Development of a New Method to Estimate the Water Purification Efficiency of Bulk-Supported Nanosorbents under Realistic Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication of MOR−1@Cotton Fabric
2.3. Characterization of the Sorbent
2.4. Experimental Procedure for Oxyanion Uptake Studies
3. Results
3.1. Characterization of MOR−1@Cotton Fabric
3.2. Principles of Passive Sampling for Modeling Contaminants’ Uptake by a Sorbent
3.3. Repurposing Passive Sampling (Diffusion) Modeling to Water Remediation
3.4. Method Demonstration
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Mixing Speed (rpm) a | Mass Sorbed (μg) b | Mass Sorbed per Mass of Sorbent (mg/g) | Mass Sorbed per Surface Area (mg/m) | Sampling Rate (L/d) | Sampling Rate per Surface Area (L/d × m2) | Linear Uptake Time (d) |
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As(V) | |||||||
River water | 50 | 349 | 16.6 | 278 | 0.306 | 244 | 6 |
150 | 412 | 19.6 | 328 | 0.286 | 228 | 7 | |
Lake water | 50 | 301 | 14.3 | 240 | 0.138 | 110 | 10 |
150 | 287 | 13.7 | 228 | 0.110 | 88 | 8 | |
Se(IV) | |||||||
River water | 50 | 537 | 25.6 | 427 | 0.296 | 236 | 7 |
150 | 415 | 19.8 | 330 | 0.324 | 258 | 6 | |
Lake water | 50 | 264 | 12.6 | 210 | 0.110 | 88 | 10 |
150 | 760 | 36.2 | 605 | 0.323 | 257 | 10 |
Sorbent | Sorption Capacity (mg/m2) | Reference | |
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As(V) a | Se(IV) a | ||
Zirconium oxide gel | 27 (477) | 27 (240) | [33] |
Precipitated Zr-oxide | 2.7 (426) | − (191) | [34] |
Slurry ferrihydrite | >3.1 (100) | − (70) | [35,36] |
Precipitated ferrihydrite | >3.7 (277) | − (118) | [35] |
TiO2 powder | >3.0 (261) | − | [36] |
MOR−1@cotton fabric | 228–328 (−) b | 210–605 (−) | This work |
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Moisiadis, E.; Pournara, A.D.; Manos, M.J.; Giokas, D.L. Development of a New Method to Estimate the Water Purification Efficiency of Bulk-Supported Nanosorbents under Realistic Conditions. Separations 2023, 10, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020140
Moisiadis E, Pournara AD, Manos MJ, Giokas DL. Development of a New Method to Estimate the Water Purification Efficiency of Bulk-Supported Nanosorbents under Realistic Conditions. Separations. 2023; 10(2):140. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020140
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoisiadis, Elias, Anastasia D. Pournara, Manolis J. Manos, and Dimosthenis L. Giokas. 2023. "Development of a New Method to Estimate the Water Purification Efficiency of Bulk-Supported Nanosorbents under Realistic Conditions" Separations 10, no. 2: 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020140