SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 614-622.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2017.08.017

• Energy, Resources and Environmental Technology • 上一篇    下一篇

Adsorptive potential of Acacia nilotica based adsorbent for chromium(VI) from an aqueous phase

Raza Khalid1, Zaheer Aslam1, Aamir Abbas1, Waqar Ahmad2, Naveed Ramzan1, Reyad Shawabkeh2   

  1. 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, 54890, Pakistan;
    2 Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
  • 收稿日期:2017-05-02 修回日期:2017-08-22 出版日期:2018-03-28 发布日期:2018-04-18
  • 通讯作者: Zaheer Aslam

Adsorptive potential of Acacia nilotica based adsorbent for chromium(VI) from an aqueous phase

Raza Khalid1, Zaheer Aslam1, Aamir Abbas1, Waqar Ahmad2, Naveed Ramzan1, Reyad Shawabkeh2   

  1. 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, 54890, Pakistan;
    2 Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
  • Received:2017-05-02 Revised:2017-08-22 Online:2018-03-28 Published:2018-04-18
  • Contact: Zaheer Aslam

摘要: The objective of this research was to enhance adsorption capacity of Acacia nilotica (keekar) sawdust for the abatement of chromium bearing wastewater and to investigate the effect of process parameters on adsorption capacity. The sawdust was activated by acid wash and functionalized subsequently with formaldehyde. Functionalization of activated sawdust raised its chromium removal efficiency of almost 10% as compared to its adsorption removal efficiency of HCl treated sawdust in a batch adsorption study. Adsorption kinetic data provided better fitting with pseudo second order model. Maximum adsorption capacity calculated through the best fitting Langmuir model was 6.34 mg·g-1 and 8.2 mg·g-1 for HCl treated and formaldehyde functionalized sawdust adsorbents, respectively. The adsorption of Cr(VI) was endothermic when studied by varying temperature from 20℃ to 50℃ for both activated and functionalized adsorbents.

关键词: Acacia nilotica, Chromium, Adsorption, Kinetics, Isotherms, Thermodynamics

Abstract: The objective of this research was to enhance adsorption capacity of Acacia nilotica (keekar) sawdust for the abatement of chromium bearing wastewater and to investigate the effect of process parameters on adsorption capacity. The sawdust was activated by acid wash and functionalized subsequently with formaldehyde. Functionalization of activated sawdust raised its chromium removal efficiency of almost 10% as compared to its adsorption removal efficiency of HCl treated sawdust in a batch adsorption study. Adsorption kinetic data provided better fitting with pseudo second order model. Maximum adsorption capacity calculated through the best fitting Langmuir model was 6.34 mg·g-1 and 8.2 mg·g-1 for HCl treated and formaldehyde functionalized sawdust adsorbents, respectively. The adsorption of Cr(VI) was endothermic when studied by varying temperature from 20℃ to 50℃ for both activated and functionalized adsorbents.

Key words: Acacia nilotica, Chromium, Adsorption, Kinetics, Isotherms, Thermodynamics