Abstract:
Aiming at the problems of high water content and comprehensive utilization of shield mud, we studied the effects of pH, type of filter aid(GPB, fly ash, gypsum, chaff) and pressure on the moisture content as well as the removal of COD from methylene blue solution by sintered ceramsites with additives (AlCl
3, ZnCl
2, Fe
2O
3, Fe
3O
4, and NH
4HCO
3). The results showed that the modified amide flocculant (GPB) could reduce the moisture content of shield mud effectively in the four kinds of filter aid. Under the condition of pH value of 4 and pressure of 800 Pa, adding GPB could reduce the moisture content from 38.89% to 24.40%. Screening test results for additives shown that the sintered ceramsites made by adding NH
4HCO
3 could reduce COD of methylene blue solution effectively. The additive dosage test showed that the sintered ceramsites made by adding 10% NH
4HCO
3 could reduce the COD of methylene blue solution from 162.75 mg/L to 90.64 mg/L.