LAPSE:2020.1123
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LAPSE:2020.1123
Study of the Digestate as an Innovative and Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dyes in Wastewater
Sicong Yao, Massimiliano Fabbricino, Marco Race, Alberto Ferraro, Ludovico Pontoni, Oriella Aimone, Yao Chen
November 9, 2020
Digestate, as an urban solid waste, was considered as an innovative adsorbent for colorant polluted wastewater. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out using digestate as an adsorbent material to remove various dyes belonging to different categories. The removal rate and adsorption capacity of dyes were evaluated and the dose of digestate, contact time, and initial dye concentration were studied. The maximum removal rate was approximately 96% for Methylene Blue. The equilibrium time for the Methylene Blue was 4 h, while for other dyes, a longer contact time was required to reach the equilibrium. The suspicion of colloidal matter release into the solution from solid fraction of the digestate led to the investigation of the consequence of a washing step of the digestate adsorbent upstream the adsorption experiment. Washed and not washed adsorbents were tested and the differences between them in terms of dye removal were compared. Moreover, experimental data were fitted by pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, and intra-partial diffusion kinetic models as well as Langmuir, Freundlich, and Sips isotherm models. The results from fitted models showed that the adsorption of various dyes onto the digestate was mostly well fitted by the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model.
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adsorbent, Adsorption, digestate, dye, isotherm model, kinetic model
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Yao S, Fabbricino M, Race M, Ferraro A, Pontoni L, Aimone O, Chen Y. Study of the Digestate as an Innovative and Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dyes in Wastewater. (2020). LAPSE:2020.1123
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Yao S: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy [ORCID]
Fabbricino M: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
Race M: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Via di Biasio 43, 03043 Cassino, Italy [ORCID]
Ferraro A: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy [ORCID]
Pontoni L: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
Aimone O: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
Chen Y: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Processes
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8
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7
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E852
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2020
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2020-07-16
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2227-9717
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