Sorptive removal of salicylic acid and ibuprofen from aqueous solutions using pine wood fast pyrolysis biochar
Sorptive removal of salicylic acid and ibuprofen from aqueous solutions using pine wood fast pyrolysis biochar
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cej.2014.12.006
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发表时间:
2015-04-01
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15.1
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Mlsna, Todd
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作者:
Essandoh, Matthew;Kunwar, Bidhya;Mlsna, Todd
Pine wood biochar, prepared at 698 K with a residence time of 20-30 s in an auger-fed reactor, was used as a 3-dimensional adsorbent to remove salicylic acid and ibuprofen from aqueous solutions. This biochar was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, surface area determination, and zero point charge measurements. Batch sorption studies were carried out at pH values from 2 to 10, adsorbate concentrations from 25 to 100 mg/L and temperatures from 298 to 318 K. The adsorption of both adsorbates was highest at low pH values, dropped as pH increased and then exhibited a second increase related to the pKa of these carboxylic acid adsorbates. This was followed by a further drop at high pH. Conjugate acid/base equilibria of the adsorbates and the phenolic hydroxyl and carboxylic acid biochar sites versus pH dominated the mechanism. Sorption followed pseudo-second order kinetics. Sorption was evaluated from 298 to 318 K using the Freundlich, Langmuir, Redlich-Peterson, Toth, Sips, and Radke-Prausnitz adsorption isotherm models. Langmuir adsorption capacities for both salicylic acid and ibuprofen were 22.70 and 10.74 mg/g, respectively. This low surface area pinewood biochar (1.35 m(2)/g) can adsorb far more adsorbate compared to commercial activated carbons per unit of measured surface area. Methanol stripping achieved 93% and 88% desorption of salicylic acid and ibuprofen, respectively, from the spent biochar, and 76% and 72% of the initial salicylic acid and ibuprofen adsorption capacity, respectively, remained after four full capacity equilibrium recycles. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.