Removal of phenol by powdered activated carbon adsorption

doi:10.1007/s11783-012-0479-7

Front Envir Sci Eng

2013, Vol. 7

Issue (2) : 158-165 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-012-0479-7

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Removal of phenol by powdered activated carbon adsorption

Yan MA¹, Naiyun GAO¹(

), Wenhai CHU¹, Cong LI²

1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; 2. Institute of Municipal Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

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Abstract

In this study, the adsorption performance of powdered activated carbon (PAC) on phenol was investigated in aqueous solutions. Batch adsorption studies were performed to evaluate the effects of various experimental parameters like PAC type, PAC dose, initial solution pH, temperature and pre-oxidation on the adsorption of phenol by PAC and establish the adsorption kinetics, thermodynamics and isothermal models. The results indicated that PAC adsorption is an effective method to remove phenol from water, and the effects of all the five factors on adsorption of phenol were significant. The adsorption rate of phenol by PAC was rapid, and more than 80% phenol could be absorbed by PAC within the initial 10 min. The adsorption process can be well described by pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetic model with rate constant amounted to 0.0313, 0.0305 and 0.0241 mg·μg ^-1·min ^-1 with coal, coconut shell and bamboo charcoal. The equilibrium data of phenol absorbed onto PAC were analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich and Tempkin adsorption isotherms and Freundlich adsorption isotherm model gave the best correlation with the experimental data. Thermodynamic parameters such as the standard Gibbs free energy (?G^o), enthalpy (?H^o) and entropy (?S^o) obtained in this study indicated that the adsorption of phenol by PAC is spontaneous, exothermic and entropy decreasing.

Keywords phenol powdered activated carbon adsorption kinetics isotherms

Corresponding Author(s): GAO Naiyun,Email:gaonaiyun@sina.com

Issue Date: 01 April 2013

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Yan MA,Naiyun GAO,Wenhai CHU, et al. Removal of phenol by powdered activated carbon adsorption[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng, 2013, 7(2): 158-165.

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Tab.1 Main performance parameters of different PAC

Fig.1 Effect of different carbon types on absorption of phenol (PAC dose=20 mg·L, initial phenol concentration=1000 μg·L, stirring speed=160 r·min, temperature=25 °C)

Fig.2 Effect of different carbon doses on absorption of phenol

Tab.2 Absorption capacity of PAC under different PAC doses

Fig.3 Effect of different initial solution pH values on absorption of phenol. (bamboo charcoal, initial phenol concentration=1000 μg·L, stirring speed=160 r·min, temperature=25 °C)

Fig.4 The effect of temperature on adsorption of phenol (bamboo charcoal, initial phenol concentration=1000 μg·L, stirring speed=160 r·min, temperature=25 °C)

Fig.5 Removal effect of phenol by PAC associated with potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate dosage=1 mg·L)

Fig.6 Intra-particle diffusion model of phenol adsorption by PAC at 25 °C (PAC dose=20 mg·L)

Tab.3 Pseudo-first-order kinetic model, the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the intra-particle diffusion model kinetic parameters for phenol adsorption by PAC at 25 °C

Tab.4 Langmuir, Freundlich and Tempkin isotherm parameters for phenol adsorption by PAC

Tab.5 Thermodynamic parameters for phenol adsorption onto PAC under different temperatures

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