Study of Organic Acid Pollutant Removal Efficient in Treatment of Industrial Wastewater with HDH Process Using ASPEN Modelling

Abstract

Due to low efficiency and the material choice limitations of traditional evaporation systems to treat acid wastewater, humidification and dehumidification (HDH) as the core process was applied in the treatment and reduction of wastewater with organic acid pollutant concentrations. The forecasting of pH changes and COD reduction is important for the system’s design. Therefore, a study of the pollutant removal efficiency with different parameters, such as the reaction temperature, air quantity, and flow rate was conducted with ASPEN modeling. In this article, ASPEN modeling was used to simulate the water and acid material transformation in HDH system. The process was composed of blocks, such as RadFrac, heater and split. The analysis was taken with different air quantities, tower diameters, heat loads and flow rates. The analysis indicated that the pH of the maleic acid wastewater changed from 3.0 to 5.7. The relationship between inlet quantity, air quantity, inlet heat and the clean water yield was also shown in the modeling results. Based on these studies, we determined that the model can help engineers solve the key problems of HDH systems, such as heat balance calculation, equipment selection, and the prediction of incoming and outgoing evaporation materials.