<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the studies carried out at full technological scale was to indicate optimal systems of the two-stage precipitation and coagulation (PIX 113 - SAX 18, PAX XL1 - SAX 18, ALCAT 102 - lime milk and SAX 18 - PAX 16) in the process of eliminating heavy metals from wastewaters made in the processing plant producing sub-systems for domestic appliances. Precipitated pollutions were thickened by flocculation and separated by hydrogen peroxide enhanced pressure flotation. The experimental installation of maximal flow capacity: 10.0 m<sup>3</sup>/d consisted of: the storage-equalization tank, the processing pipe reactor, the pressure flotation station, and the reagent preparation and dosing station. Optimal doses of reagents and a flocculent as well as pressure and saturation time were defined for which maximal reductions in the load of heavy metals were achieved. The usefulness of hydrogen peroxide as a means of enhancing flotation was tested. The use of two-stage precipitation permitted the reduction in heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Sn, Zn), eg by applying ALCAT 102 - lime milk at the level exceeding 80%.</p></abstract>

The aim of the studies carried out at full technological scale was to indicate optimal systems of the two-stage precipitation and coagulation (PIX 113 - SAX 18, PAX XL1 - SAX 18, ALCAT 102 - lime milk and SAX 18 - PAX 16) in the process of eliminating heavy metals from wastewaters made in the processing plant producing sub-systems for domestic appliances. Precipitated pollutions were thickened by flocculation and separated by hydrogen peroxide enhanced pressure flotation. The experimental installation of maximal flow capacity: 10.0 m3/d consisted of: the storage-equalization tank, the processing pipe reactor, the pressure flotation station, and the reagent preparation and dosing station. Optimal doses of reagents and a flocculent as well as pressure and saturation time were defined for which maximal reductions in the load of heavy metals were achieved. The usefulness of hydrogen peroxide as a means of enhancing flotation was tested. The use of two-stage precipitation permitted the reduction in heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Sn, Zn), eg by applying ALCAT 102 - lime milk at the level exceeding 80%.

Treatment of the Processing Wastewaters Containing Heavy Metals with the Method Based on Flotation

Department of Chemical Technology and Engineering, University of Technology and Life Sciences, ul. Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

The aim of the studies carried out at full technological scale was to indicate optimal systems of the two-stage precipitation and coagulation (PIX 113 - SAX...

Treatment of the Processing Wastewaters Containing Heavy Metals with the Method Based on Flotation

Data publikacji: 16 lip 2012

Zakres stron: 433 - 438

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10216-011-0033-8

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ścieki zawierające metale ciężkie, oczyszczanie ścieków, strącanie chemiczne, flotacja

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Treatment of the Processing Wastewaters Containing Heavy Metals with the Method Based on Flotation

Data publikacji: 16 lip 2012

Zakres stron: 433 - 438

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10216-011-0033-8

Słowa kluczoweścieki zawierające metale ciężkie, oczyszczanie ścieków, strącanie chemiczne, flotacja

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
ścieki zawierające metale ciężkie, oczyszczanie ścieków, strącanie chemiczne, flotacja