Chloride recovery and simultaneous CO2 mineralization from rare earths high salinity wastewater by the Reaction-extraction-crystallization process

Jiashu Yao, Jianfeng Ran, C. Srinivasakannan, Tingting Li, Yali Li, Shiwei Li, Shaohua Yin, Libo Zhang

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Abstract

A novel route for recovery chloride from rare earths high salinity wastewater has proposed, which is based on a reaction-extraction-crystallization process using Trioctylamine (TOA)-isooctanol as the extraction system when CO2 is mineralized concurrently. Under the optimum conditions, 91.04 % chloride can be transferred to the organic phase with the formation of calcium carbonate which can be used in saponification. Extraction mechanism is analyzed by saturated method and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), and indicates that the ratio of stoichiometric coefficients between TOA and HCl is affirmed as 1, in accordance with the results by Density Functional Theory (DFT) analysis. Further, the loaded organic phase is stripped with 1 mol/L NaOH solution under the phase ratio (O/A) of 4:1, and the chloride in the stripping solution is concentrated to 100 g/L by five times accumulation, which is conductive to form NaCl crystal by salting-out. The process provides a low-energy-consuming, green, environmentally friendly way for high salinity wastewater treatment and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).

Original languageBritish English
Article number140620
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume455
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023

Keywords

  • Chloride
  • Reaction-extraction-crystallization
  • TOA

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