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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 25, Issue 13, Pages 12481-12490Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1560-y
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Coal fly ash; Activation; p-Nitrophenol; Fenton process; Regenerative valorization
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Raw coal fly ash was activated to an adsorbent by sulfuric acid impregnation. The activation condition, the adsorption capacity, and the regenerative valorization of the adsorbent were studied. The results show that the optimal preparation conditions of the adsorbent are [H2SO4] = 1 mol L-1, activation time = 30 min, the ratio of coal fly ash to acid = 1:20 (g:mL), calcination temperature = 100 degrees C. The adsorption of p-nitrophenol on the adsorbent accords with the pseudo-second-order kinetic equation and the adsorption rate constant is 0.089 g mg(-1) min(-1). The adsorption on this adsorbent can be considered enough after 35 min, when the corresponding adsorption capacity is 1.07 mg g(-1) (85.6% of p-nitrophenol removal). Compared with raw coal fly ash, the adsorbent has a stable adsorption performance at low pH range (pH = 1-6) and the adsorption of p-nitrophenol is an exothermic process. Ninety minutes is required for the regenerative valorization of saturated adsorbent by Fenton process. The regenerative valorization for this saturated adsorbent can reach 89% under the optimal proposed conditions (30 degrees C, pH = 3, [H2O2] = 5.0 mmol L-1, [Fe2+] = 5.5 mmol L-1). Within 15 experimental runs, the adsorbent has a better and better stability with the increase of experimental runs. Finally, the mechanism of activating coal fly ash is proposed, being verified by the results of the SEM and BET test.
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