• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.134-139
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• 2009

In this study, oxidation of As (III) as well as removal of total arsenic by adsorbents coated with single oxides or multi-oxides (Fe (III), Mn (IV), Al (III)) was investigated. In addition, multi-functional properties of adsorbents coated with multi-oxides were evaluated. Finally, application of activated carbon impregnated with Fe or Mn-oxides on the treatment of As (III) or As (V) was studied. As (V) adsorption results with adsorbents containing Fe and Al shows that adsorbents containing Fe show a greater removal of As (V) at pH 4 than at pH 7. In contrast adsorbents containing Al shows a favorable removal of As (V) at pH 7 than at pH 4. In case of iron sand, it has a negligible adsorption capacity for As (V) although it contains 217.9 g-Fe/kg-adsorbent, Oxidation result shows that manganese coated sand (MCS) has the greatest As (III) oxidation capacity among all metal oxides at pH 4. Oxidation efficiency of As (III) by IMCS (iron and manganese coated sand) was less than that by MCS. However the total removed amount of arsenic by IMCS was greater than that by MCS.

• 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 $25^{\circ}C$.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

Arsenic (As) is one of the elements having most harmful impact on the human health. Arsenic is a known carcinogen and arsenic contamination of drinking water is affecting on humans in many regions of the world. Adsorption has been proved most preferable technique for the removal of arsenic. Many researchers have studied various types of solid materials as arsenic adsorbent, and iron oxide and its modified forms are considered as the most effective adsorbent in terms of adsorption capacity, recovery, and economics. However, most of all iron oxides have small surface area in comparing with common adsorbents in environmental application such as activated carbon but the activated carbon has weak sorption affinity for arsenic. We have used an activated carbon as base adsorbent and iron oxide coating on the activated carbon as high affinity sorption sites and giving magnetic attraction ability. In this study, adsorption properties of arsenic and magnetic separation efficiency of the magnetized activated carbon (MAC) were evaluated with variable iron oxide content. As the iron oxide content of the MAC increased, adsorption capacity has also gradually increased up to a point where clogging by iron oxide in the pore of activated carbon compensate the increased sorption capacity. The increase of iron oxide content of the MAC also affected magnetic properties, which resulted in greater magnetic separation efficiency. Current results show that magnetically modified common adsorbent can be an efficiency improved adsorbent and a feasible environmental process if it is combined with the magnetic separation.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2006

The removal of arsenic(V) using four different natural minerals were evaluated. Parameters like contact time, pH, adsorbent dosages, and As(V) concentration were optimized. The kinetics of adsorption was observed to be fast and reached equilibrium within 2h. As(V) adsorption on studied minerals was dependent on pH and followed a pseudo-second-order reaction model. For kaolin, maximum adsorption was found at pH 5.0. Whereas, in case of other three minerals, a pH range of 6.0-7.0 was found to be the best for As(V) adsorption. The maximum adsorption capacity (Q) was calculated by fitting Langmuir equation to the adsorption isotherms obtained under a specified condition. From the slope of best fit, the Q values were calculated to be 2.07, 2.15, 1.95 and 0.86 mg As(V)/g of bauxite, wad, iron ore and kaolin, respectively. Desorption of As(V) from loaded materials was dependent on the type of leaching reagents used. Based on the results, it was found that among the studied natural minerals, wad was the best As(V) adsorbent.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2011

The equilibrium and kinetic adsorption of arsenic on six different adsorbents were investigated with one synthetic and four natural types (two surface and two ground) of water. The adsorbents tested included magnetic ion exchange resins (MIEX), hydrous ion oxide particles (HIOPs), granular ferric hydroxide (GFH), activated alumina (AA), sulfur modified iron (SMI), and iron oxide-coated microsand (IOC-M), which have different physicochemical properties (shape, charge, surface area, size, and metal content). The results showed that adsorption equilibriums were achieved within a contact period of 20 min. The optimal doses of adsorbents determined for a given equilibrium concentration of $C_{eq}=10\;{\mu}g/L$ were 500 mg/L for AA and GFH, 520-1,300 mg/L for MIEX, 1,200 mg/L for HIOPs, 2,500 mg/L for SMI, and 7,500 mg/L for IOC-M at a contact time of 60 min. At these optimal doses, the rate constants of the adsorbents were 3.9, 2.6, 2.5, 1.9, 1.8, and 1.6 1/hr for HIOPs, AA, GFH, MIEX, SMI, and IOC-M, respectively. The presence of silicate significantly reduced the arsenic removal efficiency of HIOPs, AA, and GFH, presumably due to the decrease in chemical binding affinity of arsenic in the presence of silicate. Additional experiments with natural types of water showed that, with the exception of IOC-M, the adsorbents had lower adsorption capacities in ground water than with surface and deionized water, in which the adsorption capacities decreased by approximately 60-95%.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2015

FeS, as a natural reduced iron mineral, has been recognized to be a viable reactive material for As(III) sequestration in natural and engineered systems. In this study, FeS-coated sand packed columns were tested to evaluate the As(III) removal capacities under anaerobic conditions at pH 5, 7 and 9. The column obtained As(III) removal capacity was then compared with the capacity result obtained from batch reactors. In the comparison, two different approaches were used. The first approach was used the total As(III) removal capacity which method was proved to be useful for interpreting pH 5 system. The second approach was used to consider sorption non-linearity and proved to be useful for interpreting the pH 9. The results demonstrated that a mechanistic understanding of the different removal processes at different pH conditions is important to interpret the column experimental results. At pH 5, where the precipitation of arsenic sulfide plays the major role in the removal of arsenic, the column shows a greater removal efficiency than the batch system due to the continuous dissolution of sulfide and precipitation of arsenic sulfide. At pH 9, where adsorption mainly governs the arsenic removal, the sorption nonlinearity should be considered in the estimation of the column capacity. This study highlighted the importance of understanding reaction mechanism to predict column performance using batch-obtained experimental results.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.632-636
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• 2015

This study aims to evaluate arsenic adsorption efficiencies over various metal oxides (CeO₂, TiO₂, Fe₃O₄, ZrO₂, AlOOH, SiO₂, α-Al₂O₃, and γ-Al₂O₃) and investigate the correlation between physico-chemical characteristics of metal oxides and their efficiencies. From XPS, XRD BET analysis and isotherm adsorption test, TiO₂ powder showed that the best adsorption efficiency, and it's mechanism was highly depended on the chemical adsorption.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the characteristic of the iron oxide carrier for removing arsenic contained in the groundwater. 4 types of iron oxide carrier used in the study is iron oxide coated sand carrier (IOCSC), iron oxide coated zeolite carrier (IOCZC), iron oxide plasticity carrier (IOPC) and platinum iron oxide plasticity carrier (PIOPC). The results of this study, IOPC is showed high arsenic adsorption strength and the maximum amount of adsorption than the IOCC. Based on the results of the arsenic adsorption characteristic, by using IOCC was conducted to column test. As a result, PIOPC is showed a high arsenic adsorption amount than IOPC, it was found that the time required to reach the breakthrough point is also extended. Therefore it is determined that stably compliance with water quality standards enhanced drinking water when using the PIOPC.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.589-601
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• 2010

최근 들어 지질기원에 의해 발생되는 지하수내 비소오염이 많이 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 지하수내 비소를 효과적으로 제거하거 위하여 철침착 입상활성탄(Fe-GAC)을 제조하고 이에 대한 흡착능을 평가하였다. Fe-GAC는 질산 염철 용액으로 입상활성탄에 철화합물을 침착시켜 제조하였으며, 이를 이용하여 침착반응시간에 따른 등온흡착, pH에 따른 비소 동력학 흡착반응 및 수처리시스템 예비평가를 위한 칼럼 실험을 수행하였다. 연구결과 침착반응 시간이 최소 12시간 이상에서 비소 제거에 필요한 철의 함량을 가진 Fe-GAC가 제조되었으며, 이들의 흡착능은 등온흡착실험에서도 확인되었다. 입상활성탄에 침착된 철화합물은 XRD 분석결과 대부분 질산염수산화철($Fe_4(OH)_{11}NO_3{\cdot}2H_20$)이었으나 일부 소량의 적철석($Fe_2O_3$)도 관찰되었다. 등온흡착실험은 Langmuir가 Freundlich 모델보다 더 적합하였으며, 모델링 결과 얻어진 Freundlich 분배계수($K_F$) 및 Langmuir 최대 흡착량($Q_m$)은 입상활성탄에 침착된 철 함량과 로그-로그 양의 상관관계를 보여주었다. 동력학 흡착실험 결과 pH 11을 제외한 모든 조건 (pH 4-9)에서 Fe-GAC는 비소에 대해 뛰어난 흡착능을 나타내었으며, 따라서 일반적인 지하수의 pH가 6-8 사이임을 고려하면 Fe-GAC는 비소를 흡착에 매우 효과적인 흡착제로 이용될 것이다. 동력학 모델링 결과 Fe-GAC와 비소의 흡착은 화학적 흡착(chemisorption) 과정을 나타내는 pseudo-second order 모델이 가장 적합하였다. 비소 수처리시스템에 대한 예비 평가를 위하여 칼럼실험을 수행한 결과, 지연계수 482.4이고 분배계수 581.1 L/mg으로 이는 12-24시간 침착반응에서 제조된 Fe-GAC의 Freundlich 등온흡착 모델의 분배계수(511.5-592.5 L/mg)와 유사한 값을 나타내었다. 이러한 연구결과는 향후 지하수를 활용하는 마을상수도 수처리시스템에서 Fe-GAC가 지하수의 비소를 제거하는 뛰어난 흡여재로 사용될 수 있음을 나타내는 것이다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2004

금속광산 일대의 비소오염 지중 복원기술로써 투수성 반응벽체의 흡착제로 철산화물인 적철석 피복 모래의 적용가능성을 평가했다. 이를 위해서 흡착곡선실험, 비소제거속도실험 및 컬럼내 비소 제거 실험을 통해서 철산화물 피복 모래에 의한 비소 3가와 비소 5가의 제거 효율 및 유동환경에서의 비소 제거능력에 대해 고찰하였다. 적철석 피복 모래는 1.0 mg/L 수준의 낮은 비소 농도에서 높은 흡착력을 보이는 선형 등온 흡착곡선을 보였다. 컬럼실험에서 높은 피복모래의 안은 비소제거효율을 높였으나, 비소 3가가 비소 5가보다 흡착력이 떨어지고 지하수의 유동적인 환경에서 비소의 물리적 확산 현상으로 흡착반응속도의 저하 때문에 제거양이 감소했다. 따라서, 유동적인 환경에서 피복모래의 상대적인 양, 비소화학종의 흡착력, 흡착반응속도가 제거 효율을 좌우했다.