From pollutant to solution of wastewater pollution: Synthesis of activated carbon from textile sludge for dye adsorption

Syie Luing Wong; Nurul Atiqah Najlaa Yac'cob; Norzita Ngadi; Onn Hassan; Ibrahim M. Inuwa

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2017.07.015

From pollutant to solution of wastewater pollution: Synthesis of activated carbon from textile sludge for dye adsorption

Syie Luing Wong
, Nurul Atiqah Najlaa Yac'cob
, Norzita Ngadi
, Onn Hassan
, Ibrahim M. Inuwa

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Abstract

Adsorption is an important process in wastewater treatment, and conversion of waste materials to adsorbent offers a solution to high material cost related to the use of commercial activated carbon. This study investigated the adsorption behaviour of Reactive Black 5 (RB5) and methylene blue (MB) onto activated carbon produced from textile sludge (TSAC). The activated carbon was synthesized through chemical activation of precursor followed with carbonization at 650 °C under nitrogen flow. Effects of time (0-200 min), pH (2-10), temperature (25-60 °C), initial dye concentration (0-200 mg·L^{− 1}), and adsorbent dosage (0.01-0.15 g) on dye removal efficiency were investigated. Preliminary screening revealed that TSAC synthesized via H₂SO₄ activation showed higher adsorption behaviour than TSAC activated by KCl and ZnCl₂. The adsorption capacity of TSAC was found to be 11.98 mg·g^{− 1} (RB5) and 13.27 mg·g^{− 1} (MB), and is dependent on adsorption time and initial dye concentration. The adsorption data for both dyes were well fitted to Freundlich isotherm model which explains the heterogeneous nature of TSAC surface. The dye adsorption obeyed pseudo-second order kinetic model, thus chemisorption was the controlling step. This study reveals potential of textile sludge in removal of dyes from aqueous solution, and further studies are required to establish the applicability of the synthesized adsorbent for the treatment of waste water containing toxic dyes from textile industry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	870-878
Number of pages	9
Journal	Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume	26
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjche.2017.07.015
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The authors extend their sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (MOHE) for the financial supports received under University Grant ( 08H05 ) and Fundamental Research Grant Scheme ( 4F872 ), as well as Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for the GUP grant No. 17H65 and the support to the main author, Wong Syie Luing, in the form of Post-Doctoral Fellowship Scheme for the project "Catalytic Cracking of Low Density Polyethylene Waste to Liquid Fuels in Fixed Bed Reactor”.

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© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

Funding

The authors extend their sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (MOHE) for the financial supports received under University Grant ( 08H05 ) and Fundamental Research Grant Scheme ( 4F872 ), as well as Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for the GUP grant No. 17H65 and the support to the main author, Wong Syie Luing, in the form of Post-Doctoral Fellowship Scheme for the project "Catalytic Cracking of Low Density Polyethylene Waste to Liquid Fuels in Fixed Bed Reactor”.

Keywords

Activated carbon
Adsorption
Methylene blue
Reactive Black 5
Textile sludge

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