URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/E1EBDB72-07D0-4CDB-86A9-CF2E6AD15713 | - |
Αναγνωριστικό | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.074 | - |
Γλώσσα | en | - |
Μέγεθος | 7 pages | en |
Τίτλος | Removal of mercury from aqueous solutions by malt spent rootlets | en |
Δημιουργός | Chrysikopoulos Constantinos | en |
Δημιουργός | Χρυσικοπουλος Κωνσταντινος | el |
Δημιουργός | Vasileios A. Anagnostopoulos | en |
Δημιουργός | Ioannis D. Manariotis | en |
Δημιουργός | Hrissi K. Karapanagioti | en |
Περίληψη | Mercury poses a severe threat to environment due to its toxicity, even at low concentrations. Biosorption
is a promising, low cost, and environmentally friendly clean up technique. Malt spent rootlets (MSR), a
brewery by-product, were used as sorbents for the removal of mercury from aquatic systems. The effect
of the solution pH, contact time between sorbent, solid to liquid ratio, and initial mercury concentration
on mercury removal were investigated experimentally. It was found that the optimum pH for the mercury
sorption onto MSR was approximately 5. Sorption kinetic experiments revealed that mercury sorption
is a relatively rapid process, where film diffusion and intra-particle diffusion play an important role.
The kinetic data were successfully described by both the pseudo-second-order and Elovich models. The
isotherm data were adequately fitted by the Langmuir model determining a monolayer capacity qmax
equal to 50 mg/g and suggesting a functional group-limited sorption process. MSR were capable of
removing significant amounts of mercury, mainly due to the carboxyl and phosphonate groups of their
surfaces. | en |
Τύπος | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | en |
Τύπος | Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές | el |
Άδεια Χρήσης | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
Ημερομηνία | 2015-09-23 | - |
Ημερομηνία Δημοσίευσης | 2012 | - |
Βιβλιογραφική Αναφορά | V. A. Anagnostopoulos , I. D. Manariotis , H. K. Karapanagioti ,
C.V. Chrysikopoulos , "Removal of mercury from aqueous solutions by malt spent rootlets " ,Chemi. Engin. J. ,vol. 213 ,pp. 135–141,2012.doi:10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.074 | en |