Valorization of high-salinity effluents for CO2 fixation and hypochlorite generation

In this work, it is evaluated the fixation of carbon dioxide using the alkali generated in the chloralkaline process, as a new way to face the treatment of highly saline wastewater, in which it is aimed not to separate the wastewater into concentrated and diluted streams but to recover value-added p...

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Autores: Acosta-Santoyo, Gustavo, León Fernández, Luis Fernando, Bustos, Erika, Cañizares Cañizares, Pablo, Rodrigo Rodrigo, Manuel Andrés, Llanos López, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/29438
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131359
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/29438
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbon dioxide fixation
Chloralkaline process
Electrolysis
Absorption
Value-added products
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Sumario:In this work, it is evaluated the fixation of carbon dioxide using the alkali generated in the chloralkaline process, as a new way to face the treatment of highly saline wastewater, in which it is aimed not to separate the wastewater into concentrated and diluted streams but to recover value-added products (VAPs) while contributing to minimize the carbon fingerprint of other processes. The electrolytic process is combined with a reactive absorption and with a crystallization, demonstrating the formation of pure nahcolite, hypochlorite (or chlorine) and hydrogen from the waste. Carbon dioxide is captured with a current efficiency over 90% and the energy required is around 0.65 kWh kg−1, which is very promising from the view point of sustainability, considering that the system can be easily powered with green energies.