Investigation of Kinetics and Isotherms of Boron Adsorption of Water Samples by Natural Clinoptilolite and Clinoptilolite Modified with Sulfuric Acid

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Young Researchers and Elites Club, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, I.R. IRAN

2 Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA

3 Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, I.R. IRAN

Abstract

One of the major concerns of industrial toxic heavy metals such as boron in wastewater petrochemical industry. In this study, a comparison between natural and modified clinoptilolite with sulfuric acid as a low-cost adsorbent to remove boron from aqueous solutions has been made. The results show that the modified clinoptilolite more willing to absorb boron compared to the unmodified clinoptilolite. In addition, parameters such as initial concentration of boron, sorbent particle size, pH, adsorbent dosage and direct contact with the absorber and the absorption solution containing boron contaminants effectively. The optimum amount of boron absorbed by the modified clinoptilolite at pH=8 was obtained. The balance between absorbent and adsorbent contact time of 240 minutes and 480 g/L of the adsorbent optimal amount of clinoptilolite modified to obtain maximum absorption efficiency was appropriate. Removal of boron by clinoptilolite modified in optimal conditions %92/35. So Clinoptilolite modified with sulfuric acid has a high potential for use in industrial wastewater treatment plants. Also included Langmuir isotherm between the three models, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich boron model Freundlich adsorption on clinoptilolite modified sorbent well described. Boron adsorption kinetics models on absorbent natural clinoptilolite and clinoptilolite modified based on kinetic models Lagergren and Ho and colleagues and particle diffusion model was investigated and that the pseudo-second model more consistent with the experimental data and as a kinetic model of this process was introduced.

Keywords

Main Subjects


[1] Maleki A., Zarasvand M.A., Heavy Metals in Selected Edible Vegetables and Estimation of their Daily Intake in Sanandaj, Iran., Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 39: 335-340 (2008).
[2] احمدی اسبچین، سلمان؛ پوربابایی، احمدعلی؛ آندره، ایو، بررسی فرایند جذب زیستی همزمان دو فلز روی / نیکل به وسیله جلبک قهوه ای فوکوس سراتوس، نشریه شیمی و مهندسی شیمی ایران، 32 (1): 85 تا 92 (1392)
[3] Quintelas C., Fernandes B., Castro J., Figueiredo H., Tavares T., Biosorption of Cr(VI) by a Bacillus Coagulans Biofilm Supported on Granular Activated Carbon (GAC), Chemical Engineering Journal, 136: 195–203 (2008).
[4] Lameiras S., Quintelas C., Tavares T., Biosorption of Cr (VI) Using a Bacterial Biofilm Supported on Granular Activated Carbon and on Zeolite, Bioresource Technology, 99:801–806 (2008).
[5] Sherman E., Weston G.J., “Chemistry of the Non-Metallic Elements”, Pergamon Press, New York (1966).
[6] Lide D.R., “Handbook of Chemistry and Physics” 81st ed., CRC press (2004).
[7] Pfaender H.G., “Schott Guide to Glass”, Springer. p. 122. (1996).
[8] بیگم مختاری حسینی، زهرا؛ شنوائی زارع، تکتم؛ کمالی فر، یونس، حذف کربن دی اکسید از گاز دودکش کارخانه سیمان توسط کلینوپتیلولیت طبیعی منطقه سبزوار، نشریه شیمی و مهندسی شیمی ایران، (2)34: 63 تا 72 (1394)
[9] اصیلیان، حسن؛ خوانین، علی؛ حمود، ایمن، نمونه برداری بنزن از هوا توسط زئولیت طبیعی و اصلاح شده ایرانی (با هدف جایگزینی به جای کربن فعال)، نشریه شیمی و مهندسی شیمی ایران، (3)29: 147 تا 156 (1389).
[10] ملکی، افشین، بررسی توانایی زئولیت اصلاح شده با اسید برای جذب کادمیوم در محیط آبی، مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مازندران، (86) 21: 75 تا 84 (1390)
[11] Shamsul I., Mohd H.S.I., Lee Y.C., Removal of Boron and Arsenic from Petrochemical Wastewater Using Zeolite as Adsorbent, From Sources to Solution, 79: 439-443 (2014)
[12] Li Z., Willms A.C., Kniola K., Removal of Anionic Contaminants Using Surfactant-Modified Palygorskite and Sepiolite, Clays Clay Miner, 5: 445-451 (2003)
[13] Bowman R.S., Sulivan E.J., Li Z., Uptake of Cations, Anions and Nonpolar Organic Molecules by Surfactant Modified Clinoptilolite- Rich Tuff In: Colella C, Mumpton FA, Editors. "Natural Zeolite for the Third Millennium", Naples, Italy: De Frede Editore,p. 287-297 (2000).
[14] Panuccio M.R., Sorgona A., Rizzo M., Cacco G., Cadmium Adsorption on Vermiculite, Zeolite and Pumice: Batch Experimental Studies, J Environ Manage, 90(1): 364-374 (2009)
[15] Panneerselvam P., Thinakaran N., Thiruvenkataravi K.V., Palanichamy M., Sivanesan S., Phosphoric Acid Modified-Y Zeolites: A Novel, Efficient and Versatile Ion Exchanger, J Hazard Mater, 159(2-3): 427-434 (2008)
[16] Vasylechko V.O., Gryshchouk G.V., Kuzma Y.B., Zakordonskiy V.P., Vasylechko L.O., Lebedynets L.O., Kalytovs’ka M.B., Adsorption of Cadmium on Acid Modified Transcarpathian Clinoptilolite, Micropor Mesopor Mat, 60 (1-3): 1-302 (2003)
[17] Budinova, T.k., Petrov N.V., Minkova V.N., Gergova K.M., Removal of Metal Ions from Aqouse Solution by Activated Carbon Obtain from Different Raw Materiais, Tech Biotechnology, 60: 177-182 (1994)
[18] Dang V.B.H., Doan H.D., Dang-Vu T., Lohi A., Equilibrium and Kinetics of Biosorption of Cadmium(II) and Copper(II) Ions by Wheat Straw, Bioresource Technology, 100: 211-219 (2009).
[19] Nadavala S.K., Swayampakula K., Boddu V.M., Abburi K., Biosorption of Phenol and o-Chlorophenol from Aqueous Solutions on to Chitosan-Calcium Alginate Blended Beads, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 162: 482-489 (2009)
[20] گلبابایی، فریده؛ قهری، اصغر؛ صعودی، محمدرضا؛ رحیمی فروشانی، عباس؛ تیرگر، آرام، مطالعه های تعادل و سینتیک جذب زیستی کروم شش ظرفیتی از محلول های آبی با استفاده از دانه های پلیمر زانتان B82، نشریه شیمی و مهندسی شیمی ایران، (2)30: 11 تا 24 (1390)
[21] Alzaydien A.S., Manasreh W., Equilibrium, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies on the Adsorption of Phenol Onto Activated Phosphate Rock, International Journal of Physical Sciences, 4: 172-181 (2009)
[22] Panuccio M.R., Sorgona A., Rizzo M., Cacco G., Cadmium Adsorption on Vermiculite, Zeolite and Pumice: Batch Experimental Studies, Journal of Environmental Management, 90: 364-374 (2009).
[23] Wan Ngah W.S., Hanafiah M., Adsorption of Copper on Rubber (Hevea Brasiliensis) Leaf Powder: Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 39: 521-530 (2008)
[24] Quintelas C., Fonseca B., Silva B., Figueiredo H., Tavares T., Treatment of Chromium(VI) Solutions in a Pilot-Scale Bioreactor Through a Biofilm of Arthrobacter Viscosus Supported on GAC, Bioresource Technology, 100: 220–226 (2009)
[25] Akhtar K., Akhtar M.W., Khalid A.M., Removal and Recovery of Uranium from Aqueous Solutions by Trichoderma Harzianum, Water Research, 41: 1366-1378 (2007)
[26] Hii S.L., Yong S.Y., Wong C.L., Removal of rhodamine B from Aqueous Solution by Sorption on Turbinaria Conoides (Phaeophyta), Journal of Applied Phycology, 21: 625-31 (2009)