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Author(s): | Elbert M. Nigri Maria Alice. P. Cechinel Diego A. Mayer Luciana P. Mazur José M. Loureiro Sônia D. F. Rocha Vítor J. P. Vilar |
Title: | Cow bones char as a green sorbent for fluorides removal from aqueous solutions: batch and fixed-bed studies |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Abstract: | Cow bone char was investigated as sorbent for the defluoridation of aqueous solutions. The cow bone char was characterized in terms of its morphology, chemical composition, and functional groups present on the bone char surface using different analytical techniques: SEM, EDS, N-2-BET method, and FTIR. Batch equilibrium studies were performed for the bone chars prepared using different procedures. The highest sorption capacities for fluoride were obtained for the acid washed (q = 6.2 +/- 0.5 mg/g) and Al-doped (q = 6.4 +/- 0.3 mg/g) bone chars. Langmuir and Freundlich models fitted well the equilibrium sorption data. Fluoride removal rate in batch system is fast in the first 5 h, decreasing after this time until achieving equilibrium due to pore diffusion. The presence of carbonate and bicarbonate ions in the aqueous solution contributes to a decrease of the fluoride sorption capacity of the bone char by 79 and 31 %, respectively. Regeneration of the F-loaded bone char using 0.5 M NaOH solution leads to a sorption capacity for fluoride of 3.1 mg/g in the second loading cycle. Fluoride breakthrough curve obtained in a fixed-bed column presents an asymmetrical S-shaped form, with a slow approach of C/C-0 -> 1.0 due to pore diffusion phenomena. Considering the guideline value for drinking water of 1.5 mg F-/L, as recommended by World Health Organization, the service cycle for fluoride removal was of 71.0 h ([F-](feed) similar to 9 mg/L; flow rate = 1 mL/min; m(sorbent) = 12.6 g). A mass transfer model considering the pore diffusion was able to satisfactorily describe the experimental data obtained in batch and continuous systems. |
Subject: | Tecnologia ambiental, Engenharia do ambiente Environmental technology, Environmental engineering |
Scientific areas: | Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias::Engenharia do ambiente Engineering and technology::Environmental engineering |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/107469 |
Related Information: | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia/Projetos Estratégicos/UID/EQU/50020/2013- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984/Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reação - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais/LSRE-LCM |
Document Type: | Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
Rights: | restrictedAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FEUP - Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
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