Equilibrium and kinetic studies of Cr (VI) removal from synthetic wastewater by Acroptilon repense flower powder

• Authors: Mohammad Taghi Ghaneian , Mohammad Hasan Ehrampoush , Asghar Mosleh Arany , Behzad Jamshidi , Mahboobeh Dehvari
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this study the removal of Cr (VI) from synthetic wastewater was investigated using Acroptilon repens (Russian Knapweed) flower powder under various conditions (pH, contact time and initial concentration of Cr). The capacity of chromium adsorption at equilibrium conditions by this biosorbent was increased by adsorbate concentration. The results also showed that the removal efficiency of Cr (VI) was increased by increasing the contact time. By increasing the initial concentration of Cr (VI) solution, chromium removal was reduced. The suitability of adsorbents and their constants was tested or evaluated with the Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherms models. The results indicated that the Freundlich and Langmuir models (R2 > 0.99) gave a better concordance to the adsorption data in comparison with the Temkin equation (R2 = 0.97). The adsorption of Cr (VI) followed the pseudo-second-order kinetics (R2 = 0.991). The study showed that Acroptilon repens flower powder can be used as an effective lignocellulosic biomaterial and biosorbent for the removal of Cr (VI) from wastewater.

Keywords

EN

Acroptilon repens; Biosorbent; Hexavalent Chromium; Adsorption kinetic and isotherm

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 40-47

Dates

published

1 - 07 - 2013

online

10 - 07 - 2013

Contributors

author

Mohammad Taghi Ghaneian

• Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

author

Mohammad Hasan Ehrampoush

• Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

author

Asghar Mosleh Arany

• Department of Environmental Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

author

Behzad Jamshidi

• Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

author

Mahboobeh Dehvari

• Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjct-2013-0022