Adsorption of acid dyes by bamboo derived activated carbon

被引:89
作者
Chan, L. S. [1 ]
Cheung, W. H. [1 ]
McKay, G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Chem Engn, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
关键词
activated carbon; adsorption; acid dyes; bamboo;
D O I
10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.026
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
Bamboo, indigenous to Hong Kong and China, is widely used as scaffolding in construction and building projects. However, over 50,000 tonnes of bamboo scaffolding waste is disposed as landfill waste each year. Nevertheless, these wastes can be used as raw materials for the production of a range of high value added activated carbons. The bamboo cane can be heated (charred) at a high temperature in the presence of selected activation chemicals to produce activated carbons for various applications e.g. adsorbents, catalysts or catalyst supports. In the present study, activated carbons produced by thermal activation of bamboo with phosphoric acid were used for adsorption of acid dyes. Two acid dyes with different molecular sizes were used, namely Acid Yellow 117 (AY 117) and Acid Blue 25 (AB25). It was found that dye with smaller molecular size, AB 25, was readily adsorbed onto the longer size dye, AY 117, showed little adsorption. It is possible to tailor-make the carbon for the carbon while the adsorption of dye mixtures in industrial applications, especially textile dyeing. Furthermore, experimental results were fitted to equilibrium isotherm models, Langmuir, Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson.
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