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DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT
Volume 57, Issue 12, Pages 5614-5622Publisher
DESALINATION PUBL
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1004116
Keywords
Biosorption; Rooibos shoot powder; Isotherm; Kinetics; Wastewater
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- Tshwane University of Technology
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Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) plants are cultivated for the production of the Rooibos tea. In this work, biosorption process of Pb(II) from aqueous solution on Rooibos shoot powder (RSP) was studied in a batch process. The effect of experimental parameters such as solution pH(2-9), contact time (30-180min) and initial Pb(II) concentration (25-400mgL(-1)), adsorbent dosage (0.2-2.1g), and temperature (25-80 degrees C) on biosorption process was examined. In an attempt to determine the biosorption capacity and rate of Pb(II) removal, isotherm and kinetic data were modeled using different equations. To this end, the biosorption process by RSP followed the Langmuir model for Pb(II) ions (R-2=0.9907), with maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of 18.90mgg(-1). Kinetic data were properly fitted with the pseudo-second order kinetic model, and it can be seen that the calculated q(e) (cal) value (11.31mgg(-1)) agrees with the experimental value (12.80mgg(-1)). Furthermore, the biosorbent showed good removal of Pb(II) from industrial wastewaters.
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