Effective and Low-Cost Adsorption Procedure for Removing Chemical Oxygen Demand from Wastewater Using Chemically Activated Carbon Derived from Rice Husk

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Wael I. Mortada¹  Raed A. Mohamed²  Amir A. Abdel Monem²  Marwa M. Awad²  Asaad F. Hassan³ 

[1]Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University

[2]Petrochemical Program, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University

[3]Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Damanhour

关键词: activated carbon;    rice husk;    adsorption;    chemical oxygen demand;   

DOI  :  10.3390/separations10010043

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Wastewater treatment by adsorption onto activated carbon is effective because it has a variety of benefits. In this work, activated carbon prepared from rice husk by chemical activation using zinc chloride was utilized to reduce chemical oxygen demand from wastewater. The as-prepared activated carbon was characterized by scanning electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and nitrogen adsorption/desorption analysis. The optimum conditions for maximum removal were achieved by studying the impact of various factors such as solution pH, sorbent dose, shaking time and temperature in batch mode. The results displayed that the optimum sorption conditions were achieved at pH of 3.0, sorbent dose of 0.1 g L−1, shaking time of 100 min and at room temperature (25 °C). Based on the effect of temperature, the adsorption process is exothermic in nature. The results also implied that the isothermal data might be exceedingly elucidated by the Langmuir model. The maximum removal of chemical oxygen demand by the activated carbon was 45.9 mg g−1. The kinetic studies showed that the adsorption process follows a pseudo-first order model. The findings suggested that activated carbon from rice husk may be used as inexpensive substitutes for commercial activated carbon in the treatment of wastewater for the removal of chemical oxygen demand.

【 授权许可】

CC BY