화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.114, 377-390, October, 2022
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2022.07.027  Export Citation
Toxic chrome removal from industrial effluents using marine algae: Modeling and optimization
A. Nagababu†, D. Srinivasa Reddy1, and G.V. Krishna Mohan2
  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
  • 1Energy cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
  • 2Environmental Sciences, School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, Karnataka 585367, India
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Chromium is a toxic heavy metal with a high recalcitrant and carcinogenic nature even at very low concentrations. In the current investigation, systems thinking analysis is adopted to understand the deleterious effects of chromium on the environment. Hazardous chromate ions are effectively been remediated from industrial discharges by employing the robust adsorbent prepared from marine algae, Gracilaria Rhodophyta Biochar. The combined effect of physicochemical factors such as contact time, pH, biochar dosage and initial chromate concentration on adsorption performance is analyzed by adopting the statistical Response Surface Methodology. At the optimum operating conditions of pH: 2–4; GRB dosage: 0.3 g/100 mL; contact time: 90 min; initial chromate concentration: 60 mg/L and temperature: 30 ℃ ± 2, an amount of 19.6 mg/g of chromate ions are removed by the developed adsorbent. The characterization results showcased the efficiency of biochar towards the adsorption of chromate ions from wastewater. The adsorption phenomenon follows the Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-secondorder rate kinetics. The investigation of selectivity reveals that the developed adsorbent has a good selectivity for Cr(VI) even with the presence of competing ions in the same medium. The developed robust technology can be successfully applied for the adsorption of toxic chromate ions from contaminated industrial samples.
Keywords:Systems thinking analysis;Chromate adsorption;Gracilaria Rhodophyta;Response Surface Methodology;Regeneration;Applications
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