Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Kinetics and isotherms of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) adsorption using soil–zeolite mixture

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Soil contaminated by organic pollutants such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is an environmental concern due to the strong sorption of organochlorine pesticide onto the soil matrix and persistence in the environment. The remediation of contaminated soils with organochlorine pesticide using nanotechnology is an innovative technology for speeding up this process. This work presents a study of adsorption of DDT onto the zeolite surface. Experiments were conducted using batch adsorption procedures at different DDT concentrations, from 5 to 50 mg/L, and the amount of the zeolite used was 0.1, 0.5, 0.8, and 1.2 g. Results show that the zeolite has a moderate adsorption capacity for the DDT, and the highest adsorption capacity obtained from this study was about 30%. However, the percentage of adsorption can be increased significantly with the increase in the amount of the zeolite in samples. Also, adsorption kinetics and adsorption isotherms were applied. Five different kinetic models, i.e., pseudo-first-order kinetic model, the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, intraparticle diffusion model, Elovich kinetic model, and Bangham kinetic model were used to fit the kinetic data. The result shows that the pseudo-second-order model represented the best fits to the experiments. The adsorption isotherms were determined using three different models as well, i.e., Freundlich, Langmuir, and Temkin. The best-fitted adsorption isotherm models were found to be in both Langmuir and Freundlich. Moreover, results show that the effectiveness of treatment process is highly affected by pH. Increasing the pH has a negative effect on the adsorption process, and best uptake of DDT was noted in acidic media at pH 3.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
Fig. 13

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Sharma BK (2001) Soil noise polution, 2nd edn. Krishna Prakashan, Meerut

    Google Scholar 

  2. Mirsal IA (2004) Soil pollution: origin, monitoring & remediation. Springer, German

    Book  Google Scholar 

  3. Misra DSG (2009) Soil pollution. APH Publishing Corporation, Delhi

    Google Scholar 

  4. Simeonov L, Sargsyan V (2008) Soil chemical pollution, risk assessment, remediation and security. In: Proceedings of the nato advanced research workshop on soil chemical pollution, risk assessment, remediation and security, Sofia, Bulgaria, 23–26 May 2007. Springer, Berlin

  5. Houlding S (1994) Subsurface soil contamination assessment. In: Houlding SW (ed), 3d geoscience modeling. Springer, Berlin, pp 203–222. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79012-6_12

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  6. FAO (2007) Assessing soil contamination: a reference manual. Daya Publishing House, Delhi

    Google Scholar 

  7. Pingali PL, Roger PA (1995) Impact of pesticides on farmer health and the rice environment. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht

    Book  Google Scholar 

  8. Garcia M (2004) Effects of pesticides on soil fauna: development of ecotoxicological test methods for tropical regions. Cuvillier

  9. Sudharshan S, Naidu R, Mallavarapu M, Bolan N (2012) DDT remediation in contaminated soils: a review of recent studies. Biodegradation 23(6):851–863. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-012-9575-4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Zhang Y, Wong JWC, Zhao Z, Selvam A (2011) Microemulsion-enhanced remediation of soils contaminated with organochlorine pesticides. Environ Technol 32(16):1915–1922. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2011.568009

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Rios LE (2010) Removal of DDT from soil using combinations of surfactants. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  12. Wang X-P, Sheng J-J, Gong P, Xue Y-G, Yao T-D, Jones KC (2012) Persistent organic pollutants in the tibetan surface soil: spatial distribution, air-soil exchange and implications for global cycling. Environ Pollut 170:145–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.06.012

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Tremolada P, Comolli R, Parolini M, Moia F, Binelli A (2011) One-year cycle of DDT concentrations in high-altitude soils. Water Air Soil Pollut 217(1–4):407–419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-010-0596-5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Dai R-L, Zhang G-Y, Gu X-Z, Wang M (2008) Sorption of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) by clays and organoclays. Environ Geochem Health 30(5):479–488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-007-9130-0

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Calow P (2004) Euro chlor risk assessment for the marine environment osparcom region: north sea. Kluwer academic, dordrecht

    Google Scholar 

  16. Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Benítez JA, Arria M (2007) Malaria mortality in Venezuela: focus on deaths due to plasmodium vivax in children. J Trop Pediatr 54(2):94–101

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. McGinn AP (2002) Malaria, mosquitoes, and DDT: the toxic war against a global disease. WORLD•WATCH. Worldwatch Institute, Washington

    Google Scholar 

  18. Gautam SK, Suresh S (2007) Studies on dechlorination of DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane) using magnesium/palladium bimetallic system. J Hazard Mater 139(1):146–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.06.017

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Pushpavanam S (2002) Introduction to Chemical Engineering. PHI Learning, Delhi

    Google Scholar 

  20. Hajjar MJ (2012) The persisted organic pesticides pollutant (POPs) in the Middle East Arab Countries. Int J Agron Plant Prod 3(1):11–18

    Google Scholar 

  21. Ewing AE (2003) Water quality and public health monitoring of surface waters in the Kura-Araks river basin of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

    Google Scholar 

  22. Howard PH (1991) Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data: for organic chemicals, volume III pesticides. Taylor & Francis, London

    Google Scholar 

  23. Zhongming G, Xuejun W, Bengang L, Jun C, Fuliu X, Yanhong C, Wenju Z, Weiran S, Baoping Q, Ren S, Zuo T (2003) The residues distribution of DDT and its metabolites in soils from Tianjin region, China. Acta Sci Circumst 23(4):447–451

    Google Scholar 

  24. Gong Z, Wang X, Li B, Cao J, Xu F, Cui Y, Zhang W, Shen W, Qin B, Sun Y, Tao S (2003) The residues distribution of DDT and its metabolites in soils from Tianjin region, China. Acta Sci Circumst 23(4):447–451

    Google Scholar 

  25. Taha OME, Taha MR (2015) Soil-water characteristic curves and hydraulic conductivity of nanomaterial-soil-bentonite mixtures. Arab J Geosci 9(1):12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-015-2038-6

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Taha M, Taha O (2012) Influence of nano-material on the expansive and shrinkage soil behavior. J Nanopart Res 14(10):1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-1190-0

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Varanasi P, Fullana A, Sidhu S (2007) Remediation of PCB contaminated soils using iron nano-particles. Chemosphere 66(6):1031–1038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.07.036

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Reyes CR, Appasamy D, Roberts C (2011) An integrated remediation system using synthetic and natural zeolites for treatment of wastewater and contaminated sediments. Dynamics 78:125–134

    Google Scholar 

  29. Shanableh A, Kharabsheh A (1996) Stabilization of Cd, Ni and Pb in soil using natural zeolite. J Hazard Mater 45(2–3):207–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3894(95)00093-3

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Gholikandi GB, Baneshi MM, Dehghanifard E, Salehi S, Yari AR (2010) Natural zeolites application as sustainable adsorbent for heavy metals removal from drinking water. Iran J Toxicol 3(3):302–310

    Google Scholar 

  31. Tahir H, Uddin F (2005) Estimation of Pb from metal and electroplating industrial waste by zeolite-3a. J Appl Sci Environ Manag 9(2):49–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jasem.v9i2.17290

    Google Scholar 

  32. Shi W-Y, Shao H-B, Li H, Shao M-A, Du S (2009) Progress in the remediation of hazardous heavy metal-polluted soils by natural zeolite. J Hazard Mater 170(1):1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.04.097

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Burlakovs J, Klavins M, Karklina A (2012) Remediation of soil contamination with heavy metals by using zeolite and humic acid additives. Latv J Chem. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10161-012-0019-6

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. Sayed SA (1996) Exchange of Zn2+, V2+, Cd2+, and Hg2+ using zeolite a and dinonylnaphthalenesulfonate. Zeolites 17(3):261–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/0144-2449(96)00040-1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Samarghandi MR, Al-Musawi TJ, Mohseni-Bandpi A, Zarrabi M (2015) Adsorption of cephalexin from aqueous solution using natural zeolite and zeolite coated with manganese oxide nanoparticles. J Mol Liq 211(Supplement C):431–441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2015.06.067

    Article  Google Scholar 

  36. Mohseni-Bandpi A, Al-Musawi TJ, Ghahramani E, Zarrabi M, Mohebi S, Vahed SA (2016) Improvement of zeolite adsorption capacity for cephalexin by coating with magnetic Fe3o4 nanoparticles. J Mol Liq 218(Supplement C):615–624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2016.02.092

    Article  Google Scholar 

  37. Qiu H, Lv L, Pan B-C, Zhang Q-J, Zhang W-M, Zhang Q-X (2009) Critical review in adsorption kinetic models. J Zhejiang Univ Sci A 10(5):716–724. https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A0820524

    Article  Google Scholar 

  38. Tan IAW, Ahmad AL, Hameed BH (2009) Adsorption isotherms, kinetics, thermodynamics and desorption studies of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol on oil palm empty fruit bunch-based activated carbon. J Hazard Mater 164(2–3):473–482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.08.025

    Article  Google Scholar 

  39. Ho YS, McKay G (1999) Pseudo-second order model for sorption processes. Process Biochem 34(5):451–465. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-9592(98)00112-5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  40. Kalhori EM, Al-Musawi TJ, Ghahramani E, Kazemian H, Zarrabi M (2017) Enhancement of the adsorption capacity of the light-weight expanded clay aggregate surface for the metronidazole antibiotic by coating with mgo nanoparticles: studies on the kinetic, isotherm, and effects of environmental parameters. Chemosphere 175(Supplement C):8–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.043

    Article  Google Scholar 

  41. Shahmohammadi-Kalalagh S, Babazadeh H, Nazemi AH, Manshouri M (2011) Isotherm and kinetic studies on adsorption of Pb, Zn and Cu by kaolinite. Casp J Environ Sci 9(2):243–255

    Google Scholar 

  42. Ho YS, McKay G (1998) Sorption of dye from aqueous solution by peat. Chem Eng J 70(2):115–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0923-0467(98)00076-1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  43. Tütem E, Apak R, Ünal ÇF (1998) Adsorptive removal of chlorophenols from water by bituminous shale. Water Res 32(8):2315–2324. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00476-4

    Article  Google Scholar 

  44. Samadi MT, Rahman AR, Zarrabi M, Shahabi E, Sameei F (2009) Adsorption of chromium (VI) from aqueous solution by sugar beet bagasse-based activated charcoal. Environ Technol 30(10):1023–1029. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330903045107

    Article  Google Scholar 

  45. Wu F-C, Tseng R-L, Juang R-S (2001) Kinetic modeling of liquid-phase adsorption of reactive dyes and metal ions on chitosan. Water Res 35(3):613–618. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00307-9

    Article  Google Scholar 

  46. Yang X, Al-Duri B (2005) Kinetic modeling of liquid-phase adsorption of reactive dyes on activated carbon. J Colloid Interface Sci 287(1):25–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2005.01.093

    Article  Google Scholar 

  47. Weber WJ, Morris JC (1962) Advances in water pollution research: removal of biologically resistant pollutants from waste waters by adsorption. In: Proceedings of international conference on water pollution symposium. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp 231–266

  48. Alkan M, Demirbaş Ö, Doğan M (2007) Adsorption kinetics and thermodynamics of an anionic dye onto sepiolite. Microporous Mesoporous Mater 101(3):388–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2006.12.007

    Article  Google Scholar 

  49. Zeldowitsch J (1934) Über Den Mechanismus Der Katalytischen Oxydation Von Co an Mno2. Acta Physicochem URSS

  50. Yakout SM, Elsherif E (2010) Batch kinetics, isotherm and thermodynamic studies of adsorption of strontium from aqueous solutions onto low cost rice-straw based carbons. Carbon Sci Technol 3(1):144–153

    Google Scholar 

  51. Yousef RI, El-Eswed B, Al-Muhtaseb AAH (2011) Adsorption characteristics of natural zeolites as solid adsorbents for phenol removal from aqueous solutions: kinetics, mechanism, and thermodynamics studies. Chem Eng J 171(3):1143–1149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.012

    Article  Google Scholar 

  52. Bhattacharyya R, Ray SK (2013) Kinetic and equilibrium modeling for adsorption of textile dyes in aqueous solutions by carboxymethyl cellulose/poly(acrylamide-Co-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) semi-interpenetrating network hydrogel. Polym Eng Sci 53(11):2439–2453. https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.23501

    Article  Google Scholar 

  53. Temkin MJ, Pyzhev V (1940) Kinetics of ammonia synthesis on promoted iron catalysts. Acta Physiochim 12:217–222

    Google Scholar 

  54. Mall ID, Srivastava VC, Agarwal NK (2006) Removal of orange-G and methyl violet dyes by adsorption onto bagasse fly ash—kinetic study and equilibrium isotherm analyses. Dyes Pigment 69(3):210–223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2005.03.013

    Article  Google Scholar 

  55. Bhatnagar A (2007) Removal of bromophenols from water using industrial wastes as low cost adsorbents. J Hazard Mater 139(1):93–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.06.139

    Article  Google Scholar 

  56. Sepehr MN, Yetilmezsoy K, Marofi S, Zarrabi M, Ghaffari HR, Fingas M, Foroughi M (2014) Synthesis of nanosheet layered double hydroxides at lower pH: optimization of hardness and sulfate removal from drinking water samples. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 45(5):2786–2800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2014.07.013

    Article  Google Scholar 

  57. Húmpola PD, Odetti HS, Fertitta AE, Vicente JL (2013) Thermodynamic analysis of adsorption models of phenol in liquid phase on different activated carbons. J Chil Chem Soc 58(1):1541–1544. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-97072013000100009

    Article  Google Scholar 

  58. Pan B, Xing B (2008) Adsorption mechanisms of organic chemicals on carbon nanotubes. Environ Sci Technol 42(24):9005–9013. https://doi.org/10.1021/es801777n

    Article  Google Scholar 

  59. Soori MM, Ghahramani E, Kazemian H, Al-Musawi TJ, Zarrabi M (2016) Intercalation of tetracycline in nano sheet layered double hydroxide: an insight into UV/Vis spectra analysis. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 63(Supplement C):271–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2016.03.015

    Article  Google Scholar 

  60. Poursaberi T, Konozb E, Sarrafi AHM, Hassanisadi M, Hajifathli F (2012) Application of nanoscale zero-valent iron in the remediation of DDT from contaminated water. Chem Sci Trans 1(3):658–668. https://doi.org/10.7598/cst2012.246

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tikrit, Tikrit, Iraq

    Sarah Mustafa Ahmed

  2. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohd Raihan Taha

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq

    Omer Muhie Eldeen Taha

Authors
  1. Sarah Mustafa Ahmed
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Mohd Raihan Taha
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Omer Muhie Eldeen Taha
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sarah Mustafa Ahmed.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ahmed, S.M., Taha, M.R. & Taha, O.M.E. Kinetics and isotherms of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) adsorption using soil–zeolite mixture. Nanotechnol. Environ. Eng. 3, 4 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41204-017-0033-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41204-017-0033-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation