scholarly journals Removal of Trihalomethanes from Water using Modified Montmorillonite

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1072-7081
Author(s):  
Majid Hamouni Haghighat ◽  
Ali Mohammad-Khah

Trihalomethanes (THMs) are formed during the water chlorination process through the reaction between chlorine and the organic materials. In this research, montmorillonite (MMT) and its modified form were used to remove the THMs from the water. The optimum conditions for the best adsorption capacity were evaluated using the Taguchi design of experiments. The result of comparing MMT with its modified sulfonated form (SMMT) indicated that SMMT is a more effective adsorbent than MMT. The evaluations showed that the optimum conditions for the THMs removal occur at 20 °C, 10 mg of adsorbent, 1 mg/L of THMs concentration, and 120 min for the adsorption time. The maximum adsorption capacity of CHCl3, CHBrCl2, CHBr2Cl, and CHBr3 was achieved: 0.49, 0.45, 0.43, and 0.38 mg/g at C0 = 0.10 mg/L; 1.71, 1.62, 1.56, and 1.45 mg/g at C0 = 0.50 mg/L; and 4.43, 4.35, 4.23, and 3.67 mg/g for C0 = 5.00 mg/L, respectively. The THMs adsorption was compared between SMMT, powdered activated carbon (PAC), and granular activated carbon (GAC) and the results showed that SMMT is as effective as PAC and better than GAC and its production cost is lower than for the activated carbon.

SAINTIFIK ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
Agusriyadin Agusriyadin

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji kemampuan AK dan AKPM dalam mengadsorpsi ion Cu (II), pengaruh parameter adsorpsi dan mekanisme adsorpsi. AK dan AKP Madsorben dibuat dari residu ampas kelapa. Adsorben dikarakterisasi dengan FTIR, SEM dan EDS. Pengaruh parameter adsorpsi seperti pH awal, dosis adsorben, waktu kontak dan konsentrasi ion Cu (II) awal diperiksa untuk menentukan kondisi optimum serapan tembaga (II). Ion Cu (II) yang teradsorpsi diukur berdasarkan pada konsentrasi Ion Cu (II) sebelum dan sesudah adsorpsi menggunakan metode AAS. Hasil karakterisasi menunjukkan bahwa struktur pori dan gugus fungsi tersedia pada permukaan adsorben. Menurut percobaan efek pH, kapasitas adsorpsi maksimum dicapai pada pH 7. Waktu kontak optimal dan konsentrasi tembaga awal (II) ditemukan masing-masing pada 120 menit dan 100 mg L-1. Data eksperimental sesuai dengan model kinetik orde dua orde dua, dan Langmuir isoterm adsorpsi yang diperoleh paling sesuai dengan data adsorpsi. Kapasitas adsorpsi maksimum adsorben ditemukan menjadi 4,73 dan 6,46 mg g-1 pada kondisi optimal. The results of characterization showed that the pore structure and the functional groups were available on adsorbent surface. According to the pH effect experiments, the maximum adsorption capacity was achieved at pH 7. Optimum contact time and initial copper(II) concentration were found at 120 min and 100 mg L-1, respectively. The experimental data were comply with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, and Langmuir adsorption isotherm obtained best fitted the adsorption data. The maximum adsorption capacity of the adsorbents was found to be 4.73 and 6.46 mg g-1 at optimum conditions.


2012 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 297-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Fang Dong ◽  
Li Hua Zang ◽  
Qing Chao Gong ◽  
Cun Cun Chen ◽  
Cai Hong Zheng ◽  
...  

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.


1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 191-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Leyva Ramos ◽  
A. Juarez Martinez ◽  
R. M. Guerrero Coronado

The adsorption isotherm of chromium (VI) on activated carbon was obtained in a batch adsorber. The experimental adsorption data were fitted reasonably well to the Freundlich isotherm. The effect of pH on the adsorption isotherm was investigated at pH values of 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 12. It was found that at pH < 6, Cr(VI) was adsorbed and reduced to Cr(III) by the catalytic action of the carbon and that at pH ≥ 12, Cr(VI) was not adsorbed on activated carbon. Maximum adsorption capacity was observed at pH 6 and the adsorption capacity was diminished about 17 times by increasing the pH from 6 to 10. The pH effect was attributed to the different complexes that Cr(VI) can form in aqueous solution. The adsorption isotherm was also affected by the temperature since the adsorption capacity was increased by raising the temperature from 25 to 40°C. It was concluded that Cr(VI) was adsorbed significantly on activated carbon at pH 6 and that the adsorption capacity was greatly dependent upon pH.


Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lipei Fu ◽  
Jiahui Zhu ◽  
Weiqiu Huang ◽  
Jie Fang ◽  
Xianhang Sun ◽  
...  

Carbon-silica composites with nanoporous structures were synthesized for the adsorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), taking tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as the silicon source and activated carbon powder as the carbon source. The preparation conditions were as follows: the pH of the reaction system was 5.5, the hydrophobic modification time was 50 h, and the dosage of activated carbon was 2 wt%. Infrared spectrum analysis showed that the activated carbon was dispersed in the pores of aerogel to form the carbon-silica composites material. The static adsorption experiments, dynamic adsorption-desorption experiments, and regeneration experiments show that the prepared carbon-silica composites have microporous and mesoporous structures, the adsorption capacity for n-hexane is better than that of conventional hydrophobic silica gel, and the desorption performance is better than that of activated carbon. It still has a high retention rate of adsorption capacity after multiple adsorption-desorption cycles. The prepared carbon-silica composites material has good industrial application prospects in oil vapor recovery, providing a new alternative for solving organic waste gas pollution.


2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Huang ◽  
De-Zhi Yi ◽  
Yan-Nan Lu ◽  
Xiao-Lin Wu ◽  
Yun-Peng Bai ◽  
...  

AbstractSamples of activated bentonite and activated bentonite modified with CuCl and CuCl2, separately, were tested as dimethyl sulfide (DMS) adsorbents. The adsorption and desorption behaviours of DMS on the adsorbents were studied systematically. The adsorbents were characterised by nitrogen adsorption, XRD, and DMS-TPD tests. The addition of CuCl and CuCl2 to the activated carbon significantly enhanced the adsorption capacity of DMS, despite a notable decrease in the specific surface area and total pore volume of the activated bentonite. It is presumed that copper cation species may act as an adsorption site for DMS. The adsorption capacity of Cu(II)-bentonite was better than that of Cu(I)-bentonite. The DMS-TPD patterns indicate that the stronger electrophilicity of Cu(II) compared to that of Cu(I) caused it to interact with the DMS molecules more strongly, thus contributing to a better adsorptive performance. The Cu(II)-bentonite calcined at 150°C had the best DMS removal performance with a high sulphur capacity of 70.56 mg S g−1 adsorbent. The DMS removal performance became much lower with the increase in the calcination temperature, which appeared to be due to the decrease in the CuCl2·2H2O phase and the formation of the monoclinic Cu(OH)Cl phase.


2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 437-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.S. El-Geundi ◽  
T.E. Farrag ◽  
H.M. Abd El-Ghany

The equilibrium adsorption of a herbicide (pendimethalin) onto natural clay from aqueous solutions was studied experimentally using different system variables. The influence of such variables, such as particle size (dp), pH and temperature, on the adsorption capacity was studied. Equilibrium modelling was carried out using the Langmuir, Freundlich and Redlich—Peterson models with the corresponding constants being calculated for the different system variables. The results indicate that the maximum adsorption capacity (qmax) at an acidic pH value (3.44) was approximately double that observed at an alkaline pH value (9.62). It was also found that the effect of particle size was significant and that the temperature plays an interesting role in the adsorption process. The enthalpy change (ΔH) for adsorption was evaluated as −29.36 kJ/mol. It is clear from the results of this study that the Freundlich model fitted the experimental adsorption data significantly better than the Langmuir or the Redlich—Peterson models.


1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Leyva-Ramos ◽  
J. R. Rangel-Mendez ◽  
J. Mendoza-Barron ◽  
L. Fuentes-Rubio ◽  
R. M. Guerrero-Coronado

The adsorption isotherm of cadmium on activated carbon was measured in a batch adsorber. Effects of temperature and solution pH on the adsorption isotherm were investigated by determining the adsorption isotherm at temperatures of 10, 25, and 40°C and at initial pH values from 2 to 8. Langmuir isotherm better fitted the experimental data since the average percent deviation was lower than with the Freundlich isotherm It was noticed that the amount of Cd2+ adsorbed was reduced about 3 times by increasing the temperature from 10 to 40°C. It was found that Cd2+ was not adsorbed on activated carbon at pH of 2 or lower and that Cd2+ was precipitated out as Cd(OH)2 at pH values above 9. Maximum adsorption capacity was observed at pH of 8 and the adsorption capacity was decreased about 12 times by reducing the initial pH from 8 to 3. According to the cadmium speciation diagram the predominant species below pH of 8 is Cd2+. Thus, cadmium was adsorbed on the activated carbon surface as Cd2+. It was concluded that the adsorption capacity is a strong function of pH and temperature.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farida Hanum ◽  
Rikardo Jgst Gultom ◽  
Maradona Simanjuntak

Durian is a kind of tropical fruits which can grow well in Indonesia. Durian is containing 60-75% shell. Durian shell could be a potential alternative to activated carbon because it contains 57.42% carbon. The aim of this research is to know the effect of contact time and  stirring speed to activated carbon adsorption capacity from durian shell with KOH and NaOH as activators. FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra Red) analysis showed the activation process effects on  absorption intensity  wavelength region and resulted in formation of C = C aromatic tape, so that the nature of the charcoal becomes more polar compared with the initial condition. Analysis using spectrophotometer UV-Vis to determine  absorbance and  final concentration of each variation of contact time and stirring speed. The results showed that the maximum adsorption capacity obtained by activation of KOH and NaOH on stirring speed of 150 rpm and a contact time of 90 minutes is equal to 3.92 mg / g and 3.8 mg / g respectively. The maximum surface area obtained by activation of KOH and NaOH during the stirring speed 130 rpm and a contact time of 120 minutes is equal to 1785.263 m2 / g and 1730.332 m2 / g respectively. The maximum surface area obtained from this research has met the standards of commercial activated carbon surface area was between 800-1800 m2/ g. Modeling pseudo second order presents a more representative adsorption data, a second order equation is based on the assumption that adsorption step is chemosorption.


Alotrop ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melfi Puspita ◽  
M. Lutfi Firdaus ◽  
Nurhamidah Nurhamidah

The problem of environmental polution caused by waste of batik industry lately is increasing, so it needed a method to overcome that problem. The aim of this study was to determine the ability of activated charcoal from coconut fiber palm in adsorbing Reactive Red-120 and Direct Green-26 dyes in waste of batik along with determining the parameters of isotherms adsorption using UV-Vis Spectrophotometer analysis method. Variations of pH, contact time, adsorbent weight and temperature were carried out as variable to obtain optimum conditions of the adsorption process. The optimum of conditions for Reactive Red-120  occured at pH 3 and a contact time of 30 minutes, while Direct Green-26  occurred at pH 4 and a contact time of 40 minutes, with each adsorbent weight 150 mg and the temperature 30 °C. Adsorption isotherms determined by Freundlich and Langmuir models with maximum adsorption capacity (Qmax) were obtained for the Reactive Red-120  was 400 mg/g, while Direct Green-26 is 169 mg/g. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-62
Author(s):  
Farida Bouremmad Farida Bouremmad ◽  
Abdennour Bouchair Abdennour Bouchair ◽  
Sorour Semsari Parapari Sorour Semsari Parapari ◽  
Shalima Shawuti and Mehmet Ali Gulgun Shalima Shawuti and Mehmet Ali Gulgun

Biosorbents can be an alternative to activated carbon. They are derived from agricultural by-products or aquatic biomass. They are low cost and they may have comparable performances to those of activated carbon. The present study focuses on the characterization of the Corallina Elongata (CE) alga and its adsorption performance for Methylene Blue (MB), this alga is found in abundance at the Mediterranean coast of the city of Jijel in eastern Algeria. The dried alga was characterized using various characterization techniques such as DTA, TG, FTIR, XRD, SEM and EDX, which showed that the material consists essentially of a calcite containing magnesium. Batch adsorption studies were carried out and the effect of experimental parameters Such as pH, initial dye concentration, temperature, adsorbent dose and contact time, on the adsorption of MB was studied. The kinetic experimental data were found to conform to the pseudo-second-order model with good correlation and equilibrium data were best fitted to The Langmuir model, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 34.4 mg/g. The adsorption isotherms at various temperatures allowed the determination of certain thermodynamic parameters (ΔG, ΔH and ΔS). Finally, the adsorption results showed a good affinity between CE and MB with a high adsorption capacity.


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