摘要:
The instant invention relates to an improvement in the liquid membrane process for removing soluble materials from solution. More specifically, in a process wherein soluble materials are removed from solution by contacting said solution with an emulsion, the external phase of which is immiscible with said solution and permeable to said soluble materials and the internal phase contains a reactant which reacts with said soluble material and converts said soluble material to a material which is insoluble and thus trapped in the internal phase, the improvement which comprises maintaining the concentration of said reactant in the internal phase of the emulsion at a level at which the concentration of said soluble material in the internal phase of the emulsion is less than the concentration to which it is desirable to lower said soluble material in said solution. Preferably the solution is aqueous and said soluble material is a salt. In a preferred embodiment of the instant invention the concentration of fluoride ion in an aqueous solution is lowered to less than 6 ppm by contacting said solution with an emulsion containing a soluble calcium salt in the internal phase. The concentration of calcium in said internal phase is maintained at a level sufficient to provide a concentration of less than 6 ppm soluble fluoride ion in said internal phase.
摘要:
THIS PATENT DESCRIBES A METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF GROUP IB, IIB, III, IV, V, VI, VII AND VIII METAL SALTS FROM ACIDIC WASTE STREAMS SUCH AS ACID MINE DRAINAGE, PICKLING WASTE, AND ELECTROPLATING WASTE WHEREIN THE WASTE STREAM IS HIGHLY ACIDIC AND CONTAINS THESE METAL SALTS AS POLLUTANTS WHICH COMPRISES: CONTACTING SAID STREAM IN COUNTERCURRENT FASHION WITH A CATION EXCHANGE BED CONTAINING A MODERATELY STRONG OR WEAKLY ACIDIC CATION EXCHANGE RESIN TO DEPOSIT METAL IONS FROM SAID SALTS THEREON, NEUTRALIZING THE ACIDIC EFFLUENT FROM THE CATION EXCHANGE RESIN TO PROVIDE ANEUTRAL EFFLUENT, AND REGENERATING SAID CATION ION EXCHANGE RESIN WITH A SOLUTION OF A CHELATING AGENT.
摘要:
PROCESS FOR SORPTION REMOVAL AND OPTIONAL RECOVERY OF PHENOLIC AND/OR METAL CONTAMINATION FROM AQUEOUS MEDIA BROADLY. PROVIDES PURIFIED EFFLUENT SSTREAMS AND RECOVERY OF POTENTIALLY VALUABLE COMPONENTS. PROCESS INVOLVES SPECIFIC SORPTION OF SAID CONTAMINANTS ON INSOLUBLE BASIC POLYMER PRODUCTS, FOLLOWED BY REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS MEDIA AS BY FILTRATION, AND PERMITS SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY OF SORBED COMPONENTS BY ELUTION IF DESIRED. PROCESS HAS DIVERSE UTILITY, INCLUDING TREATMENT OF BEVERAGES TO IMPROVE QUALITY, TREATMENT OF LEATHER INDUSTRY WASTE FOR SORPTION INCLUDING OPTIONAL RECOVERY FOR REUSE OF TANNIS, TREATMENT OF PAPERMILL WASTE WATER FOR SORPTION OF TANNIS, ET CETERA, WITH CONCURRENT ALLEVIATION OF WASTE-DISPOSAL PROBLEMS WHERE SUCH EXIST.
摘要:
A polysaccharide-containing adsorbent for the removal of heavy metal ions from an effluent which adsorbent has been manufactured from(1) a polysaccharide-containing material,(2) a basic, nitrogen-containing polymer which can be acylated,(3) a crosslinking compound, which is different from component (4), containing at least two reactive substituents and, optionally,(4) an aliphatic or araliphatic carboxylic acid containing a mobile substituent or a multiple bond which is capable of undergoing addition.
摘要:
This invention relates to a process for the removal of dissolved species from aqueous solutions, which comprises contacting said aqueous solution with an emulsion, said emulsion comprising an exterior phase which is characterized as being immiscible with said aqueous solution and yet permeable to said dissolved species, and an interior phase which contains a reactant capable of converting said dissolved species to a non-permeable form. The dissolved species permeate the exterior phase, into the interior phase where they are converted into nonpermeable forms and thus retained in the interior phase of said emulsion. The aqueous solution, depleted in said dissolved species, is separated from said emulsion and the emulsion cycled for reuse. In one preferred embodiment said dissolved species are ions, and an ion exchange compound is incorporated in the exterior phase of the emulsion, to promote the permeation of said ions through the exterior phase.
摘要:
An ethylenimine prepolymer has been prepared by mixing certain alkyl halides with ethylenimine in molar ratios of about from 44:1 to 27:1, respectively, and allowing the mixture to stand for not more than about 16 hours.
摘要:
Waste water containing large amounts of fluorides and ammonia and trace amounts of uranium, as is produced during the hydrolysis and ammonium hydroxide treatment of uranium hexafluoride (UF.sub.6) to produce ammonium diuranate (ADU) therefrom, is rendered suitable for cyclic reuse by initially treating the waste water with sufficient lime to precipitate substantially all of the fluorides present in the waste water to a relatively insoluble CaF.sub.2 precipitate, the treated solution is subjected to distillation to drive off ammonia for reuse in the ADU precipitation, the CaF.sub.2 precipitate is separated from the aqueous distilland leaving water with dissolved calcium, the distilland is treated by a cationic ion-exchange material to remove substantially all of the calcium and other cationic metal impurities and the resulting water containing small amounts of uranium, fluoride and ammonia is recycled to react with UF.sub.6 or to be combined with the ammonium hydroxide distillate and then treated with additional concentrated ammonium hydroxide to form a solution of the desired NH.sub.3 content for use in precipitating ADU. This recycling is most important for ecological reasons, and for cost improvement, as well as health and safety purposes.