Study of the Effect of Leucine on Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in a Circular Economy Perspective

Autor: Giuseppe Mazziotti di Celso, Marina Prisciandaro, Despina Karatza, Dino Musmarra, Amedeo Lancia
Přispěvatelé: Di Celso, G. M., Prisciandaro, M., Karatza, D., Musmarra, D., Lancia, A.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Water; Volume 14; Issue 2; Pages: 270
Water, Vol 14, Iss 270, p 270 (2022)
ISSN: 2073-4441
DOI: 10.3390/w14020270
Popis: This paper studies the crystallization of calcium carbonate in the presence of leucine—a green additive. The effect of leucine on calcium carbonate precipitation kinetic is particularly interesting since CaCO3 is a valuable product worthy to be recovered from industrial liquid wastes (e.g., desalination brines) in the circular economy approach. Experiments have been performed in a laboratory scale plant with a supersaturation range which spams from 2 to 120 and two different leucine concentration (0.520 × 10−3 and 1.041 × 10−3 mol/L). Results obtained have been compared with previous published ones, carried out without any additives. From the measurements of induction times for calcium carbonate nucleation, it was established that in solution, the leucine favors the precipitation of calcium carbonate, so it can be considered a promoter in calcium carbonate crystallization and this behavior enhances when raising its concentration in solution. Interfacial tension was determined for both leucine concentration levels, and the values obtained are in the range 51–84 mJ/m2.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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