Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (12): 133-139.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2023-0134

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Experimental study on removing metal ions from phosphoric acid by nanofiltration membrane

TIAN Zhuangzhuang1,2(), CHEN Jianjun1,2(), JIN Yang1,2, CHEN Ming1,2, LI Jun1,2, LIU Daijun1,2   

  1. 1. School of Chemical Engineering,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610065,China
    2. Engineering Research Center for Comprehensive Utilization and Cleaning Process of Phosphate Resource,Ministry of Education,Chengdu 610065,China
  • Received:2023-03-13 Online:2023-12-10 Published:2023-12-14
  • Contact: CHEN Jianjun E-mail:tianzhuangzhuang6@126.com;chenjianjun@scu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Conventional wet process phosphoric acid production of crude phosphoric acid contains many impurities.A cost-effective and environmentally friendly method for removing impurity ions is necessary.Although nanofiltration membranes have been widely used in water treatment,there are few studies on removing metal ions in acidic systems,especially phosphoric acid systems.The separation performance of five nanofiltration membranes in phosphoric acid was investigated.The results indicated that the rejections of nanofiltration membranes was decreased to varying degrees with increasing concentrations of phosphoric acid and temperature.The materials of the selective separation layer had a significant impact on the separation performance of nanofiltration membranes in phosphoric acid.The interaction of multiple mechanisms,including steric hindrance,dielectric repulsion,and Donnan repulsion,affected the separation efficiency of nanofiltration membranes.Among the investigated commercial membranes,NF4 exhibited the least susceptibility to variations in phosphoric acid concentration and temperature,while demonstrating excellent acid stability.At 30 ℃,the average rejections of Fe3+,Al3+ and Mg2+ in a phosphoric acid solution of 20% P2O5 by NF4 were more significant than 84.83%,but the rejection of P was less than 5%,which showed an excellent prospect for application in phosphoric acid purification.

Key words: phosphoric acid, nanofiltration, membrane separation, removing, meta ions

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