CINDECA   05422
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO EN CIENCIAS APLICADAS "DR. JORGE J. RONCO"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Solvent Extraction Studies for Separation of Zn(II) and Mn(II) from Spent Batteries Leach Solutions
Autor/es:
. FALCO, M.J. QUINA, L. M. GANDO-FERREIRA , H. THOMAS AND G. CURUTCHET
Revista:
SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Editorial:
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Referencias:
Lugar: Londres; Año: 2014 vol. 49 p. 398 - 409
ISSN:
0149-6395
Resumen:
This study aims to assess the possibility of using solvent extraction processes for
separating Zn(II) and Mn(II) dissolved in aqueous solutions obtained by acid bioleaching
of spent alkaline and Zn-C batteries. In this context, Cyanex 272 and DEHPA were tested
as extractant agents, and the former was shown to have better performance. Hence, the
effect of four factors (equilibrium pH, extractant concentration, A/O ratio and
temperature) into three response variables (extraction efficiency of Zn, YZn; extraction
efficiency of Mn, YMn; separation factor, β) were tested according to a full factorial
design (24) with two replicated centre points. Our study revealed that YZn depends mainly
on the extractant concentration, YMn on the equilibrium pH and β on the equilibrium pH,
extractant concentration and A/O ratio as well as on second and third order interactions.
One extraction step is sufficient to reach high extraction of zinc in synthetic solutions, but
two stages were required for real leaching liquor. The extraction kinetics is fast (less than
15 min) for both metals, even when real liquor was tested. The organic solvent can beefficiently recovered using a stripping solution of H2SO4 1 M and thus the process can be
considered environmentally sustainable.