Abstract
The large amount of fly ash (FA) produced by coal-fired power plants places tremendous pressure on the environment. Meanwhile, toxic dioxins emitted from municipal solid waste incineration plants are of great concern. To address these challenges, a win-win approach was proposed to re-utilize FA for synthesis of zeolite materials for dioxins adsorption. The results indicate that the Si/Al molar ratio in the liquid-phase precursor significantly influences the distribution of Si-Al 4-membered rings (Si/Al=1) and Si-Al 4-membered rings (Si/Al=3) in the system. These units are key secondary structures of the zeolite skeleton, determining the proportions of A-type and X-type zeolites in the product. With the increasing Si/Al molar ratio of precursor, the specific surface area and Si/Al molar ratio of zeolites derived from fly ash (ZFA) both increased, while they played a positive and negative role in dioxins adsorption, respectively. The adsorption of dioxins by ZFA peaked at a Si/Al molar ratio of precursor of 1.5, reaching 4.13×105 pg I-TEF/g, surpassing activated carbon by 1.46 times. This study not only elucidates the mechanism of Si/Al molar ratio of precursor on crystalline transformation of ZFA, but also confirms the potential of ZFA in dioxins adsorption.
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