Construcción de prototipo de generador eléctrico a partir del tratamiento de agua residual con peróxido de hidrógeno

Abstract

Electrical energy generation by aluminum oxidation produces Al3+ cation and species like Al(OH)3, responsible for inducing flocculation in water treatment. This paper pretends to evidence that an Al-H2O2 galvanic cell can destabilize the suspended solids of a water used as cell’s electrolyte, in order to describe a clarification process with electrical energy generation instead of consumption. Using an aluminum anode, a graphite cathode, H2O2 as oxidant and a clay suspension in KCl solution as electrolyte that simulated the water to treat, a galvanic cell was made; elimination of turbidity of suspension, potential difference and electrical current generated were evaluated. The proposed system clarified water by flocculation and dissolution, generated an average of 0.613 V and supplied 8.51 C at an average intensity of 157 µA; aluminum hydrolysis eliminated 88.9±1% of turbidity by flocculation, improving to 96.6±1% by addition of H2O2, that solubilized suspended particles, stimulated electrical current generation and mitigated the voltage fall. In this way, its presented a system of obtaining energy from a primary water treatment induced by sub-products of chemical-electrical direct energy transformation.