scholarly journals Evaluation of degradation kinetic and photostability of immobilized TiO2/activated carbon bilayer photocatalyst for phenol removal

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 100208
Author(s):  
N.N. Bahrudin
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Degradation Kinetic ◽  
Immobilized Tio2

Phenol removal via activated carbon from co-pyrolysis of waste coal tar pitch and vinasse

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-71
Author(s):  
Ming Gao ◽  
Xiaona Wang ◽  
Changlei Xia ◽  
Na Song ◽  
Yuhui Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Coal Tar ◽  
Coal Tar Pitch ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Waste Coal

scholarly journals Investigating the performance of agricultural wastes and their ashes in removing phenol from leachate in a fixed-bed column

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 2109-2126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Omid Ahmadinejad ◽  
Seyed Taghi Omid Naeeni ◽  
Zahra Akbari ◽  
Sara Nazif
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fixed Bed ◽  
Walnut Shell ◽  
Continuous Systems ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Adsorption Method ◽  
Fixed Bed Column ◽  
Saturation Time ◽  
Coconut Shell Activated Carbon

Abstract One of the major pollutants in leachate is phenol. Due to safety and environmental problems, removal of phenol from leachate is essential. Most of the adsorption studies have been conducted in batch systems. Practically, large-scale adsorption is carried out in continuous systems. In this research, the adsorption method has been used for phenol removal from leachate by using walnut shell activated carbon (WSA) and coconut shell activated carbon (CSA) as adsorbents in a fixed-bed column. The effect of adsorbent bed depth, influent phenol concentration and type of adsorbent on adsorption was explored. By increasing the depth of the adsorbent bed in the column, phenol removal efficiency and saturation time increase significantly. Also, by increasing the influent concentration, saturation time of the column decreases. To predict the column performance and describe the breakthrough curve, three kinetic models of Yon-Nelson, Adams-Bohart and Thomas were applied. The results of the experiments indicate that there is a good match between the results of the experiment and the predicted results of the models.

Phenol Removal from Contaminated Wastewater Using Activated Carbon/Zeolite Composite Coated with Titanium Dioxide

2016 ◽  
Vol 690 ◽  
pp. 103-108
Author(s):  
Khemmakorn Gomonsirisuk ◽  
Thanakorn Wasanapiarnpong ◽  
Charusporn Mongkolkachit
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Dioxide ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Adsorption Property ◽  
Phenol Concentration ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
High Porosity ◽  
Good Efficiency ◽  
Composite Substrate

Phenol and phenolic compounds in wastewater from various industries were toxic to water livings and human even in ppm concentration. A number of photocatalysts and adsorbents were applied for the low cost and good efficiency wastewater management to reduce phenol concentration in water. In this work titanium dioxide, one of high efficiency photocatalysts which is widely used in water treatement, was coated on the fabricated adsorbent composite substrate. The composite substrate composed of activated carbon and NaA zeolite presents high phenol adsorption because of high porosity and good ion exchange properties resulting in good adsorption property. Accordingly, the absorption could promote the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 catalyst. As the specimens were easily disposed after water treatment process, therefore, it was a good choice for lower energy consumption. The composite substrate was easily fabricated by simple extrusion and fired under non oxidation atmosphere at 650°C for 3 hours. Then polyurethane foam was inserted into the composite substrate to make it be able to float and be swirled by wind near water surface to get more UV excitation than deeper water. Phenol concentration was investigated by the UV absorbance at 270 nm using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The XRD and SEM were used to study phase crystal structure and morphology of the composite.

scholarly journals Physical-chemical Characterization of Nano-Zinc Oxide/Activated Carbon Composite for Phenol Removal from Aqueous Solution

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-147
Author(s):  
Allwar Allwar ◽  
Asih Setyani ◽  
Ulul Sugesti ◽  
Khusna Afifah Fauzani
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Nitrogen Adsorption ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Peak Intensity ◽  
Oil Palm Shell ◽  
Nano Zinc Oxide ◽  
Nano Zinc

Oil palm shell was used as a precursor for preparation of activated carbon using different chemical activations (potassium hydroxide (KOH), zinc chloride (ZNCl2), and phosphoric acid (H3PO4)). Each activated carbons (AC) was mixed with nano-zinc oxide to form a composite. From the gas sorption analyzer, it is showed that nitrogen adsorption isotherms show Type II for ZnO/AC-KOH and ZnO/AC-ZnCl2 corresponding to the micro- and mesoporous structures, respectively. However, the nitrogen adsorption isotherm of ZnO/AC-H3PO4 exhibits the Type I with predominantly microporous structures. The SEM micrographs produced unsmooth surface and different pore sizes. The XRD patterns at 2θ of 25.06° and 26.75° were come from amorphous activated carbon. The peak intensity of ZnO was weak due to low concentration of zinc precursor. However, the ZnO of ZnO/AC-ZnCl2 showed strongly peak intensity. The effectiveness of the composites was examined for phenol removal determined by UV-Vis Spectrophotometer method. The equilibrium adsorption follows the Langmuir and Freundlich models according to the best correlation coefficient (R2). The kinetic model was only obtained for the pseudo-second-order with the best linearity of the correlation coefficient (R2). The results of this study showed that the oil palm shell has a great potential for ZnO/AC with excellent adsorptive property. Copyright © 2021 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). 

Continuous Electrochemical Oxidation of Phenol Using a Three-Dimensional Electrode Reactor

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 2169-2172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Gang Liu ◽  
Wei Shi ◽  
Yan Sheng Li ◽  
Shao Min Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Electric Current ◽  
Residence Time ◽  
Electrochemical Cell ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Electrode Arrays ◽  
Initial Concentration ◽  
Oxidation Of Phenol ◽  
Phenol Wastewater

The removal of phenol wastewater was experimentally investigated using a three-dimensional electrode reactor with granular activated carbon and titanium filter electrode arrays. The effects of the electric current, the residence time and the initial concentration on the phenol removal were evaluated. For the initial concentration of 490 mg/L, the phenol removal was obtained as 90% under the conditions of electric current 2 A, residence time 40 min. The effluent path of the electrochemical cell was optimized, using the anode effluent instead of the top effluent, where the phenol and COD removal was both increased to 95% and the corresponding energy consumption was decreased from 9.66 to 7.63 kWh/kg COD.

Application of Carbonaceous Materials to Phenol Removal from Aqueous Solution by Adsorption

2012 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 297-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Fang Dong ◽  
Li Hua Zang ◽  
Qing Chao Gong ◽  
Cun Cun Chen ◽  
Cai Hong Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Adsorption Capacity ◽  
Petroleum Coke ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Powdered Activated Carbon ◽  
Maximum Adsorption Capacity ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Carbonaceous Materials ◽  
Solution Ph ◽  
Equilibrium Studies

Low cost carbonaceous materials were evaluated for their ability to remove phenol from wastewater. The effects of adsorbents dosage, contact time and maximum adsorption capacity were investigated for granular activated carbon, powdered activated carbon, petroleum coke and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT). Equilibrium studies were conducted in 50mg/L initial phenol concentration, solution pH of 5 and at temperature of 23°C. The results showed the adsorption process was fast and it reached equilibrium in 3 h. Petroleum coke and MWNT had poor adsorption which could reach the removal efficiency of phenol with 43.18% and 36.64% respectively. The granular activated carbon possessed good adsorption ability to phenol with 96.40% at the optimum dosage 5g and optimum time 90min.The powdered activated carbon was an effective adsorbent with a maximum adsorption capacity of 42.32 mg/g.

Performance and Isotherm Studies in Phenol Adsorption From Wastewater Using Low Cost Biomass Derived From Coconut Shells

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Mohan Rao T. ◽  
K. Rajesh Kumar ◽  
G. Shyamala ◽  
R. Gobinath
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Batch Adsorption ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Textile Processing ◽  
Leather Processing ◽  
Coconut Shells ◽  
The Cost

With the growth of urbanization and industrialization, water bodies are getting polluted. Among various pollutants, phenol-based pollutants are common water pollutions which originate from wastewater discharged from processing manufacturing industries like petrochemical refineries, ceramic plants, textile processing, leather processing, synthetic rubbers, etc. These pollutants are toxic and have long-term ill effects on both humans and aquatic animals. Adsorption is well proven technique which is widely used for removal of pollutions from aqueous environments. But this process, is hindered due to the cost of adsorbents especially for large scale continuous processes. In this regard, adsorbents derived from waste biomass can be a great asset to reduce the cost of wastewater treatment. To meet this objective, coconut shells are chosen as biomass which is abundantly available from south east Asia. This biomass is converted into activated carbon and hence used to remove phenol from wastewater. Batch adsorption experiments were performed with different initial concentration, carbon dosage, pH and contact time. At a lower concentration of 50 mg/L of initial feed (phenol) concentration resulted in around 90% phenol removal and henceforth optimum results in phenol removal obtained in only 64%. Experimental results are in good agreement with Langmuir adsorption isotherm model and have shown a better fitting to the experimental data. These studies confirm that the coconut shell-based activated carbon could be used to effectively adsorb phenol from aqueous solutions.

scholarly journals Phenol removal from aqueous solution using silica and activated carbon derived from rice husk

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 897-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosseinali Asgharnia ◽  
Hamidreza Nasehinia ◽  
Roohollah Rostami ◽  
Marziah Rahmani ◽  
Seyed Mahmoud Mehdinia
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Rice Husk ◽  
Contact Time ◽  
Adsorption Process ◽  
Phenol Removal ◽  
Initial Concentration ◽  
Maximum Removal

Abstract Phenol and its derivatives are organic pollutants with dangerous effects, such as poisoning, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity in humans and other organisms. In this study, the removal of phenol from aqueous solution by adsorption on silica and activated carbon of rice husk was investigated. In this regard, the effects of initial concentration of phenol, pH, dosage of the adsorbents, and contact time on the adsorption of phenol were investigated. The results showed that the maximum removal of phenol by rice husk silica (RHS) and rice husk activated carbon (RHAC) in the initial concentration of 1 mgL−1 phenol, 2 gL−1 adsorbent mass, 120 min contact time, and pH 5 (RHS) or pH 6 (RHAC) were obtained up to 91% and 97.88%, respectively. A significant correlation was also detected between increasing contact times and phenol removal for both adsorbents (p < 0.01). The adsorption process for both of the adsorbents was also more compatible with the Langmuir isotherm. The results of this study showed that RHS and RHAC can be considered as natural and inexpensive adsorbents for water treatment.

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