Application of biowaste (waste generated in biodiesel plant) as an adsorbent for the removal of hazardous bye - methylene blue - from aqueous phase

AUTOR(ES)

Gottipati, R., Mishra, S.

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010-06

RESUMO

Solid waste (SW) from a biodiesel plant has been successfully used for the removal of the hazardous cationic water soluble dye - methylene blue (MB) - from an aqueous phase. Batch adsorption studies were carried out by monitoring the pH, amount of adsorbent, initial dye concentration and contact time. Attempts have also been made to monitor the adsorption process through Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and D-R adsorption isotherm models. Relevant thermodynamic parameters were calculated and it was found that the adsorption process was exothermic and feasible at low temperatures. The nature and randomness of the adsorption process was determined by calculating the thermodynamic parameters such as Gibbs free energy (∆Gº), change in entropy (∆Sº) and heat of adsorption (∆Hº). The kinetics of the adsorption indicates that the process is pseudo-second-order and also reveals the involvement of bulk diffusion and intraparticle diffusion mechanisms.

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