Utilization of lime-softening sludge to obtain calcium nitrate

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2018.141007

Keywords:

water treatment, lime softening, sludge, calcium nitrate, coagulants, dissolution, nitric acid, purification, deposition

Abstract

The given research is devoted to the development of the technology of utilization of lime-softening sludge to obtain calcium nitrate.

Water treatment waste by chemical composition differs from natural raw materials such as limestone, which is traditionally used to obtain calcium nitrate. Sludge obtained at the stage of lime-softening contains about 70% calcium carbonate, a fairly large amount of iron, which enters the precipitate with solutions of coagulants, as well as organic impurities. Organic impurities come from river water and precipitate as a result of coagulation.

The process of extracting calcium by the acid solution is stable. The results are well reproduced on two kinds of waste from different enterprises. This is explained both by the high dissolution rate of calcium carbonate in nitric acid, and the similar chemical composition of the waste.

Not only calcium compounds, but also iron ones together with the organic component of liming sludge fall into the solution. A process scheme is proposed for cleaning the solution, which should include the stages of oxidation of the solution and subsequent precipitation of iron.

The concentration of iron in the experimental solutions was up to 6 g/l. With the help of the calculations of the precipitate-solution equilibrium, it has been stated that iron in the area of low concentrations of nitric acid precipitates in the solution, and calcium stays in it. The decrease of the acid concentration was carried out by the addition of pure calcium carbonate.

Kinetic studies of the process of iron precipitation on model solutions of iron (III) nitrate have been carried out. The second-order kinetic equation is obtained. The calculation of the process activation energy is available in the paper. The value of the energy is ~37 kJ/ mole, which is the evidence of the precipitation process in the transition area. The undissolved residue contains about 40% iron and can be used to obtain coagulants.

Thus, the application of the proposed method will allow the best use of water treatment waste

Author Biographies

Olena Korchuganova, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University Tsentralnyi ave., 59а, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, 93400

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of chemistry and industrial safety measures

Iryna Afonina, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University Tsentralnyi ave., 59а, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, 93400

PhD

Educational and Scientific institute of international relations

Pavlo Prygorodov, PJSC “LINIK” Sverdlova str., 371, Lysychansk, Ukraine, 93100

Leading Specialist

Department of Planning and Performance Management

Victoriya Mokhonko, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University Tsentralnyi ave., 59а, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, 93400

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of chemical engineering and ecology

Krystyna Kanarova, Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University Tsentralnyi ave., 59а, Severodonetsk, Ukraine, 93400

Postgraduate student

Department of chemistry and industrial safety measures

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2018-08-27

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Korchuganova, O., Afonina, I., Prygorodov, P., Mokhonko, V., & Kanarova, K. (2018). Utilization of lime-softening sludge to obtain calcium nitrate. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 4(10 (94), 46–53. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2018.141007

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Vol. 4 No. 10 (94) (2018): Ecology

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