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Removal of dyes by an integrated process coupling adsorption and photocatalysis in batch mode

Research on Chemical Intermediates volume 41, pages 2353–2375 (2015)Cite this article

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This work deals with an integrated process, coupling adsorption with photocatalysis for removal of two basic dyes, basic yellow 28 (BY28) and basic blue 41 (BB41). In a first step, adsorption of the two dyes by activated carbon prepared from wild olive stones (AC-WOS) prepared from wild olive stones was investigated in batch mode for single and binary systems. The effects of pH, amount of adsorbent, temperature, and initial concentration on adsorption kinetics and equilibrium, for both single and binary mixtures, were investigated. A first-order derivative spectrophotometric method was used to analyze BB41 and BY28 in binary solutions. The mono and multi-component Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were applied to the experimental data and the corresponding constants were calculated. The maximum adsorption capacities of BB41 and BY28 were, respectively, 286.532 and 118.203 mg g−1 for single systems and 380.228 and 82.101 mg g−1 for binary systems. The rate of adsorption follows pseudo-second order kinetics. The thermodynamics constants ΔH ads, ΔS ads, and ΔG ads were evaluated. The results showed that adsorption from a single solution is endothermic and spontaneous. AC-WOS was used as post-treatment and adsorption was coupled with light-driven catalysis over the hetero-system CuFeO2–ZnO. Significant degradation of BB41 and BY28 in single solutions was achieved after ~2 h under optimum conditions.

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The BET measurements were performed by the Process Group ICOA–UMR 6005 CNRS, University of Orleans (France). The authors gratefully acknowledge Dr Benoît Cagnon for his assistance.

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  1. Laboratory of Industrial Processes Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical and Engineering Processes, USTHB, BP 32, 16111, Algiers, Algeria

    Salim Boumaza, Farida Kaouah & Zoubida Bendjama

  2. Laboratory of Storage and Valorization of Renewable Energies, Faculty of Chemistry, USTHB, BP 32, 16111, Algiers, Algeria

    Said Omeiri & Mohamed Trari

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Boumaza, S., Kaouah, F., Omeiri, S. et al. Removal of dyes by an integrated process coupling adsorption and photocatalysis in batch mode. Res Chem Intermed 41, 2353–2375 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-013-1351-5

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Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Activated carbon
  • Basic dyes (BB41, BY28)
  • Isotherm models
  • Kinetic
  • Photodegradation