Journal of Environmental Health Sciences (한국환경보건학회지)

Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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Heavy Metal Removal from Drinking Water using Bipolar Surface Modified Natural Mineral Adsorbents

천연광물의 양극성 표면개질을 이용한 상수원수 중 중금속제거 특성

  • Kim, Nam-youl (Department of Convergence Engineering, Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University) ;
  • Kim, Younghee (Department of Convergence Engineering, Graduate School of Venture, Hoseo University)
  • 김남열 (호서대학교 벤처대학원 융합과학기술학과) ;
  • 김영희 (호서대학교 벤처대학원 융합과학기술학과)
  • Received : 2019.09.20
  • Accepted : 2019.10.11
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

Objectives: The most commonly detected heavy metals in rocks and soils, including Pb, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn and As, are representative pollutants discharged from abandoned mines and have been listed as potential sources of contamination in drinking water. This study focused on increasing the removal efficiency of heavy metals from drinking water resources by surface modification of natural adsorbents to reduce potential health risks. Methods: Iron oxide coating and graft polymerization with zeolites and talc was conducted for bipolar surface modification to increase the combining capacity of heavy metals for their removal from water. The removal efficiency of heavy metals was measured before and after the surface modification. Results: The removal efficiency of Pb, Cu, and Cd by surface modified zeolite showed 100, 92, and 61.5%, respectively, increases compared to 64, 64, and 38% for non-modified zeolite. This implies that bipolar surface modified natural adsorbents have a good potential use in heavy metal removal. The more interesting finding is the removal increase for As, which has both cation and anion characteristics showing 27% removal efficiency where as non-modified zeolite showed only 2% removal. Conclusions: Zeolite is one of the most widely used adsorptive materials in water treatment processes and bipolar surface modification of zeolite increases its applicability in the removal of heavy metals, especially As.

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