期刊
MINERALS
卷 12, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min12030361
关键词
spent catalytic converters; platinum group metals; base metals; recovery
资金
- National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa [129274]
- Nelson Mandela University Research Capacity Development
- NRF [SFP180425324247, 116726]
Platinum group metals (PGMs) play a crucial role in various industries and the recovery of PGMs and base metals from spent catalytic converters has significant implications for resource sustainability and environmental conservation.
Platinum group metals (PGMs) play a key role in modern society as they find application in clean technologies and other high-tech equipment. Spent catalytic converters as a secondary resource contain higher PGM concentrations and the recovery of these metals via leaching is continuously being improved but efforts are also directed at the purification of individual metal ions. The study presents the recovery of PGMs, namely, rhodium (Rh), platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) as well as base metals, namely, zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and chromium (Cr) using leachates from spent diesel and petrol catalytic converters. The largest amount of Pt was leached from the diesel catalytic converter while the petrol gave the highest amount of Pd when leached with aqua regia. Merrifield beads (M) were functionalized with triethylenetetramine (TETA), ethane-1,2-dithiol (SS) and bis((1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)methyl)sulfide (NSN) to form M-TETA, M-SS and M-NSN, respectively, for recovery of PGMs and base metals from the leach solutions. The adsorption and loading capacities of the PGMs and base metals were investigated using column studies at 1 M HCl concentration. The loading capacity was observed in the increasing order of Pd to be 64.93 mmol/g (M-SS), 177.07 mmol/g (M-NSN), and 192.0 mmol/g (M-TETA), respectively, from a petrol catalytic converter. The M-NSN beads also had a much higher loading capacity for Fe (489.55 mmol/g) compared to other base metals. The finding showed that functionalized Merrifield resins were effective for the simultaneous recovery of PGMs and base metals from spent catalytic converters.
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