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Pre‐treatment of Industrial Wastewater Polluted with Lead Using Adsorbents and Ultrafiltration or Microfiltration Membranes
This work investigated the use of ultrafiltration (UF) or microfiltration (MF) membranes combined with natural minerals for the pre‐treatment of wastewater containing high amounts of lead. The effects of initial lead concentration, solution pH, membrane pore size, mineral type and concentration and mineral ‐ metal contact time were investigated. Lead removal accomplished by the UF system was higher in wastewater compared to that obtained in aqueous solutions and this was attributed to the formation of insoluble metal precipitates/complexes, which were effectively retained by the membranes. At pH = 6 the dominant removal mechanism was precipitation/complexation, while mineral adsorption enhanced lead removal. The combined use of minerals and UF/MF membranes can effectively remove lead from wastewater resulting in a final effluent that can be further treated biologically with no biomass inhibition problems or can be safely discharged into municipal sewers. Kinetics investigation revealed a two‐stage diffusion process for all minerals employed. The Langmuir isotherm exhibited the best fit to the experimental data.
Pre‐treatment of Industrial Wastewater Polluted with Lead Using Adsorbents and Ultrafiltration or Microfiltration Membranes
This work investigated the use of ultrafiltration (UF) or microfiltration (MF) membranes combined with natural minerals for the pre‐treatment of wastewater containing high amounts of lead. The effects of initial lead concentration, solution pH, membrane pore size, mineral type and concentration and mineral ‐ metal contact time were investigated. Lead removal accomplished by the UF system was higher in wastewater compared to that obtained in aqueous solutions and this was attributed to the formation of insoluble metal precipitates/complexes, which were effectively retained by the membranes. At pH = 6 the dominant removal mechanism was precipitation/complexation, while mineral adsorption enhanced lead removal. The combined use of minerals and UF/MF membranes can effectively remove lead from wastewater resulting in a final effluent that can be further treated biologically with no biomass inhibition problems or can be safely discharged into municipal sewers. Kinetics investigation revealed a two‐stage diffusion process for all minerals employed. The Langmuir isotherm exhibited the best fit to the experimental data.
Pre‐treatment of Industrial Wastewater Polluted with Lead Using Adsorbents and Ultrafiltration or Microfiltration Membranes
Katsou, Evina (author) / Malamis, Simos (author) / Haralambous, Katherine (author)
Water Environment Research ; 83 ; 298-312
2011-04-01
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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