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- Title
REMOVAL OF PHENOL FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY MAHUA SEED ACTIVATED CARBON: KINETIC, ISOTHERM, MASS TRANSFER AND ISOSTERIC HEAT OF ADSORPTION STUDIES.
- Authors
YADAV, LALLAN SINGH; MISHRA, BIJAY KUMAR; KUMAR, ARVIND
- Abstract
Mahua (Madhuca longifolia) seed activated carbon (MSAC) has been developed as an effective adsorbent for the removal of phenol from contaminated wastewaters. The prepared MSAC was characterized for various physicochemical properties, by Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. Laboratory batch experiments were performed to investigate the effect of MSAC dosage (w), pH, contact time (t), and initial phenol concentration (co) on sorption efficiency at optimal conditions. The maximum adsorption capacity of phenol was obtained at pH 6, t = 5 h and MSAC dosage = 1.2 g/l. The kinetics data of phenol adsorption was very well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The equilibrium adsorption data were best fitted to the Langmuir isotherm. The average effective diffusion coefficient 6.4×10-13 m²/s was calculated from the experimental data. Thermodynamic studies confirmed the sorption process to be spontaneous and exothermic. The isosteric heat of adsorption of phenol was found to increase with an increase in the surface loading indicating that MSAC have more homogeneous surface.
- Subjects
PHENOL removal (Sewage purification); ACTIVATED carbon; MADHUCA; HEAT of adsorption; ATMOSPHERIC temperature; MASS transfer; CHEMICAL kinetics; AQUEOUS solutions
- Publication
Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 3, p263
- ISSN
1451-9372
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/CICEQ150327040S