title: Acidic and hydrogen peroxide treatment of polyaluminum chloride (PACL) sludge from water treatment.
abstract: The water treatment sludge including coagulants cannot be easily removed by conventional dewatering methods. The possibility of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) oxidation as a pretreatment to enhance the dewaterability of polyaluminum chloride (PACl) sludge from water works was investigated. H2O2 treatment alone was not effective but H2O2 treatment under acidic condition significantly reduced both the cake water content and specific resistance to filtration (SRF), indicating the enhancement of dewaterability and filterability. The filterability after acid/H2O2 treatment was comparable to polymer conditioning and even more dewatered cake than polymer conditioning was produced. By H202 combined with sulfuric acid (H2SO4), leached iron caused Fenton's reaction, which showed a potential to significantly reduce the amount of solids mass and to produce more compact cake with higher filterability.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Inje University, 607 Obang-Dong, Kimhae 621-749, Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000032:analysis; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D005374:Filtration; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D014867:Water; C016213:aluminum oxychloride; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; D002244:Carbon; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D000535:Aluminum; D007501:Iron; C033158:sulfuric acid