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Xie Z, Mahmood Q, Zhang S. Copper recovery from waste printed circuit boards using pyrite as the bioleaching substrate. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:34282-34294. [PMID: 38698096 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33536-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) can be bioleached for Cu recovery, but lack of substrate for the bioleaching culture. In this study, using pyrite as a bacterial substrate for bioleaching WPCBs and recovering Cu was explored. The results showed that the WPCBs bioleaching using pyrite as the bacterial substrate was feasible. Mechanical crushing was a suitable WPCBs pretreatment method. The optimal WPCBs and pyrite pulp densities were respectively found to be 1.25% (w/v) and 1.0% (w/v), and the suitable nitrogen source ratio ((NH4)2SO4: (NH4)2HPO4) was deemed as 2 g/L: 2 g/L, achieving a Cu2+ leaching efficiency of 95.60 ± 1.57% in 14 d. Copper in the bioleaching solution can be directly recovery via electrodeposition. The Cu recovery efficiency in 60 min was up to 92.19 ± 1.35% under the optimal condition that the initial Cu2+ concentration and pH were respectively set at 7.34 g/L and 2.75, and the current density was set at 200 A/m2. Copper was found as the dominant metal in the cathode deposits, existing in the form of Cu and Cu2O. This work provided a novel approach for bioleaching WPCBs and recovering Cu.
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- Zexiang Xie
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, 22060, Pakistan
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
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He Y, Kiehbadroudinezhad M, Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha H, Gupta VK, Peng W, Lam SS, Tabatabaei M, Aghbashlo M. Driving sustainable circular economy in electronics: A comprehensive review on environmental life cycle assessment of e-waste recycling. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 342:123081. [PMID: 38072018 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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E-waste, encompassing discarded materials from outdated electronic equipment, often ends up intermixed with municipal solid waste, leading to improper disposal through burial and incineration. This improper handling releases hazardous substances into water, soil, and air, posing significant risks to ecosystems and human health, ultimately entering the food chain and water supply. Formal e-waste recycling, guided by circular economy models and zero-discharge principles, offers potential solutions to this critical challenge. However, implementing a circular economy for e-waste management due to chemical and energy consumption may cause environmental impacts. Consequently, advanced sustainability assessment tools, such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), have been applied to investigate e-waste management strategies. While LCA is a standardized methodology, researchers have employed various routes for environmental assessment of different e-waste management methods. However, to the authors' knowledge, there lacks a comprehensive study focusing on LCA studies to discern the opportunities and limitations of this method in formal e-waste management strategies. Hence, this review aims to survey the existing literature on the LCA of e-waste management under a circular economy, shedding light on the current state of research, identifying research gaps, and proposing future research directions. It first explains various methods of managing e-waste in the circular economy. This review then evaluates and scrutinizes the LCA approach in implementing the circular bioeconomy for e-waste management. Finally, it proposes frameworks and procedures to enhance the applicability of the LCA method to future e-waste management research. The literature on the LCA of e-waste management reveals a wide variation in implementing LCA in formal e-waste management, resulting in diverse results and findings in this field. This paper underscores that LCA can pinpoint the environmental hotspots for various pathways of formal e-waste recycling, particularly focusing on metals. It can help address these concerns and achieve greater sustainability in e-waste recycling, especially in pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical pathways. The recovery of high-value metals is more environmentally justified compared to other metals. However, biometallurgical pathways remain limited in terms of environmental studies. Despite the potential for recycling e-waste into plastic or glass, there is a dearth of robust background in LCA studies within this sector. This review concludes that LCA can offer valuable insights for decision-making and policy processes on e-waste management, promoting environmentally sound e-waste recycling practices. However, the accuracy of LCA results in e-waste recycling, owing to data requirements, subjectivity, impact category weighting, and other factors, remains debatable, emphasizing the need for more uncertainty analysis in this field.
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- Yifeng He
- Henan Province International Collaboration Lab of Forest Resources Utilization, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Centre for Safe and Improved Food, SRUC, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, United Kingdom; Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Centre, SRUC, Barony Campus, Parkgate, Dumfries DG1 3NE, United Kingdom
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- Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-Added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600 077, India.
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- Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-Added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China; Department of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
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Javaid S, Zanoletti A, Serpe A, Bontempi E, Alessandri I, Vassalini I. Glassy Powder Derived from Waste Printed Circuit Boards for Methylene Blue Adsorption. Molecules 2024; 29:400. [PMID: 38257313 PMCID: PMC10821274 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29020400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world and Europe is classified as the first producer in terms of per capita amount. To reduce the environmental impact of e-waste, it is important to recycle it. This work shows the possibility of reusing glassy substrates, derived from the MW-assisted acidic leaching of Waste Printed Circuit Boards (WPCBs), as an adsorbent material. The results revealed an excellent adsorption capability against methylene blue (MB; aqueous solutions in the concentration range 10-5 M-2 × 10-5 M, at pH = 7.5). Comparisons were performed with reference samples such as activated carbons (ACs), the adsorbent mostly used at the industrial level; untreated PCB samples; and ground glass slides. The obtained results show that MW-treated WPCB powder outperformed both ground glass and ground untreated PCBs in MB adsorption, almost matching AC adsorption. The use of this new adsorbent obtained through the valorization of e-waste offers advantages not only in terms of cost but also in terms of environmental sustainability.
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- Saad Javaid
- Sustainable Chemistry and Materials Laboratory, Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy; (S.J.); (I.A.)
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- Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy;
- Unit of National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Research Unit of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture (DICAAR), INSTM Unit, Via Marengo 2, 09123 Cagliari, Italy;
- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (CNR-IGAG), Via Marengo 2, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
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- Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy;
- Unit of National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Research Unit of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Sustainable Chemistry and Materials Laboratory, Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy; (S.J.); (I.A.)
- Unit of National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Research Unit of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
- CNR-INO (National Research Council-National Institute of Optics), Research Unit of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Sustainable Chemistry and Materials Laboratory, Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy; (S.J.); (I.A.)
- Unit of National Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Research Unit of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
- CNR-INO (National Research Council-National Institute of Optics), Research Unit of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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Ali I, Gaydukova A, Kon'kova T, ALOthman ZA, Sillanpää M. Kinetics and Optimization of Metal Leaching from Heat-Resistant Nickel Alloy Solid Wastes. Molecules 2023; 28:5545. [PMID: 37513419 PMCID: PMC10384143 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28145545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Recycling waste from the production and consumption of heat-resistant alloys to return them to production is an urgent task due to the high cost of the components contained in these alloys. The kinetics and conditions of the acid leaching process of the grinding waste of a heat-resistant nickel alloy are studied depending on the composition of the acid solution (H2SO4, HCl, HNO3, and their mixtures) at room temperature to boiling point temperature and various acid concentrations (1.5 to 3.0 mol/L), ratios of waste to solution (1:10 to 3:10), fraction sizes (0.04-1 mm), and contact duration (1 to 120 h). The linearization of experimental data by the Gray-Weddington, Gistling-Brownstein, and Kazeev-Erofeev equations showed that the rate of the leaching process was influenced by both the chemical reactions between sulfuric acid and metals included in the grinding waste and the diffusion of reagents through the film of reaction products and undissolved impurities. Optimal conditions for acid dissolution of the grinding waste have been established to obtain the maximum degree of extraction of the main component of the alloy, nickel. The processing of powder particles with a size of less than 0.1 mm should be carried out in a solution of sulfuric acid with a concentration of 3.0 mol/L at a temperature of 100 °C for 6 h with a ratio of solid to liquid phases of 1:10. The reported results are very important for industry personnel to recover metals and for environmentalists to treat the alloy waste.
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- Imran Ali
- Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Department of Inorganic Substances Technology and Electrochemical Processes, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, 9 Miusskaya Sq., Moscow 125047, Russia
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- Department of Inorganic Substances Technology and Electrochemical Processes, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology, 9 Miusskaya Sq., Moscow 125047, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Norrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Gautam P, De AK, Sinha I, Behera CK, Singh KK. Genesis of copper oxide nanoparticles from waste printed circuit boards and evaluation of their photocatalytic activity. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 229:115951. [PMID: 37084944 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Discarded Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are one of the secondary resources of high-purity copper, and precious materials, which if disposed off inappropriately may present several environmental risks. This study focuses on the production of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) from reclaimed copper via a facile precipitation route to obtain a value-added nanoproduct. The synthesis involved the dissolution of downsized PCBs, leaching of Cu into the solution phase and the precipitation of nanoparticles (NPs) in an alkaline medium. XRD analysis confirmed the as-synthesized NPs were monoclinic CuO of size 19.23 nm without any impurity. HRTEM analysis confirmed that the NPs were nearly round spheres with average particle size of 19.973 ± 6.036 nm. The NPs have a specific surface area of 200 m2/g and mesoporous structure with mean pore diameter of 18.051 nm. The CuO NPs photocatalyzed the degradation of Congo Red under visible light irradiation. Hence, the PCB e-waste was utilized to produce nanomaterials with added-values, decreasing environmental problems.
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- Pushpa Gautam
- Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, India.
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- Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, India
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Ouyang P, Zhang R, Zhou J, Liu H, Liu Z, Xu C, Zhang X, Zeng S, Su Q, Meng X. Copper Recovery from Industrial Bimetallic Composite Ionic Liquids by Direct Electrodeposition and the Effect of Temperature and Ultrasound. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:11941-11951. [PMID: 37033857 PMCID: PMC10077462 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Critical processing protocols of industrial bimetallic composite ionic liquid (IL) are necessary to assure good mass transfer rates for process optimization and efficient metal recovery. Here, the effects of different conditions on the electrochemical behavior and copper recovery from the industrial bimetallic composite IL are crucial for effective resource utilization. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) shows that the reduction of Cu(I) to Cu(0) during the cathodic reduction region is the irreversible diffusion-controlled process, and the diffusion coefficient increased with temperature which indicated that increasing temperature could promote the diffusion and mass transfer. During electrodeposition, metallic copper is obtained exclusively on the cathode, while CuCl2 accumulates exclusively on the anode. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the micron-size electrodeposits become larger and significantly rougher with increasing temperature and ultrasonic frequency, illustrating that these factors hasten the nucleation and crystallization rates at high overpotentials. The efficiency of copper recovery is greatly improved by employing high temperature and ultrasonic cavitation, and the highest values correspond to r = 76.9% at 80 °C and r = 63.6% at 40 kHz. The study lays the foundation for efficient and rapid recovery of copper from spent ILs.
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- Ping Ouyang
- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex System, Beijing Key Laboratory
of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex System, Beijing Key Laboratory
of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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Dong S, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Niu D, Wang X. Model-Free Adaptive Control of Hydrometallurgy Cascade Gold Leaching Process with Input Constraints. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:6559-6570. [PMID: 36844568 PMCID: PMC9947990 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Hydrometallurgy technology can directly deal with low grade and complex materials, improve the comprehensive utilization rate of resources, and effectively adapt to the demand of low carbon and cleaner production. A series of cascade continuous stirred tank reactors are usually applied in the gold leaching industrial process. The equations of leaching process mechanism model are mainly composed of gold conservation, cyanide ion conservation, and kinetic reaction rate equations. The derivation of the theoretical model involves many unknown parameters and some ideal assumptions, which leads to difficulty and imprecision in establishing the accurate mechanism model of the leaching process. Imprecise mechanism models limit the application of model-based control algorithms in the leaching process. Due to the constraints and limitations of the input variables in the cascade leaching process, a novel model-free adaptive control algorithm based on compact form dynamic linearization with integration (ICFDL-MFAC) control factor is first constructed. The constraints between input variables is realized by setting the initial value of the input to the pseudo-gradient and the weight of the integral coefficient. The proposed pure data-driven ICFDL-MFAC algorithm has anti-integral saturation ability and can achieve faster control rate and higher control precision. This control strategy can effectively improve the utilization efficiency of sodium cyanide and reduce environmental pollution. The consistent stability of the proposed control algorithm is also analyzed and proved. Compared with the existing model-free control algorithms, the merit and practicability of the control algorithm are verified by the practical leaching industrial process test. The proposed model-free control strategy has advantages of strong adaptive ability, robustness, and practicability. The MFAC algorithm can also be easily applied to control the multi-input multi-output of other industrial processes.
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- Shijian Dong
- Engineering
Research Center of Intelligent Control for Underground Space, Ministry
of Education, China University of Mining
and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
- School
of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- Engineering
Research Center of Intelligent Control for Underground Space, Ministry
of Education, China University of Mining
and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
- School
of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- Engineering
Research Center of Intelligent Control for Underground Space, Ministry
of Education, China University of Mining
and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
- School
of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- College
of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Engineering
Research Center of Intelligent Control for Underground Space, Ministry
of Education, China University of Mining
and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
- School
of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Dai J, Huang Z, Zhang H, Shi H, Arulmani SRB, Liu X, Huang L, Yan J, Xiao T. Promoted Sb removal with hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cell by ZIF-67-derived modified sulfate-reducing bacteria bio-cathode. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 856:158839. [PMID: 36155030 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Bio-cathode Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) has been widely discovered for heavy metals removal and hydrogen production. However, low electron transfer efficiency and heavy metal toxicity limit MEC treatment efficiency. In this study, ZIF-67 was introduced to modify Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) bio-cathode to enhance the bioreduction of sulfate and Antimony (Sb) with hydrogen production in the MEC. ZIF-67 modified bio-cathode was developed from a bio-anode microbial fuel cell (MFC) by operating with an applied voltage of 0.8 V to reverse the polarity. Cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry and electrochemical impedance were done to confirm the performance of the ZIF-67 modified SRB bio-cathode. The synergy reduction of sulfate and Sb was accomplished by sulfide metal precipitation reaction from SRB itself. Maximum sulfate reduction rate approached 93.37 % and Sb removal efficiency could reach 92 %, which relies on the amount of sulfide concentration generated by sulfate reduction reaction, with 0.923 ± 0.04 m3 H2/m3 of hydrogen before adding Sb and 0.857 m3 H2/m3 of hydrogen after adding Sb. The hydrogen was mainly produced in this system and the result of gas chromatography (GC) indicated that 73.27 % of hydrogen was produced. Meanwhile the precipitates were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to confirm Sb2S3 was generated from Sb (V).
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- Junxi Dai
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China; Guangzhou University-Linköping University Research Center on Urban Sustainable Development, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping 60174, Sweden
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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Reig M, Vecino X, Valderrama C, Sirés I, Luis Cortina J. Waste-to-energy bottom ash management: Copper recovery by electrowinning. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Yağmuroğlu O. Accurate and sensitive determination of Sb(III) in water samples using UV-VIS spectrophotometry after simultaneous complexation and preconcentration with deep eutectic solvent/DTZ probe-based liquid-liquid microextraction. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2022; 195:191. [PMID: 36510034 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10809-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This study describes the determination of trace levels of antimony(III) by UV-Vis spectrophotometer after preconcentration by the deep eutectic solvent/dithizone probe-based liquid-liquid microextraction method. Ditizone was used as a ligand to form the coordinated antimony complex before extraction in the preconcentration process. In the microextraction method developed in the study, deep eutectic solvent was used to dissolve the complexing agent; thus, the complexation was performed at the same time as the extraction of antimony complex by deep eutectic solvent. All variables likely to affect the ligand-antimony(III) complex, extraction efficiency, and spectroscopic measurement were optimized to lower the detection limit. Under the determined optimum conditions, the detection limit for Sb was calculated as 1.6 × 10-3 mg/L. The detection limit obtained with the method is much lower than the value obtained in the Uv-Vis spectrophotometer with the traditional method. In this study, the percent relative standard deviation for the lowest concentration was calculated as 3.12% (n = 8). This value indicates that the analysis performed has high precision. The applicability of the method was determined by performing spiked recovery tests on tap water taken from different regions. Satisfactory recovery results were obtained between 91 and 105% at three different concentrations.
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- Ozan Yağmuroğlu
- Department of Chemistry, Air Force Academy, 34149, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Othmani A, Kadier A, Singh R, Igwegbe CA, Bouzid M, Aquatar MO, Khanday WA, Bote ME, Damiri F, Gökkuş Ö, Sher F. A comprehensive review on green perspectives of electrocoagulation integrated with advanced processes for effective pollutants removal from water environment. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114294. [PMID: 36113573 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The rapidly expanding global energy demand is forcing a release of regulated pollutants into water that is threatening human health. Among various wastewater remediating processes, electrocoagulation (EC) has scored a monumental success over conventional processes because it combines coagulation, sedimentation, floatation and electrochemical oxidation processes that can effectively decimate numerous stubborn pollutants. The EC processes have gained some attention through various academic and industrial publications, however critical evaluation of EC processes, choices of EC processes for various pollutants, process parameters, mechanisms, commercial EC technologies and performance enhancement via other degradation processes (DPs) integration have not been comprehensively covered to date. Therefore, the major objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of 20 years of literature covering EC fundamentals, key process factors for a reactor design, process implementation, current challenges and performance enhancement by coupling EC with pivotal pollutant DPs including, electro/photo-Fenton (E/P-F), photocatalysis, sono-chemical treatment, ozonation, indirect electrochemical/advanced oxidation (AO), and biosorption that have substantially reduced metals, pathogens, toxic compound BOD, COD, colors in wastewater. The results suggest that the optimum treatment time, current density, pulse frequency, shaking speed and spaced electrode improve the pollutants removal efficiency. An elegant process design can prevent electrode passivation which is a critical limitation of EC technology. EC coupling (up or downstream) with other DPs has resulted in the removal of organic pollutants and heavy metals with a 20% improved efficiency by EC-EF, removal of 85.5% suspended solid, 76.2% turbidity, 88.9% BOD, 79.7% COD and 93% color by EC-electroflotation, 100% decolorization by EC-electrochemical-AO, reduction of 78% COD, 81% BOD, 97% color by EC-ozonation and removal of 94% ammonia, 94% BOD, 95% turbidity, >98% phosphorus by aerated EC and peroxicoagulation. The major wastewater purification achievements, future potential and challenges are described to model the future EC integrated systems.
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- Amina Othmani
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Avenue of the Environment, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Research Division, James R. Randall Research Center, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, Decatur, IL, 62521, USA
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- Quantum and Statistical Physics Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Environment Boulevard, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Environmental Materials Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, India; Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Government Degree College Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, 192101, India
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- Department of Water Supply and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, PoBox - 378, Ethiopia
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- Laboratory of Biomolecules and Organic Synthesis (BIOSYNTHO), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Ben M'Sick, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca, 20000, Morocco
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri, 38039, Turkey
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- Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom.
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Characterization and Optimization of Polymeric Bispicolamine Chelating Resin: Performance Evaluation via RSM Using Copper in Acid Liquors as a Model Substrate through Ion Exchange Method. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27217210. [PMID: 36364043 PMCID: PMC9656966 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Advanced technologies of electronics industries have led to environmental contamination concerns, especially waste print circuit boards containing a very high concentration of copper (II) ions, which can be discharged in wastewater containing many contaminated metals. A low pH is a necessity for treating industrial wastewater containing heavy metals to meet engineering process design. A novel polymeric bispicolamine chelating resin, Dowex-M4195, was applied as an alternative for investigating the behavior of copper (II) in acidic solution via an ion exchange method in a batch experiment system. Characterization of physical and chemical properties before and after ion exchange were also explored through BET, SEM-EDX, FTIR and XRD. Response surface methodology was also applied for optimization of copper (II) removal capacity using design of experiment for selective chelating resin at a low pH. The results indicate that H+ Dowex-M4195 chelating resin had a high-carbon content and specific surface area of >64% and 26.5060 m2/g, respectively. It was predominantly macropore porous in nature due to the N2 gas adsorption isotherm and exhibited type IV with insignificant desorption hysteresis loop of H1-type. It was spherical and cylindrical. After the ion exchange process of copper (II)-loaded H+ Dowex-M4195, the specific surface area and total pore volume decreased by about 17.82% and 5.39%, respectively, as compared to H+ Dowex-M4195. Hysteresis loop, isotherm and pore size distribution were also similar. Regarding the functional group, the surface morphology and crystalline structures of H+ Dowex-M4195 showed copper (II) compound based on the structure of chelating resin that confirmed effective ion exchange behavior. The design of optimization indicated that copper (II) removal capacity of about 31.33 mg/g was achieved, which could be obtained at 6.96 h, pH of 2 (a desirable low pH), dose of 124.13 mg and concentration of 525.15 mg/L. The study indicated that the H+ Dowex-M4195 (which is commercially available on the market) can successfully be applied as an alternative precursor through the ion exchange method for further reuse and regeneration of the copper (II) in the electronic waste industries and other wastewater applications needed to respond the policy of biocircular green economy in Thailand.
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Fathima A, Tang JYB, Giannis A, Ilankoon IMSK, Chong MN. Catalysing electrowinning of copper from E-waste: A critical review. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 298:134340. [PMID: 35306219 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Smart technologies and digitalisation have increased the consumption of scarce metals that threaten the sustainability of intricated industries. Additionally, the growing streams of waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) are significant hazards to public health and the environment. Thus, there is an escalating need to recover metals from e-waste for sustainable management of metal resources. Hydrometallurgical processing of e-waste, involving copper (Cu) leaching and its subsequent recovery from pregnant leach solution (PLS) via electrowinning, has emerged as an efficient strategy to close the recycling loop. Electrowinning from PLS demonstrated higher Cu recovery efficiency and operational feasibility with a lower reagent use and lesser waste generation. Nevertheless, multiple issues challenged its practical implementation, including selective recovery of Cu from PLS containing mixed metals and high energy consumption. This review (1) identifies the factors affecting Cu electrowinning from PLS; (2) evaluates the composition of lixiviants influencing Cu electrowinning; (3) appraises various catalysts developed for enhancing Cu electrodeposition; and (4) reviews coupled systems that minimised process energy consumption. From the literature review, electrocatalysts are prospective candidates for improving Cu electrowinning as they reduced the cathodic reduction overpotentials, enhanced surface reaction kinetics and increased current efficiency. Other catalysts, including bioelectrocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts, are applicable for dilute electrolytes with further investigations required to validate their feasibility. The coupled systems, including slurry electrolysis, bioelectrochemical systems and coupled redox fuel cells, minimise process energy requirements by systematically coupling the cathodic reduction reaction with suitable anodic oxidation reactions having thermodynamically low overpotentials. Among these systems, slurry electrolysis utilising a single-step processing of e-waste is feasible for commericalisation though operational challenges must be addressed to improve its sustainability. The other systems require further studies to improve their scalability. It provides an important direction for energy-efficient Cu electrowinning from PLS, ultimately promoting a circular economy for the scarce metal resources.
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- Arshia Fathima
- School of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 47500, Malaysia
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- School of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 47500, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), University Campus, 73100, Chania, Greece
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- School of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 47500, Malaysia
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- School of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Discipline, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, 47500, Malaysia.
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Salinas-Rodríguez E, Hernández-Ávila J, Cerecedo-Sáenz E, Arenas-Flores A, Veloz-Rodríguez MA, Toro N, Gutiérrez-Amador MDP, Acevedo-Sandoval OA. Leaching of Copper Contained in Waste Printed Circuit Boards, Using the Thiosulfate-Oxygen System: A Kinetic Approach. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15072354. [PMID: 35407686 PMCID: PMC8999890 DOI: 10.3390/ma15072354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The present work is related to the treatment of crushed waste of printed circuit boards (WPCBs) from electrical and electronic devices (WEEE), carrying out the recovery of copper in solution. In the first stage, the studied material was characterized by AAS, SEM-EDS, and XRD. The results revealed significantly high amounts of copper (744.42 mg/g), compared with the rest of the metals present in the sample, mainly iron and zinc. In the second stage of the work, alkali dynamic leaching experiments were carried out in the S2O3−2− O2 medium, evaluating important kinetic variables in order to verify the controlling step of the system and adjust the data to a kinetic model. According to the results obtained from the various experimental tests executed, it was found that in the studied system of S2O3−2− O2, the leaching of copper was preferably adjusted to the model of spherical particles with a shrinking core finding a mixed chemical−diffusive control, with values of Ea = 25.78 kJ/mol and n = 0.22 (for the leaching reagent), indicating that the reaction was controlled by the oxygen transport to the solid−liquid interface and also by the chemical reaction in the surface of particles, obtaining up to 99.82% copper in solution.
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- Eleazar Salinas-Rodríguez
- Academic Area of Earth Science and Materials, Institute of Basis Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Highway Pachuca-Tulancingo km. 4.5, Mineral de la Reforma 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico; (J.H.-Á.); (E.C.-S.); (A.A.-F.); (M.A.V.-R.)
- Correspondence: (E.S.-R.); (O.A.A.-S.); Tel.: +52-771-207-4171 (E.S.-R.); +52-771-151-7643 (O.A.A.-S.)
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- Academic Area of Earth Science and Materials, Institute of Basis Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Highway Pachuca-Tulancingo km. 4.5, Mineral de la Reforma 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico; (J.H.-Á.); (E.C.-S.); (A.A.-F.); (M.A.V.-R.)
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- Academic Area of Earth Science and Materials, Institute of Basis Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Highway Pachuca-Tulancingo km. 4.5, Mineral de la Reforma 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico; (J.H.-Á.); (E.C.-S.); (A.A.-F.); (M.A.V.-R.)
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- Academic Area of Earth Science and Materials, Institute of Basis Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Highway Pachuca-Tulancingo km. 4.5, Mineral de la Reforma 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico; (J.H.-Á.); (E.C.-S.); (A.A.-F.); (M.A.V.-R.)
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- Academic Area of Earth Science and Materials, Institute of Basis Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Highway Pachuca-Tulancingo km. 4.5, Mineral de la Reforma 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico; (J.H.-Á.); (E.C.-S.); (A.A.-F.); (M.A.V.-R.)
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- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Antonio Prat, Iquique 1100000, Chile;
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- Apan High School, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Highway Apan-Calpulalpan km. 8, Apan 43920, Hidalgo, Mexico;
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- Academic Area of Chemistry, Institute of Basis Sciences and Engineering, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Highway Pachuca-Tulancingo km. 4.5, Mineral de la Reforma 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico
- Correspondence: (E.S.-R.); (O.A.A.-S.); Tel.: +52-771-207-4171 (E.S.-R.); +52-771-151-7643 (O.A.A.-S.)
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Sustainable Material Management of Industrial Hazardous Waste in Taiwan: Case Studies in Circular Economy. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13169410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years, the rapid economic development in Taiwan has resulted in greater complexity in handling industrial hazardous waste. The main aim of this paper was to present a trend analysis of the online reported amounts of industrial hazardous waste from the official database over the past decade (2010–2020). In addition, this study focused on the environmental policies and regulatory measures for the mandatory material resources from industrial hazardous waste according to the promulgation of the revised Waste Management Act. It was found that the annual reported amounts of industrial hazardous waste ranged from 1200 thousand metric tons to 1600 thousand metric tons, reflecting a balanced relationship between the industrial production and waste management. Based on the principles of resource recycling and circular economy, some case studies for specific types of industrial hazardous waste (including spent acid etchant, spent pickling liquid, and spent dimethyl formamide-contained liquid) were compiled to echo the government efforts in sustainable material management. In Taiwan, recycling amounts in 2020 were recorded up to 92,800, 130,460, and 54,266 metric tons, respectively. It was suggested to be a successful circular economy model in the printed circuit boards, steel/iron processing, and synthetic leather industries. In order to effectively reduce the environmental loadings and conserve material resources from industrial hazardous waste, some recommendations were also addressed to provide for the policy makers, environmental engineers and process manager.
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Arulmani SRB, Dai J, Li H, Chen Z, Zhang H, Yan J, Xiao T, Sun W. Efficient reduction of antimony by sulfate-reducer enriched bio-cathode with hydrogen production in a microbial electrolysis cell. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 774:145733. [PMID: 33609841 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bio-cathode Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) is a promising and eco-friendly technology for concurrent hydrogen production and heavy metal reduction. However, the bioreduction of Antimony (Sb) in a bio-electrochemical system with H2 production is not explored. In this study, two efficient sulfate-reducing bacterial (SRB) strains were used to investigate the enhanced bioreduction of sulfate and Sb with H2 production in the MEC. SRB Bio-cathode MEC was developed from the microbial fuel cell (MFC) and operated with an applied voltage of 0.8 V. The performance of the SRB bio-cathode was confirmed by cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. SRB strains of BY7 and SR10 supported the synergy reduction of sulfate and Sb by sulfide metal precipitation reaction. Hydrogen gas was the main product of SRB bio-cathode, with 86.9%, and 83.6% of H2 is produced by SR10 and BY7, respectively. Sb removal efficiency reached up to 88.2% in BY7 and 96.3% in SR10 with a sulfate reduction rate of 92.3 ± 2.6 and 98.4 ± 1.6 gm-3d-1 in BY7 and SR10, respectively. The conversion efficiency of Sb (V) to Sb (III) reached up to 70.1% in BY7 and 89.2% in SR10. It was concluded that the total removal efficiency of Sb relies on the amount of sulfide concentration produced by the sulfate reduction reaction. The hydrogen production rate was increased up to 1.25 ± 0.06 (BY7) and 1.36 ± 0.02 m3 H2/(m3·d) (SR10) before addition of Sb and produced up to 0.893 ± 0.03 and 0.981 ± 0.02 m3H2/(m3·d) after addition of Sb. The precipitates were characterized by X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which confirmed Sb (V) was reduced to Sb2S3.
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- Samuel Raj Babu Arulmani
- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangzhou University-Linköping University Research Center on Urban Sustainable Development, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangzhou University-Linköping University Research Center on Urban Sustainable Development, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental Science & Technology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Environmental Pollution and Control, Guangzhou 510650, China
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Barragan JA, Alemán Castro JR, Peregrina-Lucano AA, Sánchez-Amaya M, Rivero EP, Larios-Durán ER. Leaching of Metals from e-Waste: From Its Thermodynamic Analysis and Design to Its Implementation and Optimization. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:12063-12071. [PMID: 34056360 PMCID: PMC8154117 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The aim of this study is to design and develop an efficient leaching process based on a fundamental and theoretical thermodynamic analysis and the optimization of the operation parameters via the response surface methodology (RSM). Using this methodology, the design of a leaching process for the recovery of copper, silver, and lead from highly metal-concentrated fractions of e-waste is presented. Thermodynamic predictions were performed through the construction and analysis of Pourbaix diagrams for the specific conditions of the leaching system. From this analysis, it was possible to determine the values of potential (E vs NHE) and pH at which the leaching reactions occur spontaneously. Additionally, RSM was useful to deduce a quadratic semiempirical model that predicts the copper leaching efficiencies as a function of two parameters involved in the leaching procedure, the stirring speed and the solid/liquid ratio, by which the response variable, the leaching efficiency, can be optimized.
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- Jose Angel Barragan
- Departamento
de Ingeniería Química, Universidad
de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán #1451, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Ingeniería Química, Universidad
de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán #1451, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Farmacobiología, Universidad de
Guadalajara, Blvd. M.
García Barragán #1451, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Ingeniería Química, Universidad
de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán #1451, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Facultad
de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Departamento de Ingeniería
y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Av. Primero de Mayo, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México 54740, Mexico
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- Departamento
de Ingeniería Química, Universidad
de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán #1451, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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Jiang J, Wu Y, Sun G, Zhang L, Li Z, Sommar J, Yao H, Feng X. Characteristics, Accumulation, and Potential Health Risks of Antimony in Atmospheric Particulate Matter. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:9460-9470. [PMID: 33869926 PMCID: PMC8047740 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c06091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Antimony (Sb), a priority pollutant listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), can cause adverse effects on human health, with particular impacts on skin, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, and respiratory system. In this study, a database of Sb concentrations in the global atmosphere was developed through a survey of measurements published in more than 600 articles, which was then used to assess the health risks of Sb exposure based on a USEPA assessment model. Most measurements showed Sb concentrations of less than ∼10 ng m-3, but those at several contaminated sites exhibited Sb concentrations of more than 100 ng m-3. For measurements conducted in urban environments, Sb concentrations in the total suspended particles (TSP) and particles of less than 10 (PM10) or 2.5 μm (PM2.5) were the highest in Asia, followed by Europe, South America, and North America. Sb concentrations were generally higher in winter and fall than during other seasons in TSP and PM10 samples. A significant correlation was observed between Sb and As in TSP and PM2.5 on a global scale. Sb was mainly derived from anthropogenic sources, especially traffic emission, industrial emission, and fossil combustion. Hazard quotients (HQ) of Sb in TSP, PM10, and PM2.5 were higher for children than adults because of their lighter body weight, inferior physical resistance, and higher ingestion probability. The global database for atmospheric Sb concentrations demonstrates a relatively low noncarcinogenic risk in most regions. Long-term monitoring is still required to identify the sources and growth potentials of Sb so that effective control policies can be established.
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- Jiali Jiang
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- Air
Quality Research Division, Science and Technology
Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto M3H5T4, Canada
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- School
of Resources and Environment, Zunyi Normal
College, Zunyi 563006, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
- CAS
Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi’an 710061, China
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Towards source reduction and green sustainability of metal-bearing waste streams: The electrochemical processes. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.137937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Zhang E, Zhou K, Zhang X, Peng C, Chen W, He D. Separation and recovery of arsenic from As, Cu, and Zn rich leaching liquor using a reduction-crystallization approach. RSC Adv 2021; 11:22426-22432. [PMID: 35480809 PMCID: PMC9034198 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra03270d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Separation and recovery of valuable arsenic elements from complex wastewater was successfully achieved through a reduction-crystallization approach.
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- Erjun Zhang
- School of Metallurgy and Environment
- Central South University
- Changsha 410083
- China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment
- Central South University
- Changsha 410083
- China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment
- Central South University
- Changsha 410083
- China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment
- Central South University
- Changsha 410083
- China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment
- Central South University
- Changsha 410083
- China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment
- Central South University
- Changsha 410083
- China
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