Coal based magnetic activated carbon as a high performance adsorbent for methylene blue

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shasha Gao ◽  
Lang Liu ◽  
Yakun Tang ◽  
Dianzeng Jia ◽  
Zongbin Zhao ◽  
...  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
pp. 534-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samer Abuzerr ◽  
Maher Darwish ◽  
Amir Hossein Mahvi

Abstract For the simultaneous adsorption of cationic dye (methylene blue, MB) and anionic dye (reactive red 198, RR198) from aqueous solution, magnetic activated carbon (MAC) nanocomposite as a promising adsorbent was prepared and used. The concentration of MB at different time intervals was determined using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer while the concentration of RR198 was determined using a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system. The effect of solution pH, contact time, adsorbent amount, and dye concentration were investigated. Also, both kinetic and isotherm experiments were studied. The optimum pH was 10 and 5.5 for adsorption of MB and RR198, respectively, and the equilibrium status was achieved after 120 min. The adsorption kinetics was controlled by the pseudo-second order kinetic model more than pseudo-first order. The best-fitted isotherms were Freundlich and Langmuir models for MB and RR198, respectively. The higher values of Freundlich adsorption capacity (Kf) for MB in comparison with RR198 refer to MAC affinity to remove cationic dyes more than anionic dyes. Apparently, there was no substantial change in the adsorption efficiency among the 10 adsorption–desorption cycles. Overall, MAC can be considered as an effective and efficient viable adsorbent for cationic and anionic dyes removal from industrial wastewaters.


NANO ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 2150068
Author(s):  
Zhao Yang ◽  
Zhongwei Zhao ◽  
Xuan Yang ◽  
Zongli Ren

For the treatment of dye wastewater, it is of great significance to develop new adsorbents with high adsorption capacity and good separation effect. In this study, the Fe-Co magnetic activated carbon material (CN-Fe-Co-AC) was first prepared by high-temperature calcination. CN-Fe-Co-AC is physically characterized by various methods. CN-Fe-Co-AC can efficiently and quickly remove the organic dyes methylene blue (MB) and acid blue 80 (AB80). The adsorption of MB and acid blue based on CN-Fe-Co-AC adsorbent is mainly through the specific surface area and the functional groups on the surface. During this recovery process, the adsorption activity of CN-Fe-Co-AC for MB and AB80 decreased slightly. Kinetic data can be described using a Pseudo-second-order model and the data for adsorption equilibrium can be described using the Langmuir isotherm. The theoretical adsorption capacities of MB and AB80 are 104.82[Formula: see text]mg/g and 26.94[Formula: see text]mg/g, respectively. After repeated use of five times, the removal rate of MB exceeded 96%, and the removal rate of AB80 exceeded 75%. The excellent adsorption performance and recyclability of CN-Fe-Co-AC indicate that this material has certain potential application value.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Anele Mpupa ◽  
Azile Nqombolo ◽  
Boris Mizaikoff ◽  
Philiswa Nosizo Nomngongo

A β-cyclodextrin-decorated magnetic activated carbon adsorbent was prepared and characterized using various analytical techniques (X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy–electron diffraction spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)), and the adsorbent was used in the development of a magnetic solid-phase microextraction (MSPE) method for the preconcentration of estrone, β-estradiol, hydrocortisone and progesterone in wastewater and river water samples. This method was optimized using the central composite design in order to determine the experimental parameters affecting the extraction procedure. The quantification of hormones was achieved using high-performance liquid chromatography equipped with a photodiode array detector (HPLC-DAD). Under optimum conditions, the linearity ranged from 0.04 to 300 µg L−1 with a correlation of determinations of 0.9969–0.9991. The limits of detection and quantification were between 0.01–0.03 and 0.033–0.1 µg L−1, with intraday and interday precisions at 1.1–3.4 and 3.2–4.2. The equilibrium data were best described by the Langmuir isotherm model, and high adsorption capacities (217–294 mg g−1) were obtained. The developed procedure demonstrated high potential as an effective technique for use in wastewater samples without significant interferences, and the adsorbent could be reused up to eight times.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 3087-3095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenming Hao ◽  
Fredrik Björnerbäck ◽  
Yulia Trushkina ◽  
Mikel Oregui Bengoechea ◽  
Germán Salazar-Alvarez ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 11226-11237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikel Oregui-Bengoechea ◽  
Nemanja Miletić ◽  
Wenming Hao ◽  
Fredrik Björnerbäck ◽  
Mali H. Rosnes ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-208
Author(s):  
A.P. Mary Sri Archana ◽  
A. Edwin Vasu

Activated carbon with magnetic nanoparticles was prepared from the roots of Chrysopogon zizanioides by impregnating the biomass with Fe3+ followed by carbonization in a muffle furnace. To assist the carbonization process, Zn2+ ions were also taken along with ferric ions during impregnation. The pHZPC, density of surface functional groups, surface acidity constants and advanced characterizations like FT-IR, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, SEM with EDAX, DLS, XRD and VSM analysis were carried out. The adsorption and natural sunlight induced photooxidation of two cationic dyes, namely, methylene blue and rhodamine B in presence of potassium persulphate were studied by varying parameters like time, dye concentration, pH of the dye solution, amount of magnetic activated carbon and concentration of persulphate ions. The adsorption capacities of methylene blue and rhodamine B were found to be 5.97 and 0.96 mg/g, respectively. Photocatalytic oxidation of the dyes was very rapid in the presence of persulphate with the observed rate constants being 5.3 × 10–3 min–1 for methylene blue and 13.0 × 10–3 min–1 for rhodamine B. The magnetic activated carbon is found to be effective even after five successive degradation experiments.


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