scholarly journals Adsorption Desulfurization of Iraqi Light Naphtha Using Metals Modified Activated Carbon

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 24-41
Author(s):  
Qusay Ghanim Finish ◽  
Tariq Mohammed Naife

The study aims to evaluate the removal of sulfur content from Iraqi light naphtha produced in Al-Dora refinery by adsorption desulfurization DS technique using modified activated carbon MAC loaded with nickel Ni and copper Cu as single binary metals. The experiments were carried in a batch unit with various operating parameters;  MAC dosage, agitation speed, and a contact time of 300 min at constant initial sulfur concentration 155 ppm and temperature. The results showed higher DS% by AC/Ni-Cu (66.45)% at 500 rpm and 1 g dosage than DS (29.03)% by activated carbon AC, increasing MAC dosage, agitation speed, and contact time led to increasing DS% values.  The adsorption capacity of MAC results was recorded (16, 15, and 20) mg sulfur/g MAC for AC/Ni, AC/Cu and, AC/Ni-Cu, respectively. Equilibrium isotherm study results show good fitting with Freundlich isotherm model with R2 value (0.95) for AC/Ni-Cu. The kinetic study results showed R2 value (0.974, 0.981, and 0.95) by pseudo first order and (0.96, 0.916 and, 0.909) by pseudo second order for AC/Ni, AC/Cu, and AC/Ni-Cu, respectively. The calculated qe(cal) (4.337-4.79) mg/g by first order model was the nearest to the obtained qe(exp) (5.125) mg/g by the experiments where no interparticle diffusion referring to more than one process is controlling the adsorption process of sulfur compounds by MAC.                                                                           

Author(s):  
Y. Yerima ◽  
I. Eiroboyi ◽  
I. Eiroboyi

Biomass-based activated carbon has received large attention due to its excellent characteristics such as inexpensiveness, good absorption behaviour, and potential to reduce strong dependence towards non-renewable precursors. The potential use of Palm Kernel Shell in modified activated carbon was evaluated by using the Response Surface Methodology. In this study, a 23 three-level Central Composite Design (CCD) was used to develop a statistical model for the optimization of process variables, contact time (10-130mins) X1, pH (5.0 – 8.0) X2, and adsorbent dose (0.4 -5.0g) X3. The investigation shows that Ethylene Di-Amine Tetra-Acetic Acid modified activated carbon prepared from Palm Kernel Shell is a promising adsorbent for the removal of copper ions from aqueous solutions over a wide range of concentrations with an optimized efficiency of 99% at the solution pH of 7.2, contact time of 70 minutes and adsorbent dose of 2.1g/L. The adsorption results are in line with the linear and quadratic model representation, which is evident from the models for optimization of copper ions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 413 ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Xiu Ling Song ◽  
Hui Qian

After activated carbon is oxidized and modified with nitric acid (1:1), its cation exchange capacity can amount to 1.840 mmol • g-1. The modified activated carbon is used as adsorbent for the treatment of Cr (Ⅵ)-containing wastewater at room temperature, and its removal mechanism is discussed in this paper. It is shown that: when the pH value of the aqueous solution being 2.5-3.0;the adsorption time being 3.0h, the removal rate of Cr (Ⅵ) in the aqueous solution can reach 97% and its adsorption capacity can amount to 45.66 mg • g-1. From the results, it can be also seen that the adsorption curve to chromium in wastewater by the modified activated carbon better meets the Freundlich isotherm, and ion exchange adsorption mainly does its work.


2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeshkannan Rajan ◽  
Manivasagan Rajasimman ◽  
Rajamohan Natarajan

In this study, the use of wheat bran as a possible adsorbent has been successfully demonstrated in the removal of Acid blue9 (AB9) from aqueous solution. The effect of different parameters such as temperature, adsorbent dose, contact time, adsorbent size and agitation speed were investigated. The optimum conditions obtained from response surface methodology are: temperature-38.1°C, adsorbent dose (3.1g/L), contact time (206 min), adsorbent size 0.1mm (150mesh), and agitation speed (222rpm). The effect of pH and initial substrate concentration were studied. The pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetics were tested. The sorption equilibrium, expressed by the Langmuir and Freundlich equations, indicated that the process was in compliance with Freundlich isotherm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1343-1348
Author(s):  
K.V. SATHASIVAM ◽  
N.K. FULORIA ◽  
S. FULORIA ◽  
P.J. DARSHENEE ◽  
R. XAVIER ◽  
...  

Present study was intended to explore the biosorption of Cu(II) and Pb(II) ions in aqueous solution using activated carbon biosynthesized from macro-algae Kappaphycus alvarezii under different experimental parameters. Activated carbon was produced via zinc chloride chemical activation method. The effect of parameters such as pH, temperature over biosorption, amount of adsorbents, initial Cu(II) and Pb(II) aqueous concentration, and contact time were studies. The pH 4.0 for adsorption of Cu(II) and Pb(II), and metal ions uptake contact time of 60 min were considered as optimum. Equilibrium data of biosorption were analyzed by models of Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm at different initial Cu(II) and Pb(II) aqueous solutions concentration. Fruendlich adsorption isotherm model fitted well into biosorption data with a regression value of 0.9986. Thermodynamic parameters such as change in change of enthalpy (ΔHº), change of entropy (ΔSº) and Gibbs free energy (ΔGº) were also determined.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-856
Author(s):  
Cecile Andre Stanford ◽  
Majeda Khraisheh ◽  
Fares Al Momani ◽  
Ahmad B. Albadarin ◽  
Gavin M. Walker ◽  
...  

AbstractThe adsorption of humic substances on three different adsorbents was investigated and adsorption isotherms were applied in this research. The three adsorbents studied include granular activated carbon (GAC), ferric oxihydroxide in its beta form (β-FeOOH) and iron-coated activated alumina (AAFS). Physical and chemical characteristics of the adsorbents were also fully investigated. Calcium was added to the HS solution in order to represent water with a hardness equivalent to water hardness typically found in London (UK). The examination of the GAC indicated a large microporous area with lower surface area associated with meso- and macropores. The AAFS and β-FeOOH did not present any microporous area. The overall surface area was high for GAC (980 m2 g−1) but lower for AAFS (286 m2 g−1) and β-FeOOH (360 m2 g−1). The Freundlich isotherm model was fitted to all adsorbent–adsorbate systems. It was shown that GAC offered a large adsorption capacity for removal of low molecular weight humics F1 (MW 0–5 kDa) but not for substances with molecular weight larger than 10 kDa (F3). The β-FeOOH adsorption capacity was only 0.43 mg g−1, compared with 9.11 and 2.55 mg g−1 on GAC and AAFS, respectively. On the contrary, F1 is not well adsorbed and only F2 (5–10 kDa) can be efficiently removed by AAFS and β-FeOOH. It was strongly suggested that precipitation/condensation occurred on the adsorbent surface.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2126 (1) ◽  
pp. 012022
Author(s):  
S Nuryanti ◽  
Suherman ◽  
S Rahmawati ◽  
M Amalia ◽  
T Santoso ◽  
...  

Abstract This Study aims to determine the adsorption process of Cu (II) metal by cassava peel waste (Manihot esculenta crantz) meeting the Langmuir equation and Freundlich. Research method cassava peel made into activated carbon, then determine the mass, pH and optimum contact time. Then the determination of the maximum adsorption capacity was carried out by testing with the Langmuir isotherm and Freundlich isotherm equations. The results showed that the best conditions (optimal conditions) were obtained with the addition of 0.5 grams of active carbs from cassava peels. The percentage of Cu ion adsorption in these conditions was 97.72%, at pH 6 and a contact time of 60 minutes and the absorption capacity was 98.49%. The maximum adsorption capacity of cassava peel activated carbon to Cu(II) ions at the optimum condition was determined based on the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm equations. The results obtained were-51.813 mg/g and 26,792 mg/g, respectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1192 (1) ◽  
pp. 012003
Author(s):  
R Nedjai ◽  
N A Kabbashi ◽  
M Z Alam ◽  
M F R Al-Khatib

Abstract Baobab fruit shell (BFS) biomass was used as an alternative precursor for producing high surface area and microporous baobab fruit shell activated carbon (BFS-AC) by chemical activation using KOH. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was performed for the characterization of baobab fruit shell activated carbon. The adsorption property of BFS-AC for the removal of phenol from aqueous solution was evaluated. The effect of key adsorption parameters such as the contact time (10-20 min), BFS-AC dose (2.5-3.5 g/L), pH (1-3), and agitation speed (150-250 rpm) were optimized using a response surface methodology (RSM) with faced centered central composite design (FCCCD). Consequently, a maximum adsorption capacity (196.86 mg/g) was achieved at 15 min of contact time, 2 of pH, 3 g/L of adsorbent dosage, and 250 rpm of agitation speed. The results reveal that BFS-AC has an efficient performance for the removal of phenol from aqueous media.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Fatma ◽  
Poedji Loekitowati Hariani ◽  
Fahma Riyanti ◽  
Wiwin Sepriani

The alumina-activated carbon has the ability to adsorb and desorb the procion red MX-5B. The research evaluated the influence of desorption agent, contact time, and temperature on desorption process of procion red MX-5B dye with alumina-activated carbon composite and the adsorption capacity of the composite after desorption process. The desorption agents used in desorption process were solution with pH 2−10, H2O2 30 % (v/v), methanol 70% (v/v) and ethanol 70% (v/v). The variation of contact time was in the range from 30 to 270 min and the temperature was set between 30−75 °C. The result concluded that the highest desorption efficiency up to 98.56% was achieved using ethanol 70% (v/v) for 240 min at 45 °C. The desorption kinetic followed the pseudo-first-order with the release constant (kdes) of 6.56 × 10-2 min-1. The SEM micrograph showed there is a more porous surface on the composite after the desorption compared to before the desorption. The EDX analysis indicated that alumina content in the composite was reduced after desorption process. FTIR spectra of the composite before and after desorption process showed a peak of Al−O at 592 and 590 cm-1 which was proved that alumina still exists in the composite after the desorption process. The alumina-activated carbon composite was re-used to adsorb procion red MX-5B dye. After three times of desorption and re-adsorption process, the capacity adsorption was decreased from 12.38 to 7.38 mg/g.


2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (9-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Azliza Akbar ◽  
Hamidi Abdul Aziz ◽  
Mohd Nordin Adlan

Adsorption using low cost of media plays more attention to this current research. Previous literature found that high quality of limestone was effective in removing heavy metals in water and wastewater. In this study, the potential use of limestone media was investigated. Groundwater sample and limestone properties were characterized to determine the physical and chemical composition. The batch experiments were conducted to determine the effect of varied dosage and contact time.   Analysis on isotherm and kinetic was carried out in this study. Batch study results showed that the maximum removal of both Fe and Mn was greater than 95 and 80% respectively which occurs at optimum dosage of 40g. Moreover, the optimum contact time of Fe and Mn was 90 and 120 minutes, respectively. At the optimum contact time, 96.8% of Fe and 87.4 % of Mn was removed using limestone adsorbent media. In isotherm study, the result revealed that Langmuir isotherm fitted the experimental data better than Freundlich isotherm for both Fe and Mn adsorption. In Langmuir isotherm, the maximum adsorption capacity for both Fe and Mn were 0.018mg/g and 0.011mg/g. Based on kinetic study, the removal of Fe and Mn followed the pseudo-second order kinetic model which R2 (>0.99) greater than in pseudo-first order. This indicates that the chemisorption is the mechanism of adsorption, which contributed to the Fe and Mn removal from the groundwater sample. Thus, from these results, limestone could be used as an alternative for the removal of Fe and Mn from groundwater


2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 4860-4863
Author(s):  
Zhen Zhong Liu ◽  
Hui Ping Deng ◽  
Zhan Li Chen

Modified activated carbon composites were prepared and their catalytic properties were evaluated in the H2O2decomposition. Activated carbon alone showed very low activities compared to iron and manganese oxides / activated carbon composites, suggesting that the presence of Fe and Mn in the oxide plays an important role for the activation of H2O2. The presence of Mn in the composite structure produced a remarkable increase in the reactivity. The obtained results showed that the peroxide decomposition catalyzed by GACFM met pseudo-first-order kinetic and the maximum OH· production was on GACF1M3.The decomposition mechanism of H2O2was analyzed in detail.


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