Adsorptive Recovery of Uranium from Nuclear Fuel Industrial Wastewater by Titanium Loaded Collagen Fiber

Abstract

Abstract: Effective recovery of UO₂²⁺ from wastewater is essential for nuclear fuel industry and related industries.In this study, a novel adsorbent was prepared by loading titanium(Ti⁴⁺) onto collagen fiber(TICF), and its physical and chemical properties as well as adsorption to UO₂²⁺ in nuclear fuel industrial wastewater were investigated.It is found that TICF can effectively recover UO₂²⁺ from the wastewater with excellent adsorption capacity.The adsorption capacity is 0.62 mmol·g^-1 at 303 K and pH 5.0 when the initial concentration of UO₂²⁺ is 1.50 mmol·L^-1.The adsorption isotherms can be described by the Langmuir equation and the adsorption capacity increases with temperature.The effect of co-existed F on the adsorption capacity for UO₂²⁺ is significant, which can be eliminated by adding aluminum ions as complexing agent, while the other co-existed ions in the solutions, including HCO₃^-, Cl^-, NO₃^-, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺ and Cu²⁺, have little effect on the adsorption capacity for UO₂²⁺.The saturated TICF after UO₂²⁺ adsorption can be regenerated by using 0.2 mol·L^-1 nitrate(₃) as desorption agent, and the TICF can be reused at least three times.Thus the TICF is a new and effective adsorbent for the recovery of UO₂²⁺ from the wastewater.

Key words: collagen fiber, titanium(Ⅳ), adsorption, wastewater

摘要： Effective recovery of UO₂²⁺ from wastewater is essential for nuclear fuel industry and related industries.In this study, a novel adsorbent was prepared by loading titanium(Ti⁴⁺) onto collagen fiber(TICF), and its physical and chemical properties as well as adsorption to UO₂²⁺ in nuclear fuel industrial wastewater were investigated.It is found that TICF can effectively recover UO₂²⁺ from the wastewater with excellent adsorption capacity.The adsorption capacity is 0.62 mmol·g^-1 at 303 K and pH 5.0 when the initial concentration of UO₂²⁺ is 1.50 mmol·L^-1.The adsorption isotherms can be described by the Langmuir equation and the adsorption capacity increases with temperature.The effect of co-existed F on the adsorption capacity for UO₂²⁺ is significant, which can be eliminated by adding aluminum ions as complexing agent, while the other co-existed ions in the solutions, including HCO₃^-, Cl^-, NO₃^-, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺ and Cu²⁺, have little effect on the adsorption capacity for UO₂²⁺.The saturated TICF after UO₂²⁺ adsorption can be regenerated by using 0.2 mol·L^-1 nitrate(₃) as desorption agent, and the TICF can be reused at least three times.Thus the TICF is a new and effective adsorbent for the recovery of UO₂²⁺ from the wastewater.

关键词: collagen fiber, titanium(Ⅳ), adsorption, wastewater

CHENG YuanMei, SUN Xia, LIAO Xuepin, SHI Bi. Adsorptive Recovery of Uranium from Nuclear Fuel Industrial Wastewater by Titanium Loaded Collagen Fiber [J]. , 2011, 19(4): 592-597.

程远梅, 孙霞, 廖学品, 石碧. Adsorptive Recovery of Uranium from Nuclear Fuel Industrial Wastewater by Titanium Loaded Collagen Fiber [J]. , 2011, 19(4): 592-597.

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