Journal
WATER
Volume 14, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w14071163
Keywords
phosphate adsorption; iron oxyhydroxides; thermodynamic parameters; adsorption isotherms; adsorption capacity
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- European Union
- Greek State Program PAVET, Project (PhoReSE) Recovery of Phosphorus from the Secondary Effluent of Municipal Wastewater Treatment [1525-BET-2013]
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This research presents a thermodynamic study of phosphate adsorption using five different FeOOHs sorbent nanomaterials. The results indicate that the adsorption process is spontaneous and the adsorption enthalpy values vary with different water matrices, but overall, there is a positive effect on the uptake of phosphates.
Iron oxyhydroxides (FeOOHs) appear to be the optimal group of materials among inorganic adsorbents for the removal of phosphates from water, providing significant adsorption capacities. This research work presents a thermodynamic study of phosphate adsorption by examining five different FeOOHs sorbent nanomaterials. The otablebtained results indicated that the adsorption process in these cases was spontaneous. When the experiments were performed using distilled water, akageneite (GEH), schwertmannite, and tetravalent manganese feroxyhyte (AquAsZero), displaying Delta H degrees values of 31.2, 34.7, and 7.3 kJ/mole, respectively, presented an endothermic adsorption process, whereas for goethite (Bayoxide) and lepidocrocite, with Delta H degrees values of -11.4 and -7.7 kJ/mole, respectively, the adsorption process proved to be exothermic. However, when an artificial (according to NSF) water matrix was used, GEH, schwertmannite, lepidocrocite, and AquAsZero presented Delta H degrees values of 13.2, 3.3, 7.7, and 3.3 kJ/mole, respectively, indicative of an endothermic process, while only for Bayoxide, with Delta H degrees of -17 kJ/mole, the adsorption remained exothermic. The adsorption enthalpy values generally decreased with the NSF water matrix, probably due to the competition for the same adsorption sites by other co-existing anions as well to the possible formation of soluble phosphate complexes with calcium; however, an overall positive effect on the uptake of phosphates was observed.
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