Papers by Keyword: Potassium Salt

Abstract: Carbon nitride is a representative metal-free photocatalyst for green chemical technology. In this study, synthesized g-C₃N₄ carbon nitride was employed to study effect of pH and potassium salt loading on photocatalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The result indicated that the maximum conversion could be achieved to 20.75% at a pH of 8.66 with a concentration of K₂HPO₄ of 0.6 mmol Suitable pH and salt concentration were important factor for promoting of proton on surface and electronic conductivity to separate electron in photocatalysis.

Abstract: Several physical and chemical detection methods were used to study the basic properties of sintering dust collected from Baogang Steel Corporation. The result shows that the major constituents of the electrostatic precipitator dust (ESP dust) were KCl, NaCl, Fe₂O₃ and Fe₃O₄. Water leaching experiment on the sintering dust had shown that the KCl in the ESP dust could be separated and recovered by water leaching and fractional crystallization. Component analysis of leaching solution showed that the massive calcium sulfate in the leaching solution should be removed first in order to obtain the pure potassium salt. In order to provide theoretical guidance to inhibit the dissolution of calcium ions from the sintering dust, the water leaching experiment of ESP dust and the dissolution behavior of CaSO₄ in the potassium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium sulfate and their mixed salt solution were studied. Result showed that, a lower liquid-solid ratio should be chosen in the leaching process to inhibit the dissolution of calcium sulfate dehydrate. Using sodium carbonate solution as a precipitating agent, the influences of the concentration of sodium carbonate solution, reaction temperature, stirring speed on the preparation of the spherical calcium carbonate were studied. Spherical calcium carbonate with good dispersing performance and grain size distribution in nanometer range of less than 10μm was obtained. The production technology of potassium sulfate by double decomposition was sutdied, the results showed that over 80% and 12.76% of the recovery rate of potassium sulfate and potassium chloride ammonium compound fertilizer could be obtained. Furthermore, a potassium recovery process with joint production of spherical calcium carbonate and potassium sulfate was designed. This process is technically viable and considerable in economic benefit.

Abstract: The increasing use of biomass and waste derived fuels in combustion challenges the chemical durability of refractories. Durability of an alumina refractory was studied in a chemically aggressive environment. A mixture of potassium chloride and carbonate (molar ratio 1:9) was placed on the sample and heated at 700-1000°C in an electric laboratory furnace in air for one week. Cross-sections of the samples were studied by SEM-EDXA to determine penetration of potassium in the refractory. Potassium was found only in the silicate matrix phase of the alumina refractory. Penetration of potassium decreased steeply from the surface to 1 mm, after which the decrease was linear but varied with temperature. At 700 and 800°C the thickness of the matrix layer that had reacted with potassium was 3 mm, while the layer was thinner at 900 and 1000°C. At the higher temperatures a glassy layer consisting of K2O, Na2O, CaO and SiO2 formed on the refractory surface. At 900°C the thickness of the surface layer was of 10μm, while a 200μm layer was measured at 1000°C. The procedure used in this work can be used to develop a laboratory scale method to be used to study corrosion of refractories in biomass combustion devices.