda M. Bellotindos ◽  
Ming-Chun Lu

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. 2047-2053 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Warmadewanthi ◽  
J. C. Liu

Hydrofluoric acid (HF) and phosphoric acid (H3PO4) are widely used in semiconductor industry for etching and rinsing purposes. Consequently, significant amount of wastewater containing phosphate and fluoride is generated. Selective separation of phosphate and fluoride from the semiconductor wastewater, containing 936 mg/L of fluoride, 118 mg/L of phosphate, 640 mg/L of sulfate, and 26.7 mg/L of ammonia, was studied. Chemical precipitation and flotation reactions were utilized in the two-stage treatment processes. The first-stage reaction involved the addition of magnesium chloride (MgCl2) to induce selective precipitation of magnesium phosphate. The optimal condition was pH 10 and molar ratio, [Mg2 + ]/[(PO43−)], of 3:1, and 66.2% of phosphate was removed and recovered as bobierrite (Mg3(PO4)2·8H2O). No reaction was found between MgCl2 and fluoride. Calcium chloride (CaCl2) was used in the second-stage reaction to induce precipitation of calcium fluoride and calcium phosphate. The optimum molar ratio, [Ca2 + ]/[F−], was 0.7 at pH 10, and residual fluoride concentration of 10.7 mg/L and phosphate concentration of lower than 0.5 mg/L was obtained. Thermodynamic equilibrium was modeled with PHREEQC and compared with experimental results. Sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) was an effective collector for subsequent solid–liquid removal via dispersed air flotation (DiAF). The study demonstrated that phosphate can be selectively recovered from the wastewater. Potential benefits include recovery of phosphate for reuse, lower required dosage of calcium for fluoride removal, and less amount of CaF2 sludge.


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