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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 265, Issue -, Pages 219-227Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.12.006
Keywords
Ibuprofen; Salicylic acid; Biochar; Adsorption; Solution pH
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Pine wood biochar, prepared at 698 K with a residence time of 20-30 s in an auger-fed reactor, was used as a 3-dimensional adsorbent to remove salicylic acid and ibuprofen from aqueous solutions. This biochar was characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, surface area determination, and zero point charge measurements. Batch sorption studies were carried out at pH values from 2 to 10, adsorbate concentrations from 25 to 100 mg/L and temperatures from 298 to 318 K. The adsorption of both adsorbates was highest at low pH values, dropped as pH increased and then exhibited a second increase related to the pKa of these carboxylic acid adsorbates. This was followed by a further drop at high pH. Conjugate acid/base equilibria of the adsorbates and the phenolic hydroxyl and carboxylic acid biochar sites versus pH dominated the mechanism. Sorption followed pseudo-second order kinetics. Sorption was evaluated from 298 to 318 K using the Freundlich, Langmuir, Redlich-Peterson, Toth, Sips, and Radke-Prausnitz adsorption isotherm models. Langmuir adsorption capacities for both salicylic acid and ibuprofen were 22.70 and 10.74 mg/g, respectively. This low surface area pinewood biochar (1.35 m(2)/g) can adsorb far more adsorbate compared to commercial activated carbons per unit of measured surface area. Methanol stripping achieved 93% and 88% desorption of salicylic acid and ibuprofen, respectively, from the spent biochar, and 76% and 72% of the initial salicylic acid and ibuprofen adsorption capacity, respectively, remained after four full capacity equilibrium recycles. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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