The invention provides a method of preparing a low-
calcium polymeric aluminum
chloride water purifier from aluminum ash,
hydrochloric acid, and optical
red mud. The preparation method comprises following steps: burning aluminum ash,
calcium carbonate, and / or
calcium oxide in an oxidative
atmosphere; burning the obtained material, reacting the burned material with
hydrochloric acid and optical redmud to prepare
slurry containing polymeric aluminum
chloride, adding
sodium sulfate to carry out reactions; filtering the
slurry, wherein the filtrate is the water purifier, washing the filter residues by water, and utilizing the obtained
solid slag or stacking / burying the
solid slag. A problem that when aluminum is hydrolyzed or acid-hydrolyzed,
hydrogen is generated and the
hydrogen is combustible and explosive is solved. A problem that when aluminum
nitride is hydrolyzed,
ammonia is generated and the water purified by the water purifier is polluted by
ammonia nitrogen is solved. The
low activity alumina, which comprises alpha-
alumina, can be activated. The
fluorine containing aluminum ash is stabilized and detoxicated. Moreover, a low-calcium polymeric aluminum
chloride water purifierand a low-calcium polymeric
ferric aluminum chloride water purifier are prepared, and the
hardness of the processed water is barely increased, during the application process of the water purifier. Thetechnology is simple, the investment and operation cost is low, and the obtained
solid slag is common solid wastes.