Ca2+ and OH− release of ceramsites containing anorthite and gehlenite prepared from waste lime mud

Publication date: Available online 22 April 2016
Source:Journal of Environmental Sciences
Author(s): Juan Qin, Chuanmeng Yang, Chong Cui, Jiantao Huang, Ahmad Hussain, Hailong Ma
Lime mud is a kind of solid waste in the papermaking industry, which has been a source of serious environmental pollution. Ceramsites containing anorthite and gehlenite were prepared from lime mud and fly ash through the solid state reaction method at 1050°C. The objective of this study was to explore the efficiency of Ca²⁺ and OH⁻ release and assess the phosphorus and copper ion removal performance of the ceramsites via batch experiments, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that Ca²⁺ and OH⁻ were released from the ceramsites due to the dissolution of anorthite, gehlenite and available lime. It is also concluded that gehlenite had stronger capacity for Ca²⁺ and OH⁻ release compared with anorthite. The Ca²⁺ release could be fit well by the Avrami kinetic model. Increases of porosity, dosage and temperature were associated with increases in the concentrations of Ca²⁺ and OH⁻ released. Under different conditions, the ceramsites could maintain aqueous solutions in alkaline conditions (pH=9.3–10.9) and the release of Ca²⁺ was not affected. The removal rates of phosphorus and copper ions were as high as 96.88% and 96.81%, respectively. The final pH values of both phosphorus and copper ions solutions changed slightly. The reuse of lime mud in the form of ceramsites is an effective strategy.

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