Adsorption of congo red on mesoporous activated carbon prepared by CO2 physical activation

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2020.01.016

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 1069-1076.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.01.016

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Adsorption of congo red on mesoporous activated carbon prepared by CO₂ physical activation

Mingjie Ma^1,2,3, Huijuan Ying^3,4, Fangfang Cao^2,3, Qining Wang^3,4, Ning Ai^1,2,3

1 College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China;
2 Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Fuel, Hangzhou 310014, China;
3 Biodiesel Laboratory of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, Hangzhou 310014, China;
4 National Chemical and Chemical Engineer Experiment Teaching Center, National Chemical and Chemical Engineer Simulation Experiment Teaching Center, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China

Received:2019-06-16 Revised:2020-01-06 Online:2020-07-27 Published:2020-04-28
Contact: Mingjie Ma, Huijuan Ying, Fangfang Cao, Qining Wang, Ning Ai
Supported by:
This work was financially supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LY16B060014), the Program for the Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21628601) and the Innovation and Development of Marine Economy Demonstration.

Adsorption of congo red on mesoporous activated carbon prepared by CO₂ physical activation

Mingjie Ma^1,2,3, Huijuan Ying^3,4, Fangfang Cao^2,3, Qining Wang^3,4, Ning Ai^1,2,3

1 College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China;
2 Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Fuel, Hangzhou 310014, China;
3 Biodiesel Laboratory of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation, Hangzhou 310014, China;
4 National Chemical and Chemical Engineer Experiment Teaching Center, National Chemical and Chemical Engineer Simulation Experiment Teaching Center, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China

通讯作者: Mingjie Ma, Huijuan Ying, Fangfang Cao, Qining Wang, Ning Ai
基金资助:
This work was financially supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LY16B060014), the Program for the Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21628601) and the Innovation and Development of Marine Economy Demonstration.

Abstract

Abstract: This research demonstrates the production of mesoporous activated carbon from sargassum fusiforme via physical activation with carbon dioxide. Central composite design was applied to conduct the experiments at different levels by altering three operating parameters. Activation temperature (766-934 ℃), CO₂ flow rate (0.8-2.8 L·min^-1) and activation time (5-55 min) were the variables examined in this study. The effect of parameters on the specific surface area, total pore volume and burn-out rate of activated carbon was studied, and the influential parameters of methylene blue adsorption value were identified employing analysis of variance. The optimum conditions for maximum methylene blue adsorption value were: activation temperature = 900 ℃, activation time = 29.05 min and CO₂ flow rate = 1.8 L·min^-1. The activated carbon produced under optimum conditions was characterized by BET, FTIR and SEM. The adsorption behavior on congo red was studied. The effect of parameters on the adsorbent dosage, temperature, PH and initial congo red concentration was investigated. The adsorption properties of the activated carbon were investigated by kinetics. The equilibrium removal rate and maximum adsorption capacity reaches up to 94.72%, 234 mg·g^-1, respectively when initial congo red concentration is 200 mg·L^-1 under adsorbent dosage (0.8 g·L^-1), temperature (30 ℃), PH7.

Key words: Sargassum fusiforme, Mesoporous activated carbon, Congo red, Response surface method, Kinetics

摘要： This research demonstrates the production of mesoporous activated carbon from sargassum fusiforme via physical activation with carbon dioxide. Central composite design was applied to conduct the experiments at different levels by altering three operating parameters. Activation temperature (766-934 ℃), CO₂ flow rate (0.8-2.8 L·min^-1) and activation time (5-55 min) were the variables examined in this study. The effect of parameters on the specific surface area, total pore volume and burn-out rate of activated carbon was studied, and the influential parameters of methylene blue adsorption value were identified employing analysis of variance. The optimum conditions for maximum methylene blue adsorption value were: activation temperature = 900 ℃, activation time = 29.05 min and CO₂ flow rate = 1.8 L·min^-1. The activated carbon produced under optimum conditions was characterized by BET, FTIR and SEM. The adsorption behavior on congo red was studied. The effect of parameters on the adsorbent dosage, temperature, PH and initial congo red concentration was investigated. The adsorption properties of the activated carbon were investigated by kinetics. The equilibrium removal rate and maximum adsorption capacity reaches up to 94.72%, 234 mg·g^-1, respectively when initial congo red concentration is 200 mg·L^-1 under adsorbent dosage (0.8 g·L^-1), temperature (30 ℃), PH7.

关键词: Sargassum fusiforme, Mesoporous activated carbon, Congo red, Response surface method, Kinetics

Mingjie Ma, Huijuan Ying, Fangfang Cao, Qining Wang, Ning Ai. Adsorption of congo red on mesoporous activated carbon prepared by CO₂ physical activation[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 28(4): 1069-1076.

Mingjie Ma, Huijuan Ying, Fangfang Cao, Qining Wang, Ning Ai. Adsorption of congo red on mesoporous activated carbon prepared by CO₂ physical activation[J]. 中国化学工程学报, 2020, 28(4): 1069-1076.

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