کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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146656 | 456375 | 2015 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Pinewood biochar was used to remove two pharmaceutical compounds.
• Both carboxylic acid adsorbates have pH-dependent equilibria between their acid and carboxylate anion forms.
• Adsorption was not limited to the small surface area.
• Sorption followed pseudo-second order kinetics with regression of coefficients of 0.98 or greater.
Pine wood biochar, prepared at 698 K with a residence time of 20–30 s in an auger-fed reactor, was used as a 3-dimensional adsorbent to remove salicylic acid and ibuprofen from aqueous solutions. This biochar was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, surface area determination, and zero point charge measurements. Batch sorption studies were carried out at pH values from 2 to 10, adsorbate concentrations from 25 to 100 mg/L and temperatures from 298 to 318 K. The adsorption of both adsorbates was highest at low pH values, dropped as pH increased and then exhibited a second increase related to the pKa of these carboxylic acid adsorbates. This was followed by a further drop at high pH. Conjugate acid/base equilibria of the adsorbates and the phenolic hydroxyl and carboxylic acid biochar sites versus pH dominated the mechanism. Sorption followed pseudo-second order kinetics. Sorption was evaluated from 298 to 318 K using the Freundlich, Langmuir, Redlich–Peterson, Toth, Sips, and Radke–Prausnitz adsorption isotherm models. Langmuir adsorption capacities for both salicylic acid and ibuprofen were 22.70 and 10.74 mg/g, respectively. This low surface area pinewood biochar (1.35 m2/g) can adsorb far more adsorbate compared to commercial activated carbons per unit of measured surface area. Methanol stripping achieved 93% and 88% desorption of salicylic acid and ibuprofen, respectively, from the spent biochar, and 76% and 72% of the initial salicylic acid and ibuprofen adsorption capacity, respectively, remained after four full capacity equilibrium recycles.
Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal - Volume 265, 1 April 2015, Pages 219–227