Low-cost biomass for the treatment of landfill leachate from Fez City: application of a combined coagulation–adsorption process

The removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions from aqueous medium was studied using potato peels biomass. The adsorption process was evaluated using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The Vibrational band of the potato peels was studied using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The adsorption process was carried out with respect to concentration, time, pH, particle size and the thermodynamic evaluation of the process was carried at temperatures of 30, 40, 50 and 60(0C), respectively. The FTIR studies revealed that the potato peels was composed of –OH, -NH, –C=N, –C=C and –C-O-C functional groups. The optimum removal was obtained at pH 8 and contact time of 20 min. The adsorption process followed Freundlich adsorption and pseudo second-order kinetic models with correlation coefficients (R2) greater than 0.900. The equilibrium adsorption capacity showed that Pb(II) ion was more adsorbed on the surface of the potato peels biomass versus Cd (II) ion (200.91 mg/g > 125.00 mg/g). The thermodynamic studies indicated endothermic, dissociative mechanism and spontaneous adsorption process. This study shows that sweet potato peels is useful as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions from aqueous medium.

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Removal of Cadmium(II) from Water using Modified Citrus limettioides Peels: Thermodynamic and Isotherm Studies

Asian Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.14233/ajchem.2020.22278 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 73-78

Author(s):

P. Janaki ◽

R. Sudha ◽

T.S. Sribharathi ◽

P. Anitha ◽

K. Poornima ◽

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Keyword(s):

Adsorption Process ◽

Low Cost ◽

Raw Material ◽

Isotherm Models ◽

Batch Adsorption ◽

Adsorption Method ◽

Chemically Modified ◽

Adsorption Performance ◽

Monolayer Adsorption ◽

Isotherm Equations

The adsorption performance of sulphuric acid treated low cost adsorbent synthesized by using Citrus limettioides peel as an effective raw material for the removal of cadmium(II) from water. The batch adsorption method was carried out to optimize some parameters like contact time, pH and adsorbent dose. The nonlinear isotherm equations were used to calculate the different isotherm constant of five isotherm models namely Freundlich, Langmuir, Dubinin-Radushkevich, Redlich-Peterson and Sips. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption capacity of chemically modified Citrus limettioides peel was found to be 287.60 mg g-1. The negative values of ΔGº and ΔHº showed that the adsorption process is spontaneous and exothermic.

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Eggshell Powder as an Adsorbent for Removal of Fluoride from Aqueous Solution: Equilibrium, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies

E-Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1155/2012/790401 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 1457-1480 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

R. Bhaumik ◽

N. K. Mondal ◽

B. Das ◽

P. Roy ◽

K. C. Pal ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solution ◽

Adsorption Process ◽

Low Cost ◽

Fluoride Removal ◽

Contaminated Water ◽

Fluoride Adsorption ◽

Langmuir Isotherm Model ◽

Pseudo Second Order ◽

Kinetic And Thermodynamic Studies ◽

Maximum Removal

A new medium, eggshell powder has been developed for fluoride removal from aqueous solution. Fluoride adsorption was studied in a batch system where adsorption was found to be pH dependent with maximum removal efficiency at 6.0. The experimental data was more satisfactorily fitted with Langmuir isotherm model. The kinetics and the factor controlling adsorption process fully accepted by pseudo-second-order model were also discussed. Eawas found to be 45.98 kJmol-1by using Arrhenius equation, indicating chemisorption nature of fluoride onto eggshell powder. Thermodynamic study showed spontaneous nature and feasibility of the adsorption process with negative enthalpy (∆H0) value also supported the exothermic nature. Batch experiments were performed to study the applicability of the adsorbent by using fluoride contaminated water collected from affected areas. These results indicate that eggshell powder can be used as an effective, low-cost adsorbent to remove fluoride from aqueous solution as well as groundwater.

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Adsorption of Ni (II) from Aqueous Solution Based on Porous Magnetic/Chitosan Resin

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.936.829 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 936 ◽

pp. 829-833

Author(s):

Hai Song ◽

Xing Hai Yu ◽

Xiao Qin Zhang ◽

Gui Fang Yan ◽

Yuan Zhi Zhen

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solution ◽

Aqueous Medium ◽

Thermodynamic Parameters ◽

Adsorption Process ◽

Low Cost ◽

Second Order ◽

Magnetic Chitosan ◽

Spontaneous Process ◽

Chitosan Resin ◽

Kinetics And Thermodynamic

The purpose of this work is to prepare a low-cost biosorbent,Porous Magnetic/Chitosan Resin(MCR), and determine the ability of this biosorbent to removing Ni (II) ion from aqueous medium. Both kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of the adsorption process were also estimated. The thermodynamic parameters indicated an exothermic spontaneous process and the kinetics followed the second-order adsorption process.

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Effects of selection and compiling strategy of substrates in column-type vertical-flow constructed wetlands on the treatment of synthetic landfill leachate containing bisphenol A

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2021.349 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rajani Ghaju Shrestha ◽

Daisuke Inoue ◽

Michihiko Ike

Keyword(s):

Activated Carbon ◽

Bisphenol A ◽

Landfill Leachate ◽

Low Cost ◽

Oxygen Demand ◽

Ammonium Nitrogen ◽

Pollutant Removal ◽

Vertical Flow ◽

Batch Mode ◽

Synthetic Leachate

Abstract A constructed wetland (CW) is a low-cost, eco-friendly, easy-to-maintain, and widely applicable technology for treating various pollutants in the waste landfill leachate. This study determined the effects of the selection and compiling strategy of substrates used in CWs on the treatment performance of a synthetic leachate containing bisphenol A (BPA) as a representative recalcitrant pollutant. We operated five types of lab-scale vertical-flow CWs using only gravel (CW1), a sandwich of gravel with activated carbon (CW2) or brick crumbs (CW3), and two-stage hybrid CWs using gravel in one column and activated carbon (CW4) or brick crumbs (CW5) in another to treat synthetic leachate containing BPA in a 7-d sequential batch mode for 5 weeks. CWs using activated carbon (CW2 and CW4) effectively removed ammonium nitrogen (NH4-N) (99–100%), chemical oxygen demand (COD) (93–100%), and BPA (100%), indicating that the high adsorption capacity of activated carbon was the main mechanism involved in their removal. CW5 also exhibited higher pollutant removal efficiencies (NH4-N: 94–99%, COD: 89–98%, BPA: 89–100%) than single-column CWs (CW1 and CW3) (NH4-N: 76–100%, COD: 84–100%, BPA: 51–100%). This indicates the importance of the compiling strategy along with the selection of an appropriate substrate to improve the pollutant removal capability of CWs.

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Adsorption capability of brewed tea waste in waters containing toxic lead(II), cadmium (II), nickel (II), and zinc(II) heavy metal ions

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-74553-4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hakan Çelebi ◽

Gülden Gök ◽

Oğuzhan Gök

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Adsorption Process ◽

Low Cost ◽

Adsorption Capacities ◽

Tea Waste ◽

Optimum Ph ◽

Effects Of Ph ◽

Equilibrium Data ◽

Langmuir Isotherm Model ◽

Adsorption Capability

Abstract Recently, the search for low-cost eco-friendly adsorbents has become one of the main objectives of researchers. The aim of this study was to test the removal of four heavy metals, namely lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni) and cadmium (Cd), from a simulated watery solution using brewed tea waste as a potentially suitable adsorbent. The effects of pH levels (2.0–6.0), adsorbent amount (0.1–5.0 g), contact times (1–150 min.) were examined throughout the adsorption process. The results of the experiments showed that the heavy metals elimination yields had an inverse relationship with pH and a linear relationship between the other parameters. The optimum pH for the removal of the heavy metals was between 4.0 and 5.0 in the case of the brewed tea waste. Equilibrium times of 2, 10, 30 and 5 min were required for the adsorption of Pb, Zn, Ni, Cd onto Camellia sinensis, respectively. Based on the results of this study it can be said that brewed tea waste has a high potential to remove heavy metals from aqueous solutions. The maximum adsorption capacities were calculated as 1.197, 1.457, 1.163 and 2.468 mg/g, for Pb, Zn, Ni and Cd, respectively, by fitting the equilibrium data to the Langmuir isotherm model.

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Synthesis Fe3O4/Talc nanocomposite by coprecipition-ultrasonication method and advances in hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solution

Adsorption Science & Technology ◽

10.1177/0263617420969112 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (9-10) ◽

pp. 483-501

Author(s):

Nguyen Thi Huong ◽

Nguyen Ngoc Son ◽

Vo Hoang Phuong ◽

Cong Tien Dung ◽

Pham Thi Mai Huong ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Aqueous Solution ◽

Adsorption Process ◽

Low Cost ◽

Batch Experiments ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Order Model ◽

X Ray ◽

Pseudo Second Order ◽

Ft Ir ◽

Langmuir And Freundlich Equations

The Fe3O4/Talc nanocomposite was synthesized by the coprecipitation-ultrasonication method. The reaction was carried out under a inert gas environment. The nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and vibrating sample magnetometry techniques (VSM), the surface area of the nanoparticles was determined to be 77.92 m2/g by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method (BET). The kinetic data showed that the adsorption process fitted with the pseudo-second order model. Batch experiments were carried out to determine the adsorption kinetics and mechanisms of Cr(VI) by Fe3O4/Talc nanocomposite. The adsorption process was found to be highly pH-dependent, which made the material selectively adsorb these metals from aqueous solution. The isotherms of adsorption were also studied using Langmuir and Freundlich equations in linear forms. It is found that the Langmuir equation showed better linear correlation with the experimental data than the Freundlich. The thermodynamics of Cr(VI) adsorption onto the Fe3O4/Talc nanocomposite indicated that the adsorption was exothermic. The reusability study has proven that Fe3O4/Talc nanocomposite can be employed as a low-cost and easy to separate.

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Preparation of low-cost sludge-based mesoporous carbon and its adsorption of tetracycline antibiotics

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2019.084 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 79 (4) ◽

pp. 676-687 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Zou Junyu ◽

Song Zefeng ◽

Yang Yuesuo

Keyword(s):

Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽

Mesoporous Carbon ◽

Adsorption Process ◽

Low Cost ◽

Effective Means ◽

Municipal Sewage ◽

Isothermal Adsorption ◽

Pseudo Second Order ◽

Acidic Conditions ◽

Physical And Chemical

Abstract Preparation of sludge-derived mesoporous carbon materials (SMCs) through pyrolysis of excess activated sludge from urban municipal sewage plants is an effective means of reducing pollution and utilizing a waste resource. This paper presented a method of SMC preparation in which calcium oxide (CaO), polyacrylamide (PAM), and chitosan (CAS) flocculating agents were used as pore-forming additives. Physical and chemical characterizations of the prepared SMCs were conducted by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The prepared SMCs were used to adsorb a tetracycline (TC) antibiotic pollutant. The influences of pH, adsorption time, temperature, and pollutant concentration on TC adsorption capacity were determined. The experiments demonstrated that weakly acidic conditions were conducive to TC adsorption, which mainly occurs via electrostatic and π-π interactions. The TC adsorption process by SMCs conformed better to the pseudo-second-order models, indicating that chemical adsorption was the dominant adsorption process. The isothermal adsorption of TC by the SMCs conformed to the Freundlich model. This implied that TC easily adhered onto the SMC surfaces via multilayer homogeneous adsorption. Thermodynamic studies revealed that the adsorption of TC onto SMCs was spontaneous and endothermic.

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Removal of lead from aqueous solutions by low cost and waste biosorbents (lemon, bean and artichoke shells)

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2020.093 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 81 (1) ◽

pp. 159-169

Author(s):

Feyza Ergüvenerler ◽

Şerif Targan ◽

Vedia Nüket Tirtom

Keyword(s):

Contact Time ◽

Adsorption Process ◽

Low Cost ◽

Standard Free Energy ◽

Freundlich Isotherm ◽

Standard Entropy ◽

X Ray ◽

Adsorption Capacities ◽

Influence Of Ph ◽

Scanning Electron

Abstract Simple, fast, effective, low cost and waste biosorbents, lemon, bean and artichoke shells, were used to remove lead (II) ions from aqueous solution. The influence of pH, contact time, temperature and lead (II) concentration of the removal process was investigated. The sufficient contact time was deemed 10 minutes for bean and artichoke shells and 60 minutes for lemon shells for Pb(II) ions. The thermodynamic parameters, such as standard free energy (ΔG), standard enthalpy (ΔH), and standard entropy (ΔS) of the adsorption process were calculated as −5.6786, −5.5758, −3.1488 kJmol−1 for ΔG, −7.2791, −20.285, −9.5561 kJ mol−1 for ΔH, −0.00545, −0.05017, −0.02185 kJ mol−1 K−1 for ΔS, respectively, for lemon, artichoke and bean shells. Maximum adsorption capacities of lead (II) were observed as 61.30 mg g−1, 88.5 mg g−1 and 62.81 mg g−1, respectively, for lemon, bean and artichoke shells according to the Freundlich isotherm model at 20 °C. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray detector (EDX) were used to characterize the surface morphology of the adsorbents. Consequently, Pb(II) removal using lemon, bean and artichoke shells would be an effective method for the economic treatment of wastewater.

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