Fixed-bed adsorptive removal of metanil yellow from simulated wastewater in a fixed-bed column by nitric acid-treated-H3PO4-activated carbon (NATPAAC) from oil palm fruit mesocarpfibre

• Authors: B. O. Isiuku , C. A. Ojike , O. U. Akakuru , F. C. Ibe
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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We carried out fixed-bed column adsorption of metanil yellow from simulated wastewater on NATPAAC derived from oil palm fruit mesocarpfibre so as to determine the adsorption capacity, qe, of the carbon under the effects of inlet concentration, Co, carbon bed height, H and dye solution flow rate, Q. Our results indicate that the optimum qe was 15.982 mg/g by Co 25 mg/L, H 4.1cm and Q 8 mL/min. In the study, qe was observed to decrease with increase in Co and Q. The optimum bed height was 4.1cm. Our experimental data were modelled by applying Thomas and Yoon-Nelson kinetic models. Correlation coefficient, R2 values (generally above 0.85) show that the two kinetic approaches provide an effective model of the experimental data. We conclude that oil palm fruit mesocarpfibre has potential as a precursor for production of carbon for acid-dye removal from wastewater.

Keywords

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Adsorption capacity; activated carbon; fixed-bed column; kinetic models; metanil yellow

Discipline

• CHEMISTRY: CHEMISTRY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 17
• Pages: 157-172

Contributors

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B. O. Isiuku

• Department of Chemistry, Imo State University, P.M.B. 2000, Owerri, Nigeria

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C. A. Ojike

• Department of Chemistry, Imo State University, P.M.B. 2000, Owerri, Nigeria

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O. U. Akakuru

• Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

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F. C. Ibe

• Department of Chemistry, Imo State University, P.M.B. 2000, Owerri, Nigeria

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