• Carbon letters
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2006

A carbonaceous sorbent was prepared from rice husk via sulphuric acid treatment. After preparation and washing, the wet carbon with moisture content 85% was used in its wet status in this study due to its higher reactivity towards Cr(VI) than the dry carbon. The interaction of Cr(VI) and the carbon was studied and two processes were investigated in terms of kinetics and equilibrium namely Cr(VI) removal and chromium sorption. Cr(VI) removal and chromium sorption were studied at various initial pH (1.6-7), for initial Cr(VI) concentration (100 mg/l). At equilibrium, maximum Cr(VI) removal occurred at low initial pH (1.6-2) where, Cr(III) was the only available chromium species in solution. Cr(VI) removal, at such low pH, was related to the reduction to Cr(III). Maximum chromium sorption (60.5 mg/g) occurred at initial pH 2.8 and a rise in the final pH was recorded for all initial pH studied. For the kinetic experiments, approximate equilibrium was reached in 60-100 hr. Cr(VI) removal data, at initial pH 1.6-2.4, fit well pseudo first order model but did not fit pseudo second order model. At initial pH 2.6-7, Cr(VI) removal data did not fit, anymore, pseudo first order model, but fit well pseudo second order model instead. The change in the order of Cr(VI) removal process takes place in the pH range 2.4-2.6 under the experimental conditions. Other two models were tested for the kinetics of chromium sorption with the data fitting well pseudo second order model in the whole range of pH. An increase in cation exchange capacity, sorbent acidity and base neutralization capacity was recorded for the carbon sorbent after the interaction with acidified Cr(VI) indicating the oxidation processes on the carbon surface accompanying Cr(VI) reduction.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2001년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.26-29
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• 2001

Sorption/desorption Study was conducted to determine desorption-resistance hydrophobic organic compounds in natural soils with low organic carbon content. Sorption/desorption characteristics of chlorobenzene and phenanthrene for both PPI (Petro Processors, Inc. Superfund site) and BM (Bayou Manchac), soils were investigated. Desorption was biphasic including reversible and desorption-resistant compartments. The biphasic sorption parameters indicated the presence of appreciable size of desorption-resistant phase in these soils. A finite maximum capacity of desorption-resistant fraction (equation omitted) was observed after several desorption steps. The apparent organic carbon based Partition coefficient, K(equation omitted) was 10$^{4.92{\pm}0.27}$ for PPI soil and 10$^{4.92{\pm}0.27}$ for BM soil, respectively. The difference in K(equation omitted) was attributed to different characteristics in soil organic matter. The results suggest that desorption-resistance should be considered in remediation and risk assessments in natural soils and sediments.

• Carbon letters
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2008

Chemically activated carbons were prepared from maize cobs, using phosphoric acid of variable concentration. The textural parameters of the activated carbons were determined from the nitrogen adsorption isotherms measured at 77 K. The chemistry of the carbon surface was determined by measuring the surface pH, the pHPZC and the concentration of the carbon - oxygen groups of the acid type on the carbon surface. Kinetics of Cr(VI) sorption/reduction was investigated at 303 K. Two processes were investigated in terms of kinetics and equilibrium namely; Cr(VI) removal and chromium sorption were studied at various initial pH (1-7). Removal of Cr(VI) shows a maximum at pH 2.5. At pH<2.5, sorption decreases because of the proton competition with evolved Cr(III) for ion exchange sites. The decrease of sorption at pH>2.5 is due to proton insufficiency and to the decrease of the extent of Cr(VI) reduction. The chemistry of the surface of activated carbon is an important factor in determining its adsorption capacity from aqueous solutions particularly when the sorption process involves ion exchange.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.250-255
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• 2004

The aim of this work was to investigate the adsorption isotherm and kinetic model for the biosorption of lead $(Pb^{2+})$ by Rhodotorula aurantiaca and to examine the environmental factors for this metal removal. Within five minutes of contact, $Pb^{2+}$ sorption reached nearly 86% of the total $Pb^{2+}$ sorption. The optimum initial pH value for removal of $Pb^{2+}$ was 5.0. The percentage sorption increased steeply with the biomass concentration up to 2 g/l and thereafter remained more or less constant. The Langmuir sorption model provided a good fit throughout the concentration range. The conformity of these data to the Langmuir model indicated that biosorption of $Pb^{2+}$ by R. aurantiaca could be characterized as a monolayer, single-site type phenomenon with no interaction between ions adsorbed in neighboring sites. The maximum $Pb^{2+}$ sorption capacity $(q_{max})$ and Langmuir constant (b) were 46.08 mg/g of biomass and 0.04 l/mg, respectively. The pseudo second-order equation was well fitted to the experimental data. The correlation coefficients for the linear plots of t/q against t for the second-order equation were 0.999 for all the initial concentrations of biosorbent for contact times of 180 min. The theoretical $q_{eq}$ value was very close to the experimental $q_{eq}$ value.

• Carbon letters
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.181-187
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• 2008

Batch sorption experiments were carried out for the removal of metylene blue from its aqueous solution using $H_3PO_4$ activated Acacia arabica carbon (AAC). The prepared activated carbon was characterized and was found as an effective adsorbent material. The operating variables studied were initial metylene blue concentration, AAC concentration and solution pH. AAC activated carbon posses a maximum sorption capacity for the range of initial dye concentrations studied (60~100 mg $L^{-1}$). The sorption kinetics were analyzed using reversible first order kinetics, second order, reversible first order, pseudo-first order, and pseudo-second order model. The sorption data tend to fit very well in pseudo-second order model for the entire sorption time. The average pseudo-second order rate constant, $K_{II}$ and regression coefficient value were determined to be 0.0174 mg $g^{-1}$ $min^{-1}$ and 0.9977. The biosorption process also fit well to reversible I order kinetics with a regression coefficient of 0.9878.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.96-98
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• 2002

Furnace slag, a steel industry waste, has been converted into an inexpensive and efficient adsorbent. The product obtained has been utilized for the removal of arsenic from ground water. Kinetic studies have bepn described with the mechanism of adsorption The results from batch studies showed that the As(III) can be removed from the ground water within the pH range 3-7 However the maximum removal was experienced at pH 7.0. Equilibrium was attained within 24 hours. Adsorption data of arsenic correlate well with the Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption models. The maximum sorption capacity as calculated using Freundlich adsorption isotherm was found to be of 0.004 mg g-1 at pH 7 and $25^{\circ}C$.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.986-993
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 열처리한 활성알루미나의 불소흡착특성을 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 평형 및 동적 흡착실험을 수행하였고, 용액 pH의 영향과 음이온의 존재에 따른 흡착 특성을 살펴보았다. 또한, 열처리한 활성알루미나의 여재특성을 분석하기 위하여, 전계방출주사현미경(field-emission scanning electron microscope), energy-dispersive spectrometry, X선 회절(X-ray Diffractometer, XRD)분석, 그리고 Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) 비표면적 분석을 수행하였다. 다양한 온도(100, 300, 500, $700^{\circ}C$) 에서 열처리한 활성알루미나의 흡착능을 비교한 결과, 높은 불소 농도(50, 100, 200 mg/L)에서 열처리 온도가 높아짐에 따라서 활성알루미나의 흡착량이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 불소 초기농도 200 mg/L에서는 $700^{\circ}C$에서 고온처리한 활성알루미나(AA700)의 흡착량이 열처리하지 않은 활성알루미나(UAA)보다 3.67배 큰 것으로 나타났다. AA700과 UAA의 BET분석 결과, UAA의 단위질량당 비표면적이 AA700의 비표면적보다 약 2배 큼을 알 수 있었다. XRD 분석결과에 의하면, AA700의 결정구조는 Al2O3인 반면, UAA는 boehmite (AlOOH)와 bayerite ($Al(OH)_3$)가 혼합된 형태로 구성되어 있었다. 열처리에 의하여 비표면적이 감소하였음에도 불구하고, AA700의 불소 흡착능이 UAA에 비하여 증가한 이유는 결정구조의 변화 때문으로 판단된다. AA700의 동역학적 흡착실험결과, 불소의 흡착은 24 h 경과 후에 평형에 도달하였다. 또한, 평형 흡착실험결과에 의하면, 여재 당 불소의 최대 흡착량은 5.70 mg/g으로 나타났다. 용액 pH의 영향을 분석한 결과, pH 7에서 불소 흡착이 가장 높았으며, 산성과 알칼리성에서는 불소 흡착이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 음이온의 영향을 분석한 결과, 인산염, 질산염, 중탄산염은 불소 흡착을 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에 의하면, 상용화된 활성알루미나를 이용하여 불소를 제거할 경우, 고온처리를 통하여 활성알루미나의 흡착능을 증가시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2016

Magnetic nano-based sorbents have been synthesized for the recovery of two rare earth elements (REE: Nd(III) and Yb(III)). The magnetic nano-based particles are synthesized by a one-pot hydrothermal procedure involving co-precipitation under thermal conditions of Fe(III) and Fe(II) salts in the presence of chitosan. The composite magnetic/chitosan material is crosslinked with epichlorohydrin and modified by grafting alanine and serine amine-acids. These materials are tested for the binding of Nd(III) (light REE) and Yb(III) (heavy REE) through the study of pH effect, sorption isotherms, uptake kinetics, metal desorption and sorbent recycling. Sorption isotherms are well fitted by the Langmuir equation: the maximum sorption capacities range between 9 and 18 mg REE $g^{-1}$ (at pH 5). The sorption mechanism is endothermic (positive value of ${\Delta}H^{\circ}$) and contributes to increase the randomness of the system (positive value of ${\Delta}S^{\circ}$). The fast uptake kinetics can be described by the pseudo-second order rate equation: the equilibrium is reached within 4 hours of contact. The sub-micron size of sorbent particles strongly reduces the contribution of resistance to intraparticle diffusion in the control of uptake kinetics. Metal desorption using acidified thiourea solutions allows maintaining sorption efficiency for at least four successive cycles with limited loss in sorption capacity.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2001

The amount of petroleum consumption has been Increased according to the industrialization and It leads to the increase of the possibility of marine oil pollution. In Korea, some countermeasures including oil skimmer, gelling agent and herding agent of oil have been used for the remediation of the pollution. However, most of them have lets of shortcomings in the application under in-situ condition, because they are sensitive to the situation such as geographical feature, the wind and the tide. In reported literature, the natural powdered oil absorbent which is made of peat moss is an effective mean to clean spilled oil from lake or coast. However, the peat moss is a natural resource which is only Produced from a specific cold weather are like Canada. This indicates that the alternative materials which is readily obtained from everywhere are needed for powdered oil absorbent. Therefore. in the study, same natural materials including pine leaves and straw are tested as the alternative materials for the absorbent. The raw materials were dried and treated by heat at various temperature during several Periods and then. shattered by a grain cracking machine. The oil sorption capacity of the prepared materials was compared according to the methods of heat treatment and their sizes. The proportion of hydrogen cyanide to combustion of the absorbents was measured to confirm their final disposal methods. The biodegradability test of the absorbents was carried our to evaluate possibility of a side pollution in the coast. In was found that the heat treatment of pine leaves enhanced the capacity of oil sorption and decreased the water sorption. The maximum oil sorption was observed for the material treated at 18$0^{\circ}C$for 60 min. The amount of hydrogen cyanide from the combustion were 0.09ml/g, 0.07ml/g for pine leaves and straw respectively meaning that the final disposal by combustion might be feasible. The amount or organic carbon extracted from pine leaves during 7 days was up to 0.015g organic carbon from one gram of pine leaves. but the degradation was as fast as for glucose. It is concluded that the pine leaves can be served as a good raw material for the powdered oil absorbent like peat moss.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 국내 해안지역에 존재하는 카드뮴을 산업 폐기물인 제강슬래그를 이용하여 제거하고자, 제강슬래그의 카드뮴 제거 성능을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 회분식 실험으로 등온흡착 실험과 동적흡착 실험을 수행하였다. 등온 흡착 실험을 통해 제강슬래그의 카드뮴 제거는 Langmuir 모델이 Freundlich에 비해 잘 맞음을 확인하였고 최대 흡착량(${\beta}$)을 계산할 수 있었다. 동적흡착 실험결과의 경우, 유사이차 모델을 이용해 해석하였고 카드뮴의 초기농도가 높을수록 평형 흡착량 ($q_e$)은 증가하였고 반응상수 ($k_2$)와 초기반응속도 (h)는 줄어들었다. 모사해수 조건에서 $q_e$는 증류수 조건과 큰 차이가 없었지만 $k_2$와 h는 증류수에 비해 줄어들었다. 또한, 유사이차 모델을 통해 예측된 $q_e$이 등온흡착 실험에서 구한 평형 흡착량 ($C_s$)과 유사해 동적흡착 실험결과로 등온흡착 실험결과를 예측하는 것이 가능함을 확인하였으며 유사이차 모델을 이용해 목표 제거율에 도달하는 반응시간을 계산할 수 있었다.