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Wen Wang1, Liqiang Qi2, Pan Zhang1
1Hebei Key Lab. of Power Plant Flue Gas Multi-Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding, 071003, China.
Abstract:
In this paper, magnetic coagulants (Fe-AFA, Fe-BFA) were prepared, by mixing acid-modified fly ash (AFA) and base-modified fly ash (BFA) with magnetic components, as adsorbents for chemical oxygen demand (COD) in desulfurization wastewater and their adsorption kinetics and mechanism are reported. BET, SEM, EDS, FTIR, XPS, magnetization intensity, and batch experiments on coagulation kinetic and adsorption isothermal characteristics of magnetic coagulants were carried out. The results show that Fe-AFA has the best COD adsorption performance and superparamagnetism, and the COD removal amounts can reach 5.69 mg/g, which is 112.43% higher than the raw fly ash. It was also found that the quasi-second-order kinetic and Langmuir equation could well describe the COD coagulation process. Thermodynamic tests results showed that the COD removal was a spontaneous, endothermic, and irreversible process. Reusability of magnetic coagulants was investigated. After five cycles, the COD removal amount of Fe-AFA was 2.74 mg/g. These findings provide a feasible method for environmental-benign utilization of fly ash as low-cost adsorbents in wastewater treatment.
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