Journal
SAINS MALAYSIANA
Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 199-208Publisher
UNIV KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
DOI: 10.17576/jsm-2019-4801-23
Keywords
Box-Behnken design; Fe-BTC; lignin; metal-organic frameworks; MOFS; pulp and paper
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- Office of Higher Education Commission (OHEC)
- S&T Postgraduate Education and Research Development Office (PERDO)
- Khon Kaen University
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This study assesses the application of iron (III) trimesic (Fe-BTC) as a coagulant-flocculant to remove lignin from pulp and paper (P&P) wastewater. In this research, Fe-BTC was characterized by X-ray diffraction (xRD), while the functional groups of Fe-BTC and lignin were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) determined the surface morphology of the material. The influential parameters affecting lignin removal included the initial lignin concentration, the quantity of Fe-BTC, and the pH which were investigated using a single batch mixing system. The experimental and optimum operational conditions were determined using Box-Behnken design (BBD). Fe-BTC dosage plays a major role in efficiently removing lignin, while the pH and initial lignin concentration had no sign cant effect. Greater than 80% removal efficiency could be achieved with a Fe-mc dosage as low as 2 g/L. The proposed mechanism of lignin aggregation was that Fe molecules were released from unsaturated sites of Fe-BTC and then formed new bonds with 0 in the methoxy lignin group. The interaction between Fe-BTC and lignin was pi-pi stacking (benzene ring), which explains the formation of F-O bonds in the lignin sludge.
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