scholarly journals Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature on Copper Aqueous Removal Capability of Biochar Derived from the Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 9223
Author(s):  
Matías Araya ◽  
Jorge Rivas ◽  
Graciela Sepúlveda ◽  
Camila Espinoza-González ◽  
Sebastián Lira ◽  
...  

Seaweed biochar is an efficient alternative bioadsorbent for Cu2+ removal due to its low cost and heavy metal removal capacity. Using the slow pyrolysis process, we produced biochars from Macrocystis pyrifera at 300 (BC300), 450 (BC450), and 600 °C (BC600). The physicochemical and structural properties of the biochar samples improved with increasing pyrolysis temperature from 300 to 450 °C, whereas no significant differences were observed with further increases in temperature to 600 °C. The yield ranged between 49% and 62% and had a high ash content (57.5–71.1%). BC450 and BC600 presented the highest surface areas and higher porosities. The FTIR spectra indicated that an increase of temperature decreased the acidic functional groups due to depolymerization and the dehydration processes, increasing the aromatic structures and the presence of calcium carbonate. The fittings of the kinetic models were different for the BCs: for the BC450 and BC600 samples, the Cu2+ adsorption was well-represented by a pseudo-first-order model; for BC300, a better fit was obtained with the pseudo-second-order model. The rate-limiting step of Cu2+ adsorption on BCs was represented by both models, liquid film diffusion and intraparticle diffusion, with surface diffusion being more important in BC300 and BC600, and intraparticle diffusion in BC450, in agreement with the pore size of the biochar samples. The adsorption isotherms of all BCs showed Langmuir behavior, representative of a chemisorption process, which was corroborated by the energy adsorption values determined by the D–R model. The maximum monolayer Cu2+ adsorption capacities were 93.55 and 58.0 mg g−1 for BC600 and BC450, respectively, whereas BC450 presented the highest affinity. Other mechanisms involved in controlling heavy metal removal from aqueous suspensions using these seaweed biochars remain to be explored. We conclude that BC450 and BC600 from M. pyrifera are the most efficient adsorbents for Cu2+ aqueous removal and are thus an appropriate alternative for bioremediation.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renu ◽  
Madhu Agarwal ◽  
K. Singh

Heavy metals are discharged into water from various industries. They can be toxic or carcinogenic in nature and can cause severe problems for humans and aquatic ecosystems. Thus, the removal of heavy metals from wastewater is a serious problem. The adsorption process is widely used for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater because of its low cost, availability and eco-friendly nature. Both commercial adsorbents and bioadsorbents are used for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater, with high removal capacity. This review article aims to compile scattered information on the different adsorbents that are used for heavy metal removal and to provide information on the commercially available and natural bioadsorbents used for removal of chromium, cadmium and copper, in particular.


Author(s):  
Bingbing Qiu ◽  
Xuedong Tao ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Wenke Li ◽  
Xiang Ding ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 625 ◽  
pp. 889-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safoura Daneshfozoun ◽  
Bawadi Abdullah ◽  
Mohd Azmuddin Abdullah

This study developed an effective and economical physical pretreatment of OPEFB to be used as biosorbent for the removal of heavy metal ions such as Cu+2, Zn+2and Pb2+. The effects of fibres sizes, metal ions concentration (100-1000 ppm), initial pH (4-10) and contact time (20-150 min) were investigated in batch system. Samples were characterized with Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Fourier Transmission Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR). Results showed pH-dependence adsorption efficiency and increased adsorption with initial metal concentrations where more than 92% adsorption efficiency achieved. We have successfully developed an eco-friendly, low cost adsorbent without any chemical modification or excessive energy disposal.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1010 ◽  
pp. 489-494
Author(s):  
Abdul Hafidz Yusoff ◽  
Rosmawani Mohammad ◽  
Mardawani Mohamad ◽  
Ahmad Ziad Sulaiman ◽  
Nurul Akmar Che Zaudin ◽  
...  

Conventional methods to remove heavy metals from polluted water are expensive and not environmentally friendly. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the potential of agricultural waste such as pineapple peel (Ananas Cosmos) as low-cost absorbent to remove heavy metals from synthetic polluted water. The results showed that Cd, Cr and Pb were effectively removed by the biosorbent at 12g of pineapple peels in 100 mL solution. The optimum contact time for maximum adsorption was found to be 90 minutes, while the optimum pH for the heavy metal’s adsorption was 9. It was demonstrated that with the increase of adsorbent dosage, the percent of heavy metals removal was also increased due to the increasing adsorption capacity of the adsorbent. In addition, Langmuir model show maximum adsorption capacity of Cd is 1.91 mg/g. As conclusions, our findings show that pineapple peel has potential to remove heavy metal from polluted water.


Author(s):  
E I Ugwu ◽  
O Tursunov ◽  
D Kodirov ◽  
L M Shaker ◽  
A A Al-Amiery ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 4666-4670
Author(s):  
Himanshu Sekhar Rath ◽  
Mira Das ◽  
Smita Rath ◽  
U. N. Dash ◽  
Alakananda Tripathy

The goal of this research is to determine the current standard of water quality along the Brahmani River stretch in terms of physico-chemical parameters. The River Brahmani receives a substantial amount of industrial waste in the identified study area and is witness to a large amount of human and agricultural activities. Nowadays Ninety percent of Brahmani’s required water is secured with groundwater resources and it is essential to forecast pollutant content in those resources. Hence, this research aimed at using of nanoparticles such as Activated Carbons (ACs) for removal of heavy metal such as nickel and zinc in Brahmani river using the Langmuir approach. Adsorption seems to be the most widely used method for heavy metal recovery due to its low cost, easy installation and the presence of alternative adsorbents. In addition, the process of adsorption can also be made in use to recover heavy metal ions from wastewater. Despite these advantages, adsorption is hard to commercialize. Due to the strong absorption capacity, high number of pores and wide, common area, nanoparticles are treated as the effective method in removal of heavy metals in rivers. Comparative analysis shows that seventy-one percent of heavy metals can be removed using the nanotechnology model.


2013 ◽  
Vol 389 ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norzila Othman ◽  
S. Mohd-Asharuddin ◽  
M.F.H. Azizul-Rahman

Biosorption is an environmental friendly method for metal removal as it can be used as a cost effective and efficient technique for heavy metal removal. A lot of biomass can be choosed as biosorbent such as waste material from food processing and agriculture.ent. This paper will review the potential used of local fruit rind as biosorbent for heavy metal removal in wastewater. Heavy metals have been in various industries and resulted to a toxic condition in aquatic ecosystem. Therefore, various techniques have been employed for the treatment of metal-bearing industrial wastewaters including biological treatment through biosorption. Biosorption offers the advantages of low cost, good efficiency and production of sludge with high metal content is possible to avoid by the existence of metal recovery method from metal loaded biosorbent. The successful application of local fruit waste in treating wastewater containing heavy metals requires a deeper understanding of how biosorbent material proceeds.


2012 ◽  
Vol 468-471 ◽  
pp. 2882-2890 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Al Anbari ◽  
S. M. Alfatlawi ◽  
J. H. Albaidhani

Heavy metal removal by electrocoagulation using iron electrodes material was investigated in this paper. Several working parameters, such as pH, current density and heavy metal ions concentration were studied in an attempt to achieve a higher removal capacity. A simple and efficient treatment process for removal of heavy metals is essentially necessary. The performance of continuous flow electrocoagulation system, with reactor consists of a ladder series of twelve electrolytic cells, each cell containing stainless steel cathode and iron anode. The treatment of synthetic solutions containing Zn 2+,Cu 2+,Ni 2+,Cr 3+,Cd 2+ and Co 2+ ,has been investigated. Results showed that iron is very effective as sacrificial electrode material for heavy metals removal efficiency and cost points. Also it was concluded that the chromium has lower efficient removal as compared to zinc, copper and nickel. At the same time cadmium and cobalt have minimum removal efficiency.


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