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Biosorption of Cr(III) from aqueous solution
by freeze-dried activated sludge: Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic
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Qian YAO,Hua ZHANG,Jun WU,Liming SHAO,Pinjing HE, |
State Key Laboratory
of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, College of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; |
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Abstract Batch biosorption experiments were conducted to remove Cr(III) from aqueous solutions using activated sludge from a sewage treatment plant. An investigation was conducted on the effects of the initial pH, contact time, temperature, and initial Cr(III) concentration in the biosorption process. The results revealed that the activated sludge exhibited the highest Cr(III) uptake capacity (120 mg·g−1) at 45°C, initial pH of 4, and initial Cr(III) concentration of 100 mg·L−1. The biosorption results obtained at various temperatures showed that the biosorption pattern accurately followed the Langmuir model. The calculated thermodynamic parameters, ΔGo (−0.8– −4.58 kJ·mol−1), ΔHo (15.6–44.4 kJ·mol−1), and ΔSo (0.06–0.15 kJ·mol−1·K−1) clearly indicated that the biosorption process was feasible, spontaneous, endothermic, and physical. The pseudo first-order and second-order kinetic models were adopted to describe the experimental data, which revealed that the Cr(III) biosorption process conformed to the second-order rate expression and the biosorption rate constants decreased with increasing Cr(III) concentration. The analysis of the values of biosorption activation energy (Ea = −7 kJ·mol−1) and the intra-particle diffusion model demonstrated that Cr(III) biosorption was film-diffusion-controlled.
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Keywords
activated sludge
biosorption
chromium
film diffusion
kinetics
thermodynamics
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Issue Date: 05 September 2010
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