scholarly journals Removal of Cationic Organic Dye from Aqueous Solution by Chemical and Pyrolysis Activated Ulva lactuca

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1154
Author(s):  
Nour Houda M’sakni ◽  
Taghreed Alsufyani

Ulva lactuca has been used to remove many toxic substances from industrial wastewater. In the present study we tried to optimize the efficiency of U. lactuca as an adsorbent of methylene blue (MB) in aqueous solution. U. lactuca was chemically treated with sulfuric acid (UL-H) and sodium hydroxide (UL-OH) and by a slow pyrolysis process (carbonization process) at high temperature T = 600 °C (UL-T) and compared to the nonactive Ulva (UL-NA) and the water insoluble substance (UL-WIS). Several spectroscopic analyses were carried out to detect the biosorption mechanisms of Ulva to remove MB in solution. The effects of different parameters on the adsorption process were studied, i.e., pH (2–10), mass concentration (1–10 g L−1), and contact time (0–120 min). The results showed that the best adsorption of MB by Ulva was at pH = 8, with 5 g L−1 of biomass at 75 min; the best adsorption capacity was 625.0 mg g−1 for UL-OH, which was able to remove more than 89% of MB compared to UL-T, whose removal rate did not exceed 5%. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicated the presence of oxygenated functional groups with a highly porous surface. The kinetic studies confirmed that the majority of treatments follow the pseudo-second-order type. The mathematical models showed that Langmuir model is favorable to UL-OH, UL-WIS, and UL-NA. According to the experimental results, the primary treatment for U. lactuca is a promising environmentally friendly method and an economical strategy for removing MB from aqueous solution. This method can help address the growing demand for adsorbents used in environmental protection processes and the resultant increase in their price.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Hue ◽  
Nguyen Hoang Tung

Lanthanum has been doped onto the surface of the natural Pyrolusite for simultaneous removal of phosphate and fluoride in aqueous solution. The adsorbent characterization of the materials was observed by the SEM, BET, and XRD techniques. The dynamics and isotherms models of fluoride and phosphate adsorption, with respect to pH, pHPZC, adsorbent dose, and effect of coexisting ions, were studied. The results showed that lanthanum doped Pyrolusite ore (LDPO) relatively highly adsorbed amount of phosphate and fluoride from aqueous solution. Phosphate and fluoride removal efficiencies of LDPO are approximately 97% and 95%, respectively. Pseudo-first order for kinetic studies of phosphate and fluoride removal of the LDPO was observed with high correlations for fluoride but weak correlations for phosphate. However, pseudo-second order for kinetic studies was high correlation for both phosphate and fluoride. The phosphate and fluoride adsorption capacities of the LDPO significantly decreased with the existence of coions (sulfate, chloride, and nitrate) in the aqueous solution.


Author(s):  
Qingqing Liu ◽  
Xiaoyan Li

The activated MgO was synthesized by microwave homo-precipitator method and characterized by SEM, EDS and FT-IR methods. It was used to adsorption of U(VI) from aqueous solution with batch system. The paper discussed the effect of pH, temperature, contact time, adsorbent dose and initial U(VI) concentration on the adsorption. The results showed that activated MgO has good adsorption capacity for U(VI), the removal rate and equilibrium adsorption capacity reached 83.5% and 84.04mg·g−1 at pH 5.0, 15mg dose and 313K,respectively. The adsorption kinetics of U(VI) onto activated MgO were better fitted with pseudo-second-order kinetic.The adsorption isotherm data were fitted well to Freundlich isotherm model.The thermodynamic parameters showed that the adsorption process is endothermic and spontaneous.


2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 2736-2741
Author(s):  
Ming Da Liu ◽  
Ge Tian ◽  
Liang Jie Zhao ◽  
Yao Sheng Wang ◽  
Lei Guo ◽  
...  

Five blast-furnace slags were used as adsorbents to remove Pb (II) from aqueous solution. Kinetic studies showed that the sorption process was best described by pseudo-second-order model. Among Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherms, the Freundlich isotherm had a better fit with the simulation of the adsorption of Pb (II).


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1929-1937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Chi Thanh ◽  
Boonchai Wichitsathian ◽  
Chatpet Yossapol ◽  
Watcharapol Wonglertarak ◽  
Borano Te

Abstract Arsenic-polluted water is a global concern and puts millions of people at risk of developing cancer. The improvement of aqueous solution coexisting with arsenite and arsenate using iron mixed porous clay pellets was investigated in batch and fixed-bed column systems. Batch studies showed that the removal rate occurred in two main phases with an equilibrium time of 52 h. The pseudo-second-order model well described the experimental data. Isotherm data were well fitted by the Langmuir–Freundlich model. The removal efficiency was significantly reduced in alkaline solution and the presence of phosphate ions. The column study revealed that the breakthrough time and saturation time increased with lower feeding flow rate, higher bed height, and lower initial adsorbate concentration. The Thomas model provided good performance for predicting the column experimental data.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-316
Author(s):  
Rino Laly Jose ◽  
M.G. Gigimol ◽  
Beena Mathew

N,N-Methylene bis-acrylamide crosslinked poly-N-vinyl pyrrolidone hydrogels were synthesized and binding of the hydrogel with the dye solution was followed spectrophotometrically. The chemical structure and morphology of the hydrogel before and after adsorption of acid black 194 was confirmed by FT-IR and SEM. Effect of various physico-chemical parameters such as concentration, temperature, pH, time and the amount of hydrogel used were investigated by batch adsorption studies. Hydrogel used as adsorbent in this study was characterized by UV-Vis spectrophotometer before and after adsorption of acid black 194. Kinetic studies suggested pseudo second order reaction. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were applied on equilibrium adsorption data and found that Freundlich isotherm fit better for the present investigation. N,N-methylene bisacrylamide crosslinked poly-N-vinyl pyrrolidone hydrogel displayed excellent properties for the removal of the azo dye, acid black 194 from aqueous solution.


2011 ◽  
Vol 148-149 ◽  
pp. 357-360
Author(s):  
Jin Bo Huang ◽  
Min Cong Zhu ◽  
Zhi Fang Zhou ◽  
Hong Xia Zhang

Expanded graphite (EG) was prepared by microwave irradiation and evaluated as adsorbent for the removal of disperse blue 2BLN (DB) from aqueous solution by the batch adsorption technique under different conditions of initial pH value, adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration and contact time. The experimental data were analyzed considering pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order and intra-particle diffusion approaches. The adsorption kinetics at room temperature could be expressed by the pseudo second order model very well. The results indicate that the adsorption rate is fast enough and more than eighty percent of the adsorbed DB can be removed in the first 15 min at room temperature, which makes the process practical for industrial application.


2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1505-1515 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Asnaoui ◽  
A. Laaziri ◽  
M. Khalis

Batch experiments were conducted to study the adsorption of hazardous cadmium onto low-cost algae biomass in aqueous solution with respect to concentration of adsorbate, adsorbent dosage, contact time, solution pH and temperature. Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were applied to describe the equilibrium isotherms and the isotherm constants were determined. The activation energy of adsorption was also evaluated for the adsorption of cadmium onto Ulva lactuca biomass. Experimental data were tested in terms of biosorption kinetics using pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models. The results showed that the biosorption processes of Cd(II) followed well pseudo-second-order kinetics. Langmuir and Freundlich models were applied to describe the biosorption isotherm of the metal ions by Ulva lactuca biomass. Langmuir model fitted the equilibrium data better than the Freundlich isotherm. The biosorption capacity of Ulva lactuca biomass for cadmium was found to be 3.02 mg/g at pH 5.60 min equilibrium time and 20 °C. The mean free energy which was calculated was 6.24 kJ/mol for Cd(II) biosorption, which shows that the adsorption is physical. The calculated thermodynamic parameters (ΔG0, ΔH0 and ΔS0) showed that the biosorption of Cd(II) onto Ulva lactuca biomass was feasible, spontaneous and exothermic under examined conditions. The results indicate that algae Ulva lactuca could be employed as a low-cost material for the removal of metal ions from aqueous solution.


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (22) ◽  
pp. 10448-10456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingshun Jiang ◽  
Lu Yan ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Yingying Li ◽  
Qian Zhao ◽  
...  

A graphene oxide/β-FeOOH composite was prepared and its adsorption capacity was evaluated by Cu2+removal. The adsorption process was well fitted with the pseudo-second-order kinetics model. The removal rate of Cu2+reached 93.8%.


2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 64-81
Author(s):  
Saraa M. Ibrahim ◽  
Ziad T. Abd Ali

Modified bentonite has been used as effective sorbent material for the removal of acidic dye (methyl orange) from aqueous solution in batch system. The natural bentonite has been modified using cationic surfactant (cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide) in order to obtain an efficient sorbent through converting the properties of bentonite from hydrophilic to organophilic. The characteristics of the natural and modified bentonite were examined through several analyses such as Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Surface area. The batch study was provided the maximum dye removal efficiency of 88.75 % with a sorption capacity of 555.56 mg/g at specified conditions (150 min, pH= 2, 250 rpm, and 0.5 g/100 ml). The-results-showed that with the Freundlich isotherm model the sorption data was accurately described with (R2≥0.94) in comparison with the Langmuir model under the studied conditions. The kinetic studies were revealed that the sorption follows a pseudo-second-order kinetic model which indicates chemisorption between sorbent and sorbate molecules. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 1633-1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhao ◽  
Runhu Zhang ◽  
Jianglin Wang

A novel chitosan/diatomite composite was prepared by a simple mixture in the mass ratio to remove methyl orange (MO) from aqueous media in this study. The composite adsorbent was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy analysis. The parameters to influence the adsorption of MO were studied under such conditions as kinetics, adsorption isotherm, pH effect, and thermodynamics. The results revealed that adsorption of MO was initially rapid and the equilibrium time was reached after 40 min. The optimal value of the pH was 5.0 for better adsorption. The equilibrium data were well fitted to the Langmuir isotherm compared to the Freundlich isotherm, and exhibited the highest capacity and a removal rate of 88.37% under an initial dye concentration of 50 mg/L. The kinetic data were well described by the pseudo-second order model. The thermodynamic calculations revealed that the sorption was viable, spontaneous, and exothermic under the conditions studied. In addition, the chitosan/diatomite composite had good adsorption and desorption performance with respect to reusability after six cycles. These results showed that the chitosan/diatomite could be considered as a potential adsorbent for the removal of MO in aqueous solution.


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