Fluoride removal from coal mining water using novel polymeric aluminum modified activated carbon prepared through mechanochemical process.
J Environ Sci (China)
; 146: 226-236, 2024 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Defluoridation of coal mining water is of great significance for sustainable development of coal industry in western China. A novel one-step mechanochemical method was developed to prepare polymeric aluminum modified powder activated carbon (PAC) for effective fluoride removal from coal mining water. Aluminum was stably loaded on the PAC through facile solid-phase reaction between polymeric aluminum (polyaluminum chloride (PACl) or polyaluminum ferric chloride (PAFC)) and PAC (115 W/W). Fluoride adsorption on PACl and PAFC modified PAC (C-PACl and C-PAFC) all reached equilibrium within 5 min, at rate of 2.56 g mg-1 sec-1 and 1.31 g mg-1 sec-1 respectively. Larger increase of binding energy of Al on C-PACl (AlF bond 76.64 eV and AlFOH bond 77.70 eV) relative to that of Al on C-PAFC (AlF bond 76.52 eV) explained higher fluoride uptake capacity of C-PACl. Less chloride was released from C-PACl than that from C-PAFC due to its higher proportion of covalent chlorine and lower proportion of ionic chlorine. The elements mapping and atomic composition proved the stability of Al loaded on the PAC as well as the enrichment of fluoride on both C-PACl and C-PAFC. The Bader charge, formation energy and bond length obtained from DFT computational results explained the fluoride adsorption mechanism further. The carbon emission was 7.73 kg CO2-eq/kg adsorbent prepared through mechanochemical process, which was as low as 182.3 to 18.07 × 104 compared with the ones prepared by conventional hydrothermal methods.
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01-internacional
Asunto principal:
Contaminantes Químicos del Agua
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Carbón Orgánico
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Minas de Carbón
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Fluoruros
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En
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J Environ Sci (China)
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Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
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Journal of environmental sciences (Online)
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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2024
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Article
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China