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Adsorptive removal of azo dyes from aqueous solutions by natural bentonite under static and dynamic flow conditions

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This work reports new findings on the physisorption of Foron Blue 291 on natural bentonite under both static and dynamic flow conditions of the aqueous solution that may prove important when using the adsorption technique for wastewater treatment. The quantity of dye retained by the solid matrix under both ideal exchange conditions between dyes and adsorbents given in a batch reactor and a pulse injection of dissolved azo dye in a soil column composed of a mixture of mean grain-sized sand and bentonite at different flow rates and at various mass fractions of bentonite was studied. Column experiments involving the use of a non-reactive tracer (Fluorescein) were performed to examine hydrodynamic behaviours of the clay/sand mixture studied. It is shown that advective–dispersive transport across a clay/sand mixture may be characterized by a double porosity medium. The results obtained on the reactive transport of Foron Blue 291 underscore that Foron Blue 291 adsorption depends heavily on the mass fraction of clay in a clay/sand mixture. With a clay mass fraction of 30 %, 77 % of the dissolved Foron Blue 291 mass was irreversibly removed by the adsorbent. At low flow rates, removal ratios obtained from the dynamic reactive system were similar to those obtained through previous static reactor experiments.

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This work was performed within the framework of the PHC UTIQUE French–Tunisian project (12G21002) and was supported by the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and Education and Research (MESR) and by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Application de la Chimie aux Ressources et Substances Naturelles et à l’Environnement (LACReSNE)- UR 05- ES 09, Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Université de Carthage, 7021, Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia

    A. Berez, F. Ayari & M. Trabelsi-Ayadi

  2. Laboratoire d’Hydrologie et de Géochimie de Strasbourg (LHyGeS) - UMR 7517 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, 67084, Strasbourg Cedex, France

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Berez, A., Schäfer, G., Ayari, F. et al. Adsorptive removal of azo dyes from aqueous solutions by natural bentonite under static and dynamic flow conditions. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 13, 1625–1640 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-016-1006-3

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