Benzene, toluene and o-xylene (BTX) removal from aqueous solutions through adsorptive processes

Adsorption - Tập 20 - Trang 577-590 - 2014
Fabíola V. Hackbarth1, Vítor J. P. Vilar2, Geerlesson B. De Souza1, Selene M. A. Guelli U. de Souza1, Antônio Augusto U. de Souza1
1Laboratório de Transferência de Massa, Departamento de Engenharia Química e Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
2LSRE - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering – Associate Laboratory LSRE/LCM, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Tóm tắt

In this study, the monocomponent adsorption of benzene, toluene and o-xylene (BTX) compounds, as model contaminants present in the petrochemical wastewaters, was investigated using three types of adsorbents: activated carbon (Carbon CD 500), a polymeric resin (MN-202) and a modified clay (Claytone-40). Langmuir and Freundlich models were able to fit well the equilibrium experimental data. The BTX adsorption capacity increased in the following order: Claytone-40 < CD 500 < MN-202. The maximum uptake capacity of MN-202, given by the Langmuir fitting parameter, for benzene, toluene and o-xylene was 0.8 ± 0.1, 0.70 ± 0.08 and 0.63 ± 0.06 mmol/g at 26 °C. Desorption kinetics for polymeric resin with 50 % methanol solution were fast being able to reuse the resin in consecutive adsorption/desorption cycles without loss of sorption capacity. The adsorptive behaviour at batch system was modelled using a mass transfer kinetic model, considering that the sorption rate is controlled by a linear driving force model, which successfully predicts benzene, toluene and o-xylene concentration profiles, with homogeneous diffusivity coefficients, D h , between 3.8 × 10−10 and 3.6 × 10−9 cm2/s. In general, benzene diffuses faster than toluene and o-xylene, which is in agreement with molecular diffusivity in water.

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