title: [Copper recovery from artificial bioleaching lixivium of waste printed circuit boards].
abstract: The key step to realize metal recovery from bioleaching solutions is the recovery of copper from bioleaching lixivium of waste printed circuit boards in high-grade form. The influences of cathode material, current density, initial pH and initial copper ion concentration on the efficiency and energy consumption of copper recovery from artificial bioleaching lixivium under condition of constant current were investigated using an electro-deposition approach. The results showed that the larger specific surface area of the cathode material (carbon felt) led to the higher copper recovery efficiency (the recovery efficiencies of the anode and the cathode chambers were 96.56% and 99.25%, respectively) and the smaller the total and unit mass product energy consumption (the total and unit mass product energy consumptions were 0.022 kW x h and 15.71 kW x h x kg(-1), respectively). The copper recovery efficiency and energy consumption increased with the increase of current density. When the current density was 155.56 mA x cm(-2), the highest copper recovery efficiencies in the anode and cathode chambers reached 98.51% and 99.37%, respectively. Accordingly, the highest total and unit mass product energy consumptions were 0.037 kW x h and 24.34 kW x h x kg(-1), respectively. The copper recovery efficiency was also significantly affected by the initial copper ion concentration. The increase of the initial copper ion concentration would lead to faster decrease of copper ion concentration, higher total energy consumption, and lower unit mass product consumption. However, the initial pH had no significant effect on the copper recovery efficiency. Under the optimal conditions (carbon felt for cathode materials, current density of 111.11 mA x cm(-2), initial pH of 2.0, and initial copper ion concentration of 10 g x L(-1)), the copper recovery efficiencies of the anode and cathode chambers were 96.75% and 99.35%, and the total and unit mass product energy consumptions were 0.021 kW x h and 14.61 kW x h x kg(-1), respectively. The deposited copper on the cathode material was fascicularly distributed and no oxygen was detected.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Neng-Wu
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ping-Xiao
authors.initials: PX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ding-Hui
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Yi-Jia
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Xing
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D004560:Electricity; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D004566:Electrodes; D059029:Electronic Waste; D010100:Oxygen; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods*; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D003300:Copper; D010100:Oxygen