Magnetic Steel Slag Biochar for Ammonium Nitrogen Removal from Aqueous Solution
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Biochar
2.3. Physicochemical Property Analysis of Slag Biochar Complex
2.4. Batch Adsorption Experiments
2.5. NH4-N Adsorption Kinetics and Isotherms
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Physicochemical Properties of MSSB
3.2. NH4-N Adsorption by MSSB in Aqueous Solution
3.3. Kinetics and Isotherms of MSSB
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Metal Oxides | Composition (%) |
---|---|
Fe2O3 | 34.50 |
CaO | 35.00 |
SiO2 | 15.80 |
Al2O3 | 2.90 |
MnO | 2.53 |
MgO | 5.10 |
Cr2O3 | 0.20 |
P2O5 | 2.10 |
Others | 1.87 |
Material | PB | MSSB |
---|---|---|
C (%) | 75.9 | 32.7 |
H (%) | 3.1 | 2.25 |
N (%) | 0.61 | 0.51 |
pH | 8.08 | 9.89 |
BET surface area [m2/g] | 18.21–19.13 | 11.46–11.96 |
BJH adsorption/desorption area [m2/g] | 18.80–21.42 /19.11–25.68 | 11.84–15.66 /12.28–21.97 |
BJH adsorption/desorption pore size [nm] | 4.25–4.31 /4.03–4.61 | 3.94–3.97 /3.82–4.56 |
Base Materials | Additional Components | Saturation Magnetic Moment [emu/g] | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Rice hull | Fe(C5H7O2)3 | 11.6–14.3 | [20] |
Red cedar (Thuja plicata) | FeCl3∙6H2O/FeSO4∙7H2O | 10–25 | [33] |
Spent coffee ground | FeCl3 | 3.89–8.08 | [34] |
Long-thorn kiawe (Prosopis juliflora) | Ni(NO3)2 | 0.087 | [35] |
Pine tree sawdust | BOF slag | 2.3 | This study |
Initial Conc. [mg/L] | qe, exp [mg/g] | Pseudo-First Order | Pseudo-Second Order | ||||
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qe, cal [mg/g] | k1 [mg/g] | r2 | qe, cal [mg/g] | k2 [g/mg·min] | r2 | ||
1.000 | 1.000 | 0.956 | 0.008 | 0.963 | 1.177 | 0.009 | 0.999 |
2.000 | 2.000 | 1.800 | 0.004 | 0.958 | 2.276 | 0.003 | 0.999 |
3.000 | 2.510 | 2.228 | 0.004 | 0.955 | 3.299 | 0.002 | 0.950 |
4.000 | 2.680 | 2.113 | 0.004 | 0.983 | 3.006 | 0.003 | 0.965 |
5.000 | 2.720 | 1.991 | 0.004 | 0.958 | 2.898 | 0.004 | 0.983 |
Langmuir | Freundlich | Temkin | |||
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KL [L/mg] | 0.384 | Kf [mg/g] | 1.287 | Ar [L/g] | 2.749 |
qmax [mg/g] | 4.366 | n | 1.949 | B [J/mol] | 2047.934 |
r2 | 0.977 | r2 | 0.954 | r2 | 0.981 |
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Kim, G.; Kim, Y.M.; Kim, S.M.; Cho, H.U.; Park, J.M. Magnetic Steel Slag Biochar for Ammonium Nitrogen Removal from Aqueous Solution. Energies 2021, 14, 2682. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092682
Kim G, Kim YM, Kim SM, Cho HU, Park JM. Magnetic Steel Slag Biochar for Ammonium Nitrogen Removal from Aqueous Solution. Energies. 2021; 14(9):2682. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092682
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Gyuhyeon, Young Mo Kim, Su Min Kim, Hyun Uk Cho, and Jong Moon Park. 2021. "Magnetic Steel Slag Biochar for Ammonium Nitrogen Removal from Aqueous Solution" Energies 14, no. 9: 2682. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092682