Provided are a method for producing an ultra-fine bubble-containing liquid, an ultra-fine bubble-containing liquid, and a method for utilizing and a device for utilizing ultra-fine bubbles that allow highly concentrated UFBs to be maintained for a long period of time and that are capable of effectively utilizing the UFBs. To this end, the method for producing an ultra-fine bubble-containing liquid includes an ultra-fine bubble generating step and a dispersing step to disperse the ultra-fine bubbles. In the ultra-fine bubble generating step, the ultra-fine bubbles are generated in a liquid by heating a heating element and making film boiling on an interface between the liquid and the heating element. In the dispersing step, a floc, which includes two or more ultra-fine bubbles, is dispersed into multiple ultra-fine bubbles by applying vibration to the liquid in which the floc floats.

A modified aqueous acid composition comprising: sulfuric acid; a compound comprising an amine moiety and a sulfonic acid moiety; and a peroxide; wherein sulfuric acid, said compound comprising an amine moiety and a sulfonic acid moiety and said peroxide are present in a molar ratio of no less than 1:1:1. Also disclosed are methods of using such compositions for the decomposition of toxic chemicals such as cyanides.

In an anode side electrolytic domain (130), a radial flow is formed from an outer peripheral opening (131) to an inner side opening (141) of an anode side mesh electrode (140). Flows horizontal to the electrode surface of the anode side mesh electrode 140 are formed. Gases such as ozone generated from water electrolysis in the anode side electrolytic domain (130) are dissolved in raw water in the anode side electrolytic domain (130), and anode side electrolytic water is generated. Gas such as ozone that has been atomized by the anode side mesh electrode (140) comes into contact with the raw water, and high concentration anode side electrolytic water is generated. The anode side electrolytic water generated in the anode side electrolytic domain (130) flows in the inner side opening (141) of the anode side mesh electrode (140).

A gold mine cyanide tailing disposal method is provided. The disposal method performs a harmless decyanation treatment on a cyanide tailing slurry obtained from a mineral processing plant, and then performs a resource treatment where a cyanide tailing slurry is subjected to a thickening to obtain a higher concentration. When a backfill is needed, a paste is produced by adding a cementing material after a homogenized stirring of a two-stage horizontal agitator pumped to an underground mining site for filling by a plunger pump. The cementing material is to solidify an underflow and prevent cyanide from being filtered out. When a backfill is not needed, the paste is directly delivered to an open storage area for storing by the plunger pump.

A method for integrated treatment of electroplating wastewater includes steps of: adjusting and maintaining pH of wastewater at 10.5-12; oxidizing pollutants such as sodium cyanide and hydroxyl-containing organic amine complexants with sodium hypochlorite; precipitating carboxyl-containing organic acid complexants with synergistic effect of ferrous and calcium ions; reducing hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium and forming chromium hydroxide precipitate; removing precipitate by filtering; adjusting wastewater to pH of 4.5-5.5; precipitating heavy metal ions with sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate or sodium diethyldithiocarbamate; adsorbing precipitate and heavy metal capturing agents with activated carbon; filtering to remove precipitate; adjusting wastewater to pH of 6-8; and destroying aliphatic polyamine complexants and reducing COD using an available biological degradation technique. This method can effectively and economically remove the pollutants such as heavy metals in the electroplating wastewater for a good market prospective.

Methods and systems for reducing the concentration of selenium species in water, particularly water containing recalcitrant selenium species. In the methods and systems, water containing one or more selenium species is treated with permanganate to provide permanganate-treated water, which is then contacted with a zero-valent iron treatment system comprising (a) a reactive solid comprising zero-valent iron and one or more iron oxide minerals in contact therewith and (b) ferrous iron.

A water-permeable device. The device has a supporting layer and a water-permeable membrane. The water-permeable membrane includes graphene layers that are aligned to form interlayer hydrophobic channels between the graphene layers. The interlayer hydrophobic channels are positioned to be aligned with the direction of water permeation. Also disclosed are systems and methods for water treatment.

There are provided systems (10) and processes for the selective removal of cyanide from a wastewater stream (12) comprising cyanide and an amount of organic compounds therein.

The invention provides a process for removing cyanide from a cyanide-bearing aqueous fluid, the process comprising: (i) adding a solid composition comprising a first mixed-metal cyanide complex comprising copper and iron to a cyanide-bearing aqueous fluid comprising free cyanide and metal-complexed cyanide, wherein at least a portion of the first mixed-metal cyanide complex dissolves, with complexation of the copper by the free cyanide, to produce an aqueous solution comprising cyanometallates, the cyanometallates comprising copper cyanide and iron cyanide complexes derived from the first mixed-metal cyanide complex; (ii) contacting the aqueous solution with an anion-exchange absorbent to absorb the cyanometallates, thereby producing a cyanide-lean aqueous fluid; (iii) extracting the anion-exchange absorbent comprising the absorbed cyanometallates with at least one non-acidic aqueous extractant to produce an aqueous extract comprising the copper cyanide and iron cyanide complexes; and (iv) acidifying the aqueous extract to produce a precipitate comprising a second mixed-metal cyanide complex comprising copper and iron.

A method for the treatment of wastewaters including a cyanide compound and a metallic compound, wherein the-wastewaters are subjected to a single oxidation step during which cyanides compounds are converted into carbon dioxide and nitrogen, this oxidation step including the mixing of wastewaters with a chlorine solution and an alkaline agent so as to obtain a mixture, the alkaline agent being added in such a quantity so as to maintain the pH of said mixture between 8.8 and 9.5 and the chlorine solution being added in such a quantity so as to maintain the oxydo-reduction potential of the mixture between 150 and 450 mV.