Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages 1983-1988Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60676-6
Keywords
adsorption; bamboo charcoal; chitosan; microcystin-LR
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- Hangzhou Normal University [JTAS 2011-01-012]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [20070421175]
- New Talents Plan Program of Zhejiang Province [2010R421005]
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A new kind of low-cost syntactic adsorbent from bamboo charcoal and chitosan was developed for the removal of microcystin-LR from drinking water. Removal efficiency was higher for the syntactic adsorbent when the amount of bamboo charcoal was increased. The optimum dose ratio of bamboo charcoal to chitosan was 6:4, and the optimum amount was 15 mg/L; equilibrium time was 6 hr. The adsorption isotherm was non-linear and could be simulated by the Freundlich model (R-2 = 0.9337). Adsorption efficiency was strongly affected by pH and natural organic matter (NOM). Removal efficiency was 16% higher at pH 3 than at pH 9. Efficiency rate was reduced by 15% with 25 mg/L NOM (UV254 = 0.089 cm(-1)) in drinking water. This study demonstrated that the bamboo charcoal modified with chitosan can effectively remove microcystin-LR from drinking water.
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