화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.19, No.3, 841-848, May, 2013
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2012.10.029  Export Citation
Removal of Cu(II) by biosorption onto coconut shell in fixed-bed column systems
Mike A. Acheampong1, 2, †, Kannan Pakshirajan1, 3, Ajit P. Annachhatre4, and Piet N.L. Lens1
  • 1Pollution Prevention and Resource Recovery Core, Department of Environmental Engineering and Water Technology, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft, The Netherlands
  • 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumasi Polytechnic, P.O. Box 854, Kumasi, Ghana
  • 3Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
  • 4Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
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Biosorption of Cu(II) onto coconut shell, an agricultural biomaterial, was studied in a fixed-bed column. The Cu(II) biosorption column had the best performance at 10 mg L^(-1) inlet Cu(II) concentration, 10 mL min^(-1) flow rate and 20 cm bed depth. The equilibrium uptake of Cu(II) amounted to 7.25 mg g^(-1). The simulation of the breakthrough curve was successful with the BDST and Yoon-Nelson models, but the entire breakthrough curve was best predicted by the Clark model. The design of a fixed bed column for Cu(II) removal from wastewater by biosorption onto coconut shell can be done based on these models.
Keywords:Adsorption;Biosorption;Breakthrough curve;Copper;Fixed-bed column;Wastewater
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