Study on the Application of Shell-Activated Carbon for the Adsorption of Dyes and Antibiotics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Experimental Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Fruit Shell Activated Carbon
3.2. Adsorption of Fruit Shell-Activated Carbon
3.3. Effect of Single Factors on Adsorption Capacity
3.3.1. Effect of pH
3.3.2. Effect of SAC Dosing
3.3.3. Effect of Initial Concentration
3.3.4. Effect of Coexisting Ions
3.4. Regeneration of Adsorbent
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Solution (Chemistry) | Langmuir Isotherm | Freundlich Isotherm | ||||
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Qm (mg/g) | KL (L/mg) | R2 | KF (mg/g)1/n | N | R2 | |
MB | 204.08 | 2.88 | 0.995 | 161.73 | 10.15 | 0.922 |
OFL | 96.15 | 4.52 | 0.999 | 84.28 | 22.78 | 0.983 |
Solution (Chemistry) | ∆G (kJ/mol) | ∆H (J/mol K) | ∆S (kJ/mol) | ||
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298 K | 308 K | 318 K | |||
MB | −220.031 | –250.898 | –274.001 | –151.415 | 2.770 |
OFL | –313.624 | –152.631 | –24.408 | –680.027 | –14.765 |
Number of Regenerations | MB | OFL | ||||
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Qe (mg/g) | Removal Efficiency (%) | Recovery Efficiency (%) | Qe (mg/g) | Removal Efficiency (%) | Recovery Efficiency (%) | |
0 | 190.79 | 99.9 | / | 82.88 | 97.6 | / |
1 | 134.21 | 70.3 | 73.0 | 75.03 | 88.3 | 84.0 |
2 | 131.67 | 68.9 | 62.6 | 18.84 | 22.2 | 80.0 |
3 | 117.67 | 51.1 | 43.8 | 11.58 | 13.6 | 70.0 |
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Wang, J.; Wang, R.; Ma, J.; Sun, Y. Study on the Application of Shell-Activated Carbon for the Adsorption of Dyes and Antibiotics. Water 2022, 14, 3752. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14223752
Wang J, Wang R, Ma J, Sun Y. Study on the Application of Shell-Activated Carbon for the Adsorption of Dyes and Antibiotics. Water. 2022; 14(22):3752. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14223752
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Jinlong, Rui Wang, Jingqian Ma, and Yongjun Sun. 2022. "Study on the Application of Shell-Activated Carbon for the Adsorption of Dyes and Antibiotics" Water 14, no. 22: 3752. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14223752