Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon

The present work was carried out to evaluate the removal of p-nitrophenol by adsorption onto olive cake based activated carbon having a BET surface area of 672 m²/g. The batch adsorption experimental results indicated that the equilibrium time for nitrophenol adsorption by olive cake-based activated...

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Main Authors: N.T. Abdel-Ghani, E.S.A. Rawash, G.A. El-Chaghaby
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description The present work was carried out to evaluate the removal of p-nitrophenol by adsorption onto olive cake based activated carbon having a BET surface area of 672 m²/g. The batch adsorption experimental results indicated that the equilibrium time for nitrophenol adsorption by olive cake-based activated carbon was 120min. The adsorption data was modeled by equilibrium and kinetic models. The pseudo- first and second order as well as the Elovichkinetic models were applied to fit the experimental data and the intraparticle diffusion model was assessed for describing the mechanism of adsorption. The data were found to be best fitted to the pseudo-second order model with a correlation coefficient (R2=0.986). The intraparticle diffusion mechanism also showed a good fit to the experimental data, showing two distinct linear parts assuming that more than one step could be involved in the adsorption of nitrophenol by the activated carbon. The equilibrium study was performed using three models including Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin. The results revealed that the Temkin equilibrium model is the best model fitting the experimental data (R2=0.944). The results of the present study proved the efficiency of using olive cake based activated carbon as a novel adsorbent for the removal of nitrophenol from aqueous solution.
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spelling doaj-art-4c374406e4d24583a2f7660aaa03a7372025-02-03T02:58:52ZengGJESM PublisherGlobal Journal of Environmental Science and Management2383-35722383-38662016-01-0121111810.7508/gjesm.2016.01.00214801Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbonN.T. Abdel-Ghani0E.S.A. Rawash1G.A. El-Chaghaby2Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, EgyptRegional Center for Food and Feed, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, EgyptRegional Center for Food and Feed, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, EgyptThe present work was carried out to evaluate the removal of p-nitrophenol by adsorption onto olive cake based activated carbon having a BET surface area of 672 m²/g. The batch adsorption experimental results indicated that the equilibrium time for nitrophenol adsorption by olive cake-based activated carbon was 120min. The adsorption data was modeled by equilibrium and kinetic models. The pseudo- first and second order as well as the Elovichkinetic models were applied to fit the experimental data and the intraparticle diffusion model was assessed for describing the mechanism of adsorption. The data were found to be best fitted to the pseudo-second order model with a correlation coefficient (R2=0.986). The intraparticle diffusion mechanism also showed a good fit to the experimental data, showing two distinct linear parts assuming that more than one step could be involved in the adsorption of nitrophenol by the activated carbon. The equilibrium study was performed using three models including Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin. The results revealed that the Temkin equilibrium model is the best model fitting the experimental data (R2=0.944). The results of the present study proved the efficiency of using olive cake based activated carbon as a novel adsorbent for the removal of nitrophenol from aqueous solution.http://www.gjesm.net/pdf_14801_f484df222f5e9179a39a139fa37c9a6d.htmlActivated carbonAdsorptionEquilibriumIntra-particle diffusionOlive cakep-nitrophenol (PNP)
spellingShingle N.T. Abdel-Ghani
E.S.A. Rawash
G.A. El-Chaghaby
Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon
Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management
Activated carbon
Adsorption
Equilibrium
Intra-particle diffusion
Olive cake
p-nitrophenol (PNP)
title Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon
title_full Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon
title_fullStr Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon
title_full_unstemmed Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon
title_short Equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p-nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon
title_sort equilibrium and kinetic study for the adsorption of p nitrophenol from wastewater using olive cake based activated carbon
topic Activated carbon
Adsorption
Equilibrium
Intra-particle diffusion
Olive cake
p-nitrophenol (PNP)
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