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Alum sludge conditioning with ferrous iron/peroxymonosulfate oxidation: Characterization and mechanism

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Alum sludge produced by drinking water plants needs to be conditioned and dewatered before final disposal. In this study, a novel ferrous iron/peroxymonosulfate (PMS) oxidation process was employed to enhance alum sludge dewaterability The effect of oxidative sulfate radicals generated by Fe2+ activated HSO5− on alum sludge was studied. The results showed that the optimal conditioning conditions for addition of Fe2+ and PMS were 0.5 g/g and 0.1 g/g TSS, respectively. Meanwhile, the capillary suction time (CST) and specific resistance to filtration (SRF) of alum sludge was reduced by 66% and 88%. Also found was that the absolute value of the zeta potential increased and the particle size decreased in alum sludge after Fe2+-PMS conditioning, which indicated that oxidative sulfate radicals destroyed the floc structure of alum sludge and smaller particles were generated. At the same time, the water contained in sludge flocs was released and enhanced sludge dewaterability, while leaching of aluminum ions also characterized decomposition of alum sludge.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51878215, 51576057 and 51676057), Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2018 A030313185) and Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Project (KJYY20171011144235970, JCYJ20170307150223308).

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  1. Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory of Microalgal Bioenergy, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Xu Zhou, Wenbiao Jin, Lan Wang, Lin Che, Renjie Tu, Song-Fang Han & Xiaochi Feng

  2. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China

    Chuan Chen, Xue-Ting Wang & Nan-Qi Ren

  3. Department of Building and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Shao-feng Li

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Zhou, X., Jin, W., Wang, L. et al. Alum sludge conditioning with ferrous iron/peroxymonosulfate oxidation: Characterization and mechanism. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 37, 663–669 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-019-0457-x

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