Journal
CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 376-392Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2013.861825
Keywords
drimarine red HF-3D; kinetics; thermodynamics; fixed-bed studies; adsorption
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This study involves the utilisation of peanut husk for the removal of Drimarine Red HF-3D dye from aqueous solutions. Batch study experiments were conducted with native, HNO3-treated and Na-alginate-immobilised peanut husk biomass. Maximum dye removal (95.24mg/g) was obtained with HNO3-treated biomass. The experimental data were successfully explained with a pseudo-second-order kinetic model for all types of biosorbents. The equilibrium data fitted well to the Freundlich adsorption isotherm model. A thermodynamic study was also carried out to check the nature of the adsorption process. A fixed-bed column study for Drimarine Red HF-3D was carried out to optimise the effect of bed height, flow rate and initial dye concentration using peanut husk biomass. The column study showed that biosorption capacity increased with the increase in initial dye concentration and bed height, but decreased with increased flow rate. Data for Drimarine Red HF-3D were in very good agreement with the bed depth service time model. Fourier transform infrared analysis demonstrated the involvement of different functional groups in dye biosorption. These results showed that peanut husk biomass possessed good potential for the removal of Drimarine Red HF-3D from aqueous solution.
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