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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 1890-1898Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2016.03.017
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Biosorption; Cystoseira indica; Th(IV); Fixed-bed modeling; Algae
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- Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
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Th(IV) biosorption from aqueous solutions by Ca-pretreated Cystoseira indica alga was studied by variations of bed height (3.5, 5.25 and 7 cm) and flow rate (1,2 and 4 ml/min) in a fixed-bed column. Favorable conditions were observed with the highest bed height and lowest flow rate. The maximum breakthrough time was 1450 min at flow rate 1 ml/min and bed height 3.5 cm. The experimental data were accurately described with the Belter model with R-2 0.99. In addition, the results obtained agreed entirely with the bed depth service time (BDST) model. The flow rate study and the BDST model led to the conclusion that the mass transfer in continuous mode of Th(IV) biosorption onto C. indica is governed by intra-particle diffusion. FTIR analysis confirmed that hydroxyl, carboxyl and amine are the main groups for Th(IV) biosorption. Calcium ion concentration measurement in the effluent solution and XRF analysis performed due to investigation on ion exchange process in biosorption. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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