Batch Adsorption of Cr(VI) Ions on Zeolite and Agroindustrial Waste

• Main Authors: D. Kučić, M. Simonič, L. Furač
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers 2018-01-01
• Series: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly
• Subjects: grape and olive wastes; zeolite; adsorption; hexavalent chromium; kinetic analysis
• Online Access: http://silverstripe.fkit.hr/cabeq/assets/Uploads/14-4-17.pdf

Several adsorbents, such as natural zeolite clinoptilolite, modified zeolite, grape and olive wastes have been investigated for removal of chromium (VI) ions from aqueous solutions by performing batch kinetic sorption experiments. Natural zeolite, modified zeolite, grape and olive wastes have removed 5 %, 13 %, 73 % and 62 %, respectively, of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solution. Equilibrium experimental results were fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms to obtain the characteristic parameters of each model. According to an evaluation using Langmuir equation, the maximum Cr(VI) adsorption capacity of grape waste was 108.12 mg g–1 and of olive waste 100.47 mg g–1 at pH 2. The equilibrium kinetic data were analyzed using pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models, and parameters were estimated by using non-linear regression analysis. Langmuir model and pseudo-second-order model describes better the obtained results than Freundlich model and the pseudo-first-order model. The adsorption of Cr(VI) ions increased with temperature and the negative values of ∆G° for investigated adsorbents confirmed the feasibility and spontaneous nature of the adsorption process.