scholarly journals Residue Char Derived from Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis of Sludge as Adsorbent for the Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 979
Author(s):  
Gong Cheng ◽  
Yazhuo Li ◽  
Liming Sun ◽  
Siyi Luo ◽  
George Z. Kyzas ◽  
...  

Residue char is the main by-product of the microwave-assisted pyrolysis of activated sludge and it has a high content of fixed carbon and porous structure, but little is known about its character as an absorbent. In this study, residue char of activated sludge with microwave-assisted pyrolysis was used as an adsorbent to absorb methylene blue. The effects of pyrolysis temperature, pyrolysis holding time, contact time, and adsorption temperature on the adsorption ability of residue char were investigated. Kinetics, isotherm, and thermodynamic models were also included to study the adsorption behavior. The results showed that the optimal pyrolysis condition was 15 min and 603 °C, and the adsorption capacity reached up to 80.01 mg/g. The kinetics analyses indicated the adsorption behavior followed the pseudo-second-order kinetics model and the adsorption process was mainly due to chemical interaction. The adsorption isotherm was described by Freundlich model and thus, its process was multimolecular layer adsorption. Furthermore, the thermodynamics parameters (ΔG0, ΔH0, and ΔS0) at different temperatures indicated that the nature of the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous.

BioResources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 3575-3595
Author(s):  
Wanting Li ◽  
Ruifeng Shan ◽  
Yuna Fan ◽  
Xiaoyin Sun

Desethyl-atrazine (DEA) is a metabolite of atrazine that exerts a considerable influence on the environment. In this study, tall fescue biochar was prepared by pyrolysis at 500 °C, and batch experiments were conducted to explore its effect on the adsorption behavior of DEA in red soil, brown soil, and black soil. The addition of biochar increased the equilibrium amount of DEA adsorption for the three soil types. A pseudo-second-order kinetic model most closely fit the DEA adsorption kinetics of the three soils with and without biochar, with a determination coefficient (R2) of 0.962 to 0.999. The isothermal DEA adsorption process of soils with and without biochar was optimally described by the Freundlich and Langmuir isothermal adsorption models with R2 values of 0.98 and above. The DEA adsorption process in the pristine soil involved an exothermic reaction, which became an endothermic reaction after the addition of biochar. Partitioning was dominant throughout the entire DEA adsorption process of the three pristine soils. Conversely, in soils with biochar, surface adsorption represented a greater contribution toward DEA adsorption under conditions of low equilibrium concentration. The overall results revealed that the tall fescue biochar was an effective adsorbent for DEA polluted soil.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 180966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Li ◽  
Lizhou Tang ◽  
Jiang Hu ◽  
Ming Jiang ◽  
Xiaodong Shi ◽  
...  

Biochars were produced from long-root Eichhornia crassipes at four temperatures: 200, 300, 400 and 500°C, referred to as LEC200, LEC300, LEC400 and LEC500, respectively. The sorption ability of lead, zinc, copper and cadmium from aqueous solutions by four kinds of biochars was investigated. All the biochars had lower values of CEC and higher values of pH. LEC500 was the best one to bind toxic metals which can be reflected in the results of SEM, BET and elemental analyser. It was also found that alkyl, carboxyl, phosphate and cyano groups in the biochars can play a role in binding metals. In addition, the sorption processes of four metals by the biochars in different metal concentration were all excellently represented by the pseudo-second-order model with all correlation coefficients R 2 > 0.95. And the sorption processes of four metals in different temperatures could be described satisfactorily by the Langmuir isotherms. According to calculated results by the Langmuir equation, the maximum removal capacities of Pb(II), Zn(II), Cu(II) and Cd(II) at 298 K were 39.09 mg g −1 , 45.40 mg g −1 , 48.20 mg g −1 and 44.04 mg g −1 , respectively. The positive value of the Δ H 0 confirmed the adsorption process was endothermic and the negative value of Δ G 0 confirmed the adsorption process was spontaneous. The sorption capacities were compared with several other lignocellulosic materials which implied the potential of long-root Eichhornia crassipes waste as an economic and excellent biosorbent for eliminating metal ions from contaminated waters.


Author(s):  
Muhammad Muhammad ◽  
Meriatna Meriatna ◽  
Nia Afriani ◽  
Rizka Mulyawan

In this study, Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) shell powder which contains calcium carbonate (CaCO3) was converted into calcium oxide (CaO). The Oyster shell powder that had been activated was utilized for the adsorption of the methylene blue (MB) dyeing material, which is one of waste water concerns. Oyster shells were crushed and sieved into 100 mesh sized powder and then calcinated at a temperature of 600℃ and 800℃ both for 4 hours period. To determine the adsorption equilibrium, methylene blue (MB) solution was used with varying concentration from 10 to 50 mg/L in which the adsorbent weighing 3 g was put into a conical flash and shaken until the adsorption equilibrium was reached. As for the adsorption kinetics, 250 mL MB solution was used with initial concentrations of 10, 20 and 30 mg/L, with an adsorbent weight of 3 g and a solution at pH 11 for each concentration. The evaluation of the experimental data from the adsorption process is well explained by the Freundlich equation, with the correlation coefficient value (R2) found to be 0.9999, where the value of the adsorption intensity (n) is close to unity; this shows that the adsorption is multilayer or in other words the adsorption energy is heterogeneous. The kinetics study also shows that pseudo second-order model is the most applicable to the adsorption process. From the pseudo-second-order model, with the correlation coefficient between 0.9984 - 0.9999 can explain that the methylene blue (MB) adsorption process is chemically based sorption or in other words termed as chemisorption.


Author(s):  
Atyaf Khalid Hameed ◽  
Nugroho Dewayanto ◽  
Du Dongyun ◽  
Mohd Ridzuan Nordin ◽  
Mohd Hasbi Ab Rahim

<p>Zero valent iron supported on mesoporous silicanano particles (NZVI/MSNs) was prepared by the aqueous phase borohydride reduction methods. Prior to the reduction, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) were prepared through the activation of fumed silica with concentrated HCl by refluxing at 90 °C. FTIR, XRD, FESEM, EDX and BET were used to characterize theadsorbents prepared. BET surface areas of MSNs, NZVI, and NZVI/MSNs were 126, 41, and 72 m<sup>2</sup>/g for, respectively. The performance of NZVI/MSNs as adsorbent was examined by adsorption of methylene blue (MB), performed in series of batch experiments. In the kinetic studies, pseudo first order and pseudo second order kinetic models were examined. The pseudo second order equation provided the best fit with the experimental data. Thermodynamic studies indicated that the adsorption process is endothermic with ΔH° was 90.53 kJ/mol. Positive ΔS° (300 J/mol) and negative ΔG° (-6.42 kJ/mol) was recorded, indicating the spontaneous of the adsorption process and naturally favorable. Copyright © 2016 BCREC GROUP. All rights reserved</p><p><em>Received: 5<sup>th</sup> March 2016; Revised: 18<sup>th</sup> March 2016; Accepted: 18<sup>th</sup> March 2016</em></p><p><strong>How to Cite:</strong> Hameed, A.K., Dewayanto, N., Dongyun, D., Nordin, M.R., Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, M.H.A. (2016). Kinetic and Thermodynamics of Methylene Blue Adsorption onto Zero Valent Iron Supported on Mesoporous Silica.<em> Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering &amp; Catalysis</em>, 11 (2): 250-261 (doi:10.9767/bcrec.11.2.443.250-261)</p><p><strong>Permalink/DOI:</strong> http://dx.doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.11.2.443.250-261</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 1180-1190
Author(s):  
You Wang ◽  
Qifan Peng ◽  
Naseem Akhtar ◽  
Xiaonong Chen ◽  
Yaqin Huang

Abstract Microporous fish waste-based activated carbon material (MFC) was prepared, with a large surface area of 2,193.52 m²/g, a pore size of 2.67 nm and micropore and total pore volumes of 0.9168 cm³/g and 0.9975 cm³/g, respectively. Adsorption efficiency of MFC was investigated by removal of methylene blue dye from wastewater. The Langmuir model and pseudo-second-order kinetics adequately described the adsorption process. MFC exhibited a high adsorption capacity of 476.19 mg/g at 30 °C, and reached equilibrium within 1 h. MFC could be an efficient and low-cost adsorbent for cationic dye removal during wastewater treatment.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifan Zheng ◽  
Jingjing Wang ◽  
Yedan Wang ◽  
Huan Zhou ◽  
Zhiying Pu ◽  
...  

It was found previously that neither monomer MoS2 nor WO3 is an ideal material for the adsorption of organic dyes, while MoS2/WO3 composites synthesized by a two-step hydrothermal method have outstanding adsorption effects. In this work, the chemical state of each element was found to be changed after combination by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, which lead to their differences in adsorption performance. Moreover, the adsorption test of methylene blue on MoS2/WO3 composites was carried out under a series of temperatures, showing that the prepared composites also had appreciable adsorption rates at lower temperatures. The adsorption process could be well described by the Freundlich isothermal model and the pseudo-second order model. In addition, the particle-internal diffusion model simulation revealed that the internal diffusion of the particles played an important role in the whole adsorption process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 881-883 ◽  
pp. 1175-1178
Author(s):  
Xu Man Wang ◽  
Cai Ning Zhang

By means of grafting polymerization, cross-linked starch-g-polyacrylamide (starch-g-PAM) was prepared and used to adsorb methylene blue (MB). Adsorption isotherm and kinetic of the sorption process were studied. The experimental results demonstrated that the prepared starch-g-PAM was an effective adsorbent for removal of MB from aqueous solution. The adsorption of MB by starch-g-PAM was Freundlich type, and the adsorption equation was caculated to be . Furthermore, the adsorption kinetics analysis demonstrated that the adsorption process followed the pseudo-second-order model.


2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 400-405
Author(s):  
Cai Ning Zhang ◽  
Xu Man Wang

By using grafting reaction, starch-g-poly (acrylic acid) (starch-g-PAA) hydrogel was prepared and used to adsorb methylene blue (MB). Adsorption isotherm and kinetic of the sorption process were studied. Meanwhile, various thermodynamic parameters were calculated. The absorption experimental results demonstrate that the prepared starch-g-PAA is an effective adsorbent for removal of MB from aqueous solution. The adsorption of MB by starch-g-PAA is Freundlich type. Furthermore, the adsorption kinetics analyze demonstrates that the adsorption process follows the pseudo-second-order model, and the adsorption is a multi-step process. Moreover, the calculated thermodynamic parameters indicate the spontaneous and endothermic nature of the adsorption process. The values of adsorption activation energy demonstrate that the adsorption is mainly diffusion-controlled process.


2015 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 889-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengbo Hou ◽  
Weixia Zhu ◽  
Hang Song ◽  
Pengfei Chen ◽  
Shun Yao

The composite hydrogels based on N,N?-dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and polyethyleneimine (PEI) were prepared by amino radical polymerization and confirmed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra (FTIR) and elemental analysis. Then adsorption behavior and mechanism of Cr(VI) ions on the obtained materials were investigated with scanning electron microscope, Zeta potential and thermal gravity analysis, etc. The adsorption process was found to follow the pseudo-second order kinetics and Langmuir model, and the maximum adsorption capacity of Cr(VI) ions reached 122.8 mg g-1. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and pH analysis revealed that the Cr(VI) ions were adsorbed into the gels through electrostatic interaction mechanism, and SO42- in the solution had a great effect on the adsorption process. In addition, high pH and ionic strength could reduce the uptakes of adsorbate, which could be used for desorption of Cr(VI) ions from the gels.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Hizkeal Tsade Kara ◽  
Sisay Tadesse Anshebo ◽  
Fedlu Kedir Sabir ◽  
Getachew Adam Workineh

The study was focused on the preparation and characterizations of sodium periodate-modified nanocellulose (NaIO4-NC) prepared from Eichhornia crassipes for the removal of cationic methylene blue (MB) dye from wastewater (WW). A chemical method was used for the preparation of NaIO4-NC. The prepared NaIO4-NC adsorbent was characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) instruments. Next, it was tested to the adsorption of MB dye from WW using batch experiments. The adsorption process was performed using Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models with maximum adsorption efficiency (qmax) of 90.91 mg·g−1 and percent color removal of 78.1% at optimum 30 mg·L−1, 60 min., 1 g, and 8 values of initial concentration, contact time, adsorbent dose, and solution pH, respectively. Pseudo-second-order (PSO) kinetic model was well fitted for the adsorption of MB dye through the chemisorption process. The adsorption process was spontaneous and feasible from the thermodynamic study because the Gibbs free energy value was negative. After adsorption, the decreased values for physicochemical parameters of WW were observed in addition to the color removal. From the regeneration study, it is possible to conclude that NaIO4-NC adsorbent was recyclable and reused as MB dye adsorption for 13 successive cycles without significant efficient loss.


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