• Carbon letters
• /
• 제11권3호
• /
• pp.224-234
• /
• 2010

Four activated carbons were produced by two-stage process as followings; semi-carbonization of indigenous biomass waste, i.e. cotton stalks, followed by chemical activation with KOH under various activation temperatures and chemical ratios of KOH to semi-carbonized cotton stalks (CCS). The surface area, total pore volume and average pore diameter were evaluated by $N_2$-adsorption at 77 K. The surface morphology and oxygen functional groups were determined by SEM and FTIR, respectively. Batch equilibrium and kinetic studies were carried out by using a basic dye, methylene blue as a probe molecule to evaluate the adsorption capacity and mechanism over the produced carbons. The obtained activated carbon (CCS-1K800) exhibited highly microporous structure with high surface area of 950 $m^2/g$, total pore volume of 0.423 $cm^3/g$ and average pore diameter of 17.8 ${\AA}$. The isotherm data fitted well to the Langmuir isotherm with monolayer adsorption capacity of 222 mg/g for CCS-1K800. The kinetic data obtained at different concentrations were analyzed using a pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order and intraparticle diffusion equations. The pseudo-second-order model fitted better for kinetic removal of MB dye. The results indicate that such laboratory carbons could be employed as low cost alternative to commercial carbons in wastewater treatment.

• 한국환경과학회지
• /
• 제22권9호
• /
• pp.1161-1170
• /
• 2013

The efficiency of coal-based activated carbon in removing methylene blue (MB) and phenol from aqueous solution was investigated in batch experiments. The batch adsorption kinetics were described by applying pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and first order reversible reaction. The results showed that the adsorption of MB and phenol occurs complexed process including external mass transfer and intraparticle diffusion. The maximum adsorption capacity obtained from Langmuir isotherm was 461.0 mg/g for MB and 194.6 mg/g for phenol, respectively. The values of activation parameters such as free energy (${\Delta}G^0$), enthalpy (${\Delta}H^0$), and entropy (${\Delta}S^0$) were also determined as -19.0~-14.9 kJ/mol, 25.4 kJ/mol, and 135.2 J/mol K for MB and 51.8~54.1 kJ/mol, -29.0 kJ/mol, and -76.4 kJ/mol K for phenol, respectively. The MB adsorption was found to be endothermic and spontaneous process. However, the CV adsorption was found to be exothermic and non-spontaneous process.

• KSBB Journal
• /
• 제4권2호
• /
• pp.110-117
• /
• 1989

Ca-alginate에 의하여 포괄된 고정화 Zymomonas mobilios의 담체내부에 있어서 균체자체활성을 물질이동 현상으로 규명하고자 하였다. 또한 균체활성을 장기간 유지할 수 있을때 기질의 유효확산에 다른 반응속도를 고찰하여 균일상계로의 균체량농도를 결정할 수 있는 고정화 최적화를 구하고 그 활성의 변화에 대한 경향을 비교검토하였다. 반응속도와 균체량의 관계가 이론치에 잘 일치되므로써 기질의 유효확산계수, $D_e$와 고정화균체량, $C_c$의 상관관계를 결정할 수 있었고 이로부터 고정화 균체량 250g-dry cell/ l에서 공극율 0로 될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 실험치의 결과는 Michaelis-Menten형반응의 0차와 1차사이를 만족하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
• /
• 제25권4호
• /
• pp.605-613
• /
• 2020

This study is to investigate the possibility of using activated carbon prepared from Iraqi date-pits (ADP) which are produced from palm trees (Phoenix dactylifera L.) as low-cost reactive material in the permeable reactive barrier (PRB) for treating lead (Pb⁺²) from the contaminated groundwater, and then compare the results experimentally with other common reactive materials such as commercial activated carbon (CAC), zeolite pellets (ZP). Factors influencing sorption such as contact time, initial pH of the solution, sorbent dosage, agitation speed, and initial lead concentration has been studied. Two isotherm models were used for the description of sorption data (Langmuir and Freundlich). The maximum lead sorption capacities were measured for ADP, CAC, and ZP and were found to be 24.5, 12.125, and 4.45 mg/g, respectively. The kinetic data were analyzed using various kinetic models particularly pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle diffusion. COMSOL Multiphysics 3.5a depend on finite element procedure was applied to formulate transmit of lead (Pb⁺²) in the two-dimensional numerical (2D) model under an equilibrium condition. The numerical solution shows that the contaminant plume is hindered by PRB.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
• /
• 제7권1호
• /
• pp.16-20
• /
• 2002

Parameter estimations were made for the reversed-phase adsorption of perillyl alcohol (POH), a potent anti-cancer agent, on octadecylsilyl-silica gel (ODS). The average particle diameter of ODS was about $15\;{\mu}m$, and the particles were packed in the column $(3.9\;\times\;300mm)$. The mobile phase used was a mixture of acetonitrile and water, in which the acetonitrile ranged between 50 and $70\;(v/v\;\%)$. The first absolute moment and the second central moment were determined from the chromatographic elution curves by moment analysis. Experiments were carried out using POH solutions within the linear adsorption range. The fluid-to-particle mass transfer coefficient was estimated using the Wilson-Geankoplis equation. The axial dispersion coefficient and the intra particle diffusivity were determined from the slope and intercept of a plot of H vs $1/u_0$, respectively. The contributions of each mass-transfer step were axial dispersion, fluid-to-particle mass transfer, and intraparticle diffusion.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• 제58권1호
• /
• pp.127-134
• /
• 2020

상용흡착제 실로퓨트에 의한 Taxus chinensis 유래 주요 타르 성분인 아세나프텐의 흡착 특성을 조사하였다. 초기 아세나프텐 농도, 흡착 온도 및 시간에 따른 흡착 데이터를 Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin 및 Dubinin-Radushkevich 등온흡착식에 적용한 결과, Langmuir 등온흡착식이 가장 적합하였다. 동역학적 흡착 데이터는 유사 이차 속도식에 가장 잘 따름을 알 수 있었다. 열역학적 파라미터로부터 흡착 공정이 적합하며 비자발적 발열이었다. 등량흡착열은 흡착량에 의존하지 않아 실로퓨트의 표면에너지가 균일함을 알 수 있었다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
• /
• 제24권4호
• /
• pp.608-617
• /
• 2019

The adsorption of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) onto a NaOH-activated pine wood-derived biochar was investigated via batch experiments and models. Surprisingly, the maximum adsorption capacity of activated biochar for SMX (397.29 mg/g) was superior than those of pristine biochars from various feedstock, but comparable to those of commercially available activated carbons. Elovich kinetic and Freundlich isotherm models revealed the best fitted ones for the adsorption of SMX onto the activated biochar indicating chemisorptive interaction occurred on surface of the activated biochar. In addition, the intraparticle diffusion limitation was thought to be the major barrier for the adsorption of SMX on the activated biochar. The main mechanisms for the activated biochar would include hydrophobic, π-π interactions and hydrogen bonding. This was consistent with the changes in physicochemical properties of the activated biochar (e.g., increase in sp² and surface area, but decrease in the ratios of O/C and H/C).

• 대한화학회지
• /
• 제28권3호
• /
• pp.194-202
• /
• 1984

陽이온 交換한 天然제올라이트에 依한 有機黃化合物의 液相吸着特性을 考察하였다. 平衡吸着量은 天然제올라이트의 交換한 陽이온과 吸着質인 有機黃化合物의 構造에 影響을 받고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 平衡吸着量은 메르캅탄(mercaptane), 설파이드(sulfide), 디설파이드(disulfide), 치오펜(thiopen) 順으로 減小하였으며, 치오펜 誘導體의 경우는 ${\pi}$ 電子가 많아짐에 따라 吸着能은 교환 이온의 polarizing power에 比例하였다. 吸着速度로부터 有機黃化合物의 吸着은 pore 내의 擴散이 律速段階임을 알수 있었고, 水分과 같은 작은 吸着質은 micro pore에 吸着이 일어나는 反面, 有機黃化合物은 transitional-pore에 吸着이 일어났다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
• /
• 제32권3호
• /
• pp.253-261
• /
• 2016

Xanthoceras sorbifolia seed coat (XSSC) is a processing residue of the bioenergy crop. This work aimed to evaluate the applicability of using the steam explosion to modify the residue for dye biosorption from aqueous solutions by using methylene blue as a model cationic dye. Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters for the biosorption of methylene blue on the steam-exploded XSSC (SE-XSSC) were evaluated. The kinetic data followed the pseudo-second-order model, and the rate-limiting step was the chemical adsorption. Intraparticle diffusion was one of the rate-controlling factors. The equilibrium data agreed well with the Langmuir isotherm, and the biosorption was favorable. The steam-explosion pretreatment strongly affected the biosorption in some respects. It reduced the adsorption rate constant and the initial sorption rate of the pseudo-second-order model. It enhanced the adsorption capacity of methylene blue at higher temperatures while reduced the capacity at lower ones. It changed the biosorption from an exothermic process driven by both the enthalpy and the entropy to an endothermic one driven by entropy only. It increased the surface area and decreased the pH point of zero charge of the biomass. Compared with the native XSSC, SE-XSSC is preferable to MB biosorption from warmer dye effluents.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
• /
• 제13권2호
• /
• pp.73-83
• /
• 2022

In the present study, we compared the adsorption capacity of Pb (II) from contaminated water of used cardboard (UC) and a commercial powdered activated carbon (PAC), the latter has been characterized by different techniques, namely X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), wavelength dispersion x-ray fluorescence (WDXRF), infrared spectroscopy (IR) and surface area B.E.T analyzer. The effect of various parameters, such as the pH, the contact time, the amount of adsorbent, and the temperature on the adsorption of Pb (II) on both materials was investigated. The Pb (II) adsorptions are perfectly described by a pseudo-second-order model, while the intraparticle diffusion is a decisive step after the first minutes of contact. The fit to the Langmuir and Redlich-Peterson models seems perfect for these adsorption reactions. (PAC) showed a greater affinity for Pb (II) compared to (UC) and the adsorption of Pb (II) ions is strongly pH-dependent, on the other hand, the increase in temperature doesn't have much influence on the two solids. This study showed that the capacity of (UC) to adsorb Pb (II) from an aqueous solution is greater than two-thirds of that of (PAC).