Mostafa Solgi, Mohamed H. Mohamed, Inimfon A. Udoetok, Bernd G.K. Steiger, Lee D. Wilson
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Abstract
Sustainable treatment of sulfate contaminated groundwater is a challenging global water security issue that significantly impacts human and ecosystem health. Herein, the utility of a recently developed granular chitosan-Cu(II) biocomposite adsorbent (CP-Cu) for the adsorption of sulfate from environmental groundwater systems is reported. Several types of groundwater samples (Wells-1, -2, -3 and -4) were investigated for sulfate removal via a fixed-bed column, characterized by kinetic adsorption parameters in laboratory and groundwater samples. The lowest exhaustion time for CP-Cu was observed for Well 3, due to its high sulfate concentration of 6772 mg/L. In turn, the adsorption capacity under dynamic conditions for Well 3 was the highest (153 mg/g) compared to the other groundwater samples. Modeling of the experimental sulfate removal under dynamic conditions was achieved using the Thomas, Yoon-Nelson, and Adam-Bohart models. The best-fit results showed that the Thomas and Yoon-Nelson model described the breakthrough curves favourably, as compared with the Adam-Bohart model. The prediction of the sulfate adsorption capacities by the Thomas model are in close agreement with the experimental results. This study contributes to the field of surface and interfacial processes through the adsorption of sulfate for a unique type of granular modified chitosan-Cu(II) bioadsorbent system to afford sustainable and efficacious treatment of environmental groundwater.
硫酸盐污染地下水的可持续处理是一个具有挑战性的全球水安全问题,对人类和生态系统的健康产生重大影响。本文报道了最近开发的颗粒壳聚糖- cu (II)生物复合吸附剂(CP-Cu)用于吸附环境地下水系统中的硫酸盐的应用。采用固定床柱对不同类型的地下水样品(井-1、井-2、井-3和井-4)进行了硫酸盐去除研究,并对实验室和地下水样品的动力学吸附参数进行了表征。由于孔3的硫酸盐浓度为6772 mg/L,因此CP-Cu的耗尽时间最短。与其他地下水样品相比,井3在动态条件下的吸附量最高(153 mg/g)。采用Thomas、Yoon-Nelson和Adam-Bohart模型对动态条件下的硫酸盐去除实验进行了建模。最佳拟合结果表明,与Adam-Bohart模型相比,Thomas和Yoon-Nelson模型更好地描述了突破曲线。Thomas模型对硫酸盐吸附量的预测结果与实验结果吻合较好。本研究通过一种独特的颗粒改性壳聚糖- cu (II)生物吸附体系对硫酸盐的吸附,为环境地下水的可持续有效处理做出了贡献。