Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...
Patent
1993-03-17
2000-10-17
Hruskoci, Peter A.
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...
210715, 210720, 210724, 210726, 210748, 210913, 423 55, C02F 152
Patent
active
RE0369152
ABSTRACT:
A process for treating industrial waste water containing hexavalent chromium (Cr.sup.+6) and other heavy metals is disclosed which comprises reduction of Cr.sup.+6 to trivalent chromium (Cr.sup.+3) and the precipitation thereof with other heavy metals by addition of sulfide ion and ferrous ion to the waste stream at a pH of about 7 to 9 under conditions such that sludge production by the process of the invention is substantially less than that characteristic of prior art processes. Polymers are added to the solution to assist flocculation and clarification of the waste stream. More specifically, the invention comprises adding sulfide ion in a sulfide to hexavalent chromium ratio of about 0.7-2.5:1 and adding ferrous ion in a ferrous to hexavalent chromium ratio of about 0.5-5.0:1. The waste stream pH is preferably maintained in the range of about 7.2 to 7.5.
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Beller John M.
Carpenter Charles J.
Suciu Dan F.
Wikoff Penny M.
Hruskoci Peter A.
Kundert Thomas L.
Scearce Bobby D.
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