Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 208, Issue -, Pages 800-807Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.050
Keywords
Paper-plastic-aluminum; Laminated package material; Sorbent; Characterization; Batch and column sorption; Competitive sorption
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- National Natural Science Fund of China [21677075, 21507060]
- Project of International Cooperation and Exchange of Nanjing Tech University
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In order to develop promising sorbents for value-added application of solid wastes, low-cost aluminum enriched biochar was prepared from abandoned Tetra Pak used to hold milks, a paper-polyethylence-Al foil laminated package box, after acid pretreatment and subsequent slow pyrolysis under an oxygen limited environment at 600 degrees C. The basic physicochemical properties of the resultant biochar were characterized and the sorption performance of aqueous As(III) and As(V) was investigated via batch and column sorption experiments. Carbon (49.1%), Ca (7.41%) and Al (13.5%) were the most abundant elements in the resultant biochar; and the specific surface area and the pH value at the point of zero charge (pHPZC) were 174 m(2) g(-1) and 9.3, respectively. Batch sorption showed excellent sorption performance for both As(III) (24.2 mg g(-1)) and As(V) (33.2 mg g(-1)) and experimental data were fitted well with Langmuir model for the sorption isotherms and pseudo-second order kinetic model for the sorption kinetics. The residual concentrations of As(V) after sorption were below the limited value of arsenic in WHO Guidelines for Drinking water Quality (0.01 mg L-1) even if coexistence of PO34-. Column sorption confirmed the high sorption performance for As(III) and As(V). So the slow pyrolysis of abandoned Tetra Paks as low-cost and value-added sorbents is a sustainable strategy for solid waste disposal and wastewater treatment. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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