The recovery of valuable metals from spent SCR catalysts currently centers on chromium and tungsten oxides. However, this approach demands substantial consumption of acids and bases, and due to the low vanadium and tungsten content, its economic output is minimal. In contrast, titanium dioxide, which exists in significantly higher proportions within the catalyst, is largely overlooked, aggravating environmental issues and leading to considerable resource wastage. This research proposes utilizing spent SCR catalysts as raw materials to directly synthesize titanium alloys, thereby increasing the recovery value of these discarded materials. The findings reveal that aluminum, employed as a reducing agent, efficiently reduces the majority of valuable metals in the catalyst, resulting in the formation of titanium alloys. Furthermore, the addition of calcium oxide markedly enhances the reduction process and improves slag-metal separation. When the CaO content reaches 50 wt%, titanium recovery achieves an impressive rate of 93.34 wt%. The produced alloy comprises primarily a Ti–Al alloy matrix, with a Ti–Si alloy as a dispersed reinforcing phase uniformly distributed within the matrix, demonstrating significant potential for practical applications.
In this study, we explored an effective and low-cost catalyst and its adsorption capacity and catalytic capacity for Methyl Orange Fenton oxidation degradation were investigated. The catalyst was directly prepared by reuse of magnetic iron oxide (Fe 3 O 4 ) after saturated adsorption of vanadium (V) from waste SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) catalyst. The obtained catalyst was characterized by FTIR, XPS and the results showed that vanadium (V) adsorption process of Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles was non-redox reaction. The effects of pH, adsorption kinetics and equilibrium isotherms of adsorption were assessed. Adsorption of vanadium (V) ions by Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles could be well described by the Sips isotherm model which controlled by the mixed surface reaction and diffusion (MSRDC) adsorption kinetic model. The results show that vanadium (V) was mainly adsorbed on external surface of the Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles. The separation-recovering tungsten (VI) and vanadium (V) from waste SCR catalyst alkaline solution through pH adjustment was also investigated in this study. The results obtained from the experiments indicated that tungsten (VI) was selectively adsorbed from vanadium (V)/tungsten (VI) mixed solution in certain acidic condition by Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticle to realize their recovery. Tungsten (V) with some impurity can be obtained by releasing from adsorbent, which can be confirmed by ICP-AES. The Methyl Orange degradation catalytic performance illustrated that the catalyst could improve Fenton reaction effectively at pH = 3.0 compare to Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles alone. Therefore, Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticle adsorbed vanadium (V) has a potential to be employed as a heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst in the present contribution, and its catalytic activity was mainly evaluated in terms of the decoloration efficiency of Methyl Orange.