Membrane and Water Treatment

Volume 1, Number 3, 2010, pages 171-179

DOI: 10.12989/mwt.2010.1.3.171

Continuous dialysis of selected salts of sulphuric acid

Helena Bendova, Pavel Šnejdrla and Zden k Palaty

Abstract

The transport of selected salts of sulphuric acid (cobalt, copper, iron(II), manganese, nickel and zinc sulphate) through an anion-exchange membrane Neosepta-AFN was investigated in a countercurrent continuous dialyzer at various salt concentrations and volumetric liquid flow rates. The basic transport characteristics − the rejection coefficient of salt and the permeability of the membrane − were calculated from measurements at steady state. The salt concentration in model mixtures was changed in the limits from 0.1 to 1.0 kmol m−3 and the volumetric liquid flow rate of the inlet streams was in the limits from 8

Key Words

diffusion dialysis; anion-exchange membrane; continuous dialyzer; salt of sulphuric acid; permeability of membrane.

Address

Institute of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentska 573, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic