Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (2): 120-129.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0079

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Research of regeneration of thioglycolic acid by bipolar membrane electrodialysis using sodium thioglycolate wastewater as resource

ZHANG Li1,2,4(), LOU Yufeng2,3, ZHANG Wei2, LIU Fangwang1, LAN Jing3, ZHAO Zongshan3, FU Kunming4()   

  1. 1.College of Chemical Engineering,Weifang Key Laboratory of High-Salinity Industrial Wastewater Resource Utilization,Weifang Vocational College,Weifang 262737,China
    2.Shandong Tianwei Membrane Technology Co. ,Ltd. ,Weifang 261061,China
    3.School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Qingdao University,Qingdao 266071,China
    4.School of Environment and Energy Engineering,Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture,Beijing 100044,China
  • Received:2024-02-04 Online:2025-02-10 Published:2025-02-20
  • Contact: FU Kunming E-mail:2422970506@qq.com;fukunming@163.com

Abstract:

A lot of sodium thioglycolate as the main constituent of sulfur ammonia ester tail liquid is difficult to treat due to its high toxic,high salinity and high COD(Chemical Oxygen Demand) properties.The traditional disposal composite process of extraction-filtration-acidification-distillation exsits complex processes,high disposal costs and secondary pollution.In order to solve the resource utilization of sodium thioglycolate wastewater,the bipolar membrane electrodialysis device(BMED) with three-compartment configuration was used,which could convert salts into corresponding acids and bases.The effects of the reaction time,the reaction temperature,current density and plate thickness on the conversion efficiency,current efficiency,membrane voltage,energy consumption were investigated.The experiments showed that the optimum experimental conditions were 75 min,40 ℃,400 A/m2 and 50 μm.Under those conditions,the conversion rate of sodium thioglycolate was up to 98.32%,the current efficiency was 86.01%,and the energy consumption was 93.54 kW·h/t.The results can provide a reference for a new process idea for the production of thioglycolic acid from sodium thioglycolate wastewater in industrial production.

Key words: bipolar membrane, electrodialysis, regeneratio, sodium thioglycolate wastewater, thioglycolic acid

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