Removal of copper and nickel from concentrated ZnSO4 solutions with silica-supported chelating adsorbents

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-100

  Sirola, Katri ^a   Laatikainen, Markku ^a   Lahtinen, Marko ^b   Paatero, Erkki ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b OUTOTEC OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chelating adsorbents; Dynamic modeling; Metal separation; Sulfate solution

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; CHELATION; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); COPPER; ISOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; OXIDES; SEPARATION; SILICA; SOLUTIONS; SULFURIC ACID; ZINC;

2-PYRIDINE; ADSORPTION COLUMNS; BATCH ADSORPTIONS; BINDING EQUILIBRIUMS; BRANCHED POLIES; CHELATING ADSORBENTS; COLUMN MODELS; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTIONS; DATA CORRELATIONS; DYNAMIC MODELING; EQUILIBRIUM PARAMETERS; ETHYLENEIMINE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FEED RATIOS; FUNCTIONALIZED; KINETIC DATUM; LIGAND GROUPS; METAL SEPARATION; METAL SULFATES; METAL UPTAKES; MIXED METALS; PARTIAL SEPARATIONS; POLYAMINE; PROTONATED; SULFATE SOLUTION; UPTAKE CAPACITIES; ZINC SULFATES;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 54849421508     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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