COCONUT SHELL-BASED ACTIVATED CARBON AS ADSORBENT FOR THE REMOVAL OF DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION: EQUILIBRIUM, KINETICS, AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES

Authors

  • O Oribayo DEPT. OF CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, UNIV. OF LAGOS, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
  • OO Olaleye DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
  • AS Akinyanju DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
  • KO Omoloja DEPT. OF CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, UNIV. OF LAGOS, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
  • SO Williams DEPT. OF CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, UNIV. OF LAGOS, YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Keywords:

Activated carbon, Adsorption isotherms, Coconut shells, Methylene blue, kinetics.

Abstract

The need to develop more efficient adsorbent, comparable to commercially available adsorbent, is attracting significant interest as promising adsorbent for waste water treatment. In this study, the potential of activated carbon prepared from waste coconut shell (CSAC) for the removal of methylene blue (Mb) from aqueous solution was reported. Batch experiments were conducted to determine the adsorption isotherm and kinetics of Mb on CSAC. Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin isotherm models were employed to fit and analyze the adsorption equilibrium data. The result shows Langmuir isotherm model gave the best fit and an adsorption capacity of 320.5 mg/g was obtained for Mb at pH value of 7, 0.02 g adsorbent dosage and contact time of 4.5 hour. The experimental kinetic data at different initial Mb concentrations was also analyzed with pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order and intraparticle diffusion models. The obtained results showed that the pseudo-second order model fits the adsorption kinetic data with R2 range of 0.9985-0.9996. Finally, the thermodynamic parameters show that the adsorption of Mb on CSAC was spontaneous and endothermic in nature. This therefore suggests that (CSAC) is a viable adsorbent for effective removal of dye from wastewater effluent.

 

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v39i4.14

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Published

2020-09-30

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 4 (2020): NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, OCTOBER 2020

Section

Chemical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Petroleum & Production Engineering

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COCONUT SHELL-BASED ACTIVATED CARBON AS ADSORBENT FOR THE REMOVAL OF DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION: EQUILIBRIUM, KINETICS, AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES. (2020). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 39(4), 1076-1084. https://nijotech.com/index.php/nijotech/article/view/2445