Application of cationic hemicelluloses produced from corn husk as polyelectrolytes in sewage treatment
AUTOR(ES)
Landim, Alan Soares, Rodrigues Filho, Guimes, Sousa, Raquel Maria Ferreira, Ribeiro, Elaine Angélica Mundim, Souza, Fúlvio Rafael Bento de, Vieira, Júlia Graciele, Assunção, Rosana Maria Nascimento de, Cerqueira, Daniel Alves
FONTE
Polímeros
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
26/07/2013
RESUMO
Hemicelluloses were extracted from corn husk and converted into cationic hemicelluloses using 2,3-epoxypropyltrimethylammonium chloride. The degree of substitution was determined as 0.43 from results of elemental analysis. The cationic derivative was also characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Carbon-13 magnetic nuclear ressonance. The produced polymer was employed as coagulant aid in a sewage treatment station (STS) of the municipal department of water and sewer (Departamento Municipal de Água e Esgoto - DMAE) in Uberlândia-Minas Gerais, Brazil, using Jar test experiments. Its performance was compared to ACRIPOL C10, a commercial cationic polyacrylamide regularly used as a coagulant at the STS. The best result of the jar-test essays was obtained when using cationic hemicelluloses (10 mg L- 1) as coagulant aid and ferric chloride as coagulante (200 mg L- 1). The resultsof color and turbidity reduction, 37 and 39%, respectively, were better than when using only ferric chloride. These results were also higher than those of commercial polyacrylamide, on the order of 32.4 and 38.7%, respectively. The results showed that the cationic hemicelluloses presented similar or even superior performance when compared to ACRIPOL C10, demonstrating that the polyelectrolytes produced from recycled corn husks can replace commercial polymers in sewage treatment stations.
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