화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.40, No.1, 255-266, January, 2023
DOI10.1007/s11814-022-1251-8  Export Citation
Modification of activated carbon from agricultural waste lotus leaf and its adsorption mechanism of beryllium
Xu Zhao1, Yucheng Su2, Hongqiang Wang2, Zhiwu Lei2, 3, Eming Hu2, Fang Hu2, Qingliang Wang2, †, Lechang Xu4, †, Shiyao Fan2, Xinwei Liu2, and Xuanzhang Hao2
  • 1School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, China
  • 2School of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, (East China University of Technology), Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China
  • 4Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, CNNC. Tongzhou District, 101149, Beijing, China
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With the wide application of beryllium globally, industrial wastewater has rapidly increased. Previously, adsorption was effective in treating this issue. However, most adsorbents have a poor removal rate, primarily in the low adsorption capacity. To remove Be from industrial wastewater and overcome the disadvantages of low adsorption capacity and poor removal rate of existing adsorbents, typical agricultural waste lotus leaf was used to prepare Al-activated carbon (Al-AC) by the impregnation-calcination modification of Al(NO3)3. The theoretical maximum adsorption capacity of Al-AC was 32.86mg/g. Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin models were used to thermodynamically analyze Al-AC, and adsorption thermodynamics demonstrated that the adsorption reaction of Al-AC was endothermic. Through characterization analysis, the specific surface area of the modified AC increased from 4.3573 to 155.87 m2/g. This study provides a new approach to preparing and modifying AC and a new method for removing Be from industrial wastewater.
Keywords:Langmuir Freundlich Beryllium Activated Carbon
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