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Removal of alkali in the red mud by SO 2 and simulated flue gas under mild conditions
Author(s) -
Wang Xinke,
Zhang Yihe,
Lv Fengzhu,
An Qi,
Lu Rongrong,
Hu Pan,
Jiang Shaobin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental progress and sustainable energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1944-7450
pISSN - 1944-7442
DOI - 10.1002/ep.11958
Subject(s) - flue gas , alkali metal , scanning electron microscope , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , nuclear chemistry , residue (chemistry) , mineralogy , materials science , chromatography , organic chemistry , composite material
In the present work, SO 2 and SO 2 ‐based dealkalization agents (SO 2 +N 2 and SO 2 +CO 2 +N 2 ), which were the simulated flue gases, were used to remove the alkali in red mud (RM) for wide applications of RM. Effects of reaction time, temperature, solid to liquid ratio, and SO 2 concentration on dealkalization of RM were studied. Under the optimized conditions, the residue Na 2 O in RM after dealkalization could decrease to below 1 wt % no matter which simulated flue gas is used. But, as SO 2 +CO 2 +N 2 is used to remove Na 2 O in RM, longer time is needed due to the decreased SO 2 concentration in the simulated flue gas. X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and zeta potential were used to ascertain the change of RM before and after dealkalization. The results indicated that the structure of hydroxysodalite (Na 8 Al 6 Si 6 O 24 (OH) 2 ) in the initial RM were destroyed and soluble sodium salts formed in the suspension which can be easily neutralized by acidic gas and then contributed to the decrease of Na 2 O in RM. The residue components in RM after dealkalization by SO 2 , and SO 2 ‐based dealkalization agents are mostly SiO 2 , Fe 2 O 3 , and AlOOH. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 34: 81–87, 2015