Adsorption of basic dyes from aqueous solution onto activated carbons


Autoria(s): El-Qada, E.; Allen, Stephen; Walker, Gavin
Data(s)

01/02/2008

Resumo

The aim of this research is to compare the adsorption capacity of different types of activated carbons produced by steam activation in small laboratory scale and large industrial scale processes. Equilibrium behaviour of the activated carbons was investigated by performing batch adsorption experiments using bottle-point method. Basic dyes (methylene blue (MB), basic red (BR) and basic yellow (BY)) were used as adsorbates and the maximum adsorptive capacity was determined. Adsorption isotherm models, Langmuir, Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson were used to simulate the equilibrium data at different experimental parameters (pH and adsorbent particle size). It was found that PAC2 (activated carbon produced from New Zealand coal using steam activation) has the highest adsorptive capacity towards MB dye (588 mg/g) followed by F400 (476 mg/g) and PAC 1 (380 mg/g). BR and BY showed higher adsorptive affinity towards PAC2 and F400 than MB. Under comparable conditions, adsorption capacity of basic dyes, MB, BR and BY onto PAC 1, PAC2 and F400 increased in the order: MB <BR <BY. Redlich-Peterson model was found to describe the experimental data over the entire range of concentration under investigation. All the systems show favourable adsorption of the basic dyes with 0 <R-L <I (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/adsorption-of-basic-dyes-from-aqueous-solution-onto-activated-carbons(1c87a3f4-b058-4e2f-819d-a13b217a6e53).html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2007.02.023

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Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

El-Qada , E , Allen , S & Walker , G 2008 , ' Adsorption of basic dyes from aqueous solution onto activated carbons ' Chemical Engineering Journal , vol 135 , no. 3 , pp. 174-184 . DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.02.023

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article