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REMOVAL OF THIONINE DYE USING PEANUT SHELL AS A BIOSORBENT
Minor Project Report
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the award of Degree of
Masters Of Technology
In
Chemical Engineering
Submitted by
ALPANA SAINI
(Roll No.:601111001)
Under the guidance of
Dr. SANGHAMITRA BARMAN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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Department of Chemical Engineering
THAPAR UNIVERSITY
PATIALA-147004, INDIA
December 2012
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the seminar report entitled Removal of Thionine Dye from its aqueous solution
using Peanut Shell as a Biosorbent is an authentic record of my study carried out as requirement for
the award of degree of M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) at Thapar University, Patiala, under the
supervision of Dr. Sanghamitra Barman during 3rd semester, July 2012 to December 2012.
Date: 13/12/2012 ALPANA SAINI
Roll No 601111001
It is certified that the above statement made by the student is correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Date:13 /12/2012 Dr. Sanghamitra Barman
Assistant Professor, CHED
Thapar University, Patiala
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I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
At first, my heartfelt thanks to the almighty for his abundant blessing showered on me
throughout this endeavor to complete this work of mine. I am thankful to my guide for a great support
throughout the work .
My honourable guide Asstt . Professor Dr.Sanghamitra Barman, Department of Chemical
Engineering, THAPAR UNIVERSITY, is a person to whom I will always remain grateful for hisexcellent guidance, valuable discussions, encouragement, constructive criticism and his insights have
strengthened this study significantly. He gave me a complete freedom to use my opinion, correcting
whenever necessary in my dissertation.
I would like to thank my Head of Department Dr. RAJIV MEHTA, who has at all times been
very supportive and accommodating.
I thank Dr. RAJ KUMAR GUPTA my P.G Coordinator for his terrific guidance regarding the
project report writing and providing adequate time to write project report .
I would like to thank all the faculty members of the department of chemical engineering for
helping me in all possible ways towards successful completion of this work.
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Pollution of water due to presence of colorants is a severe socio-environmental problem caused
by the discharge of industrial wastewater. In view of their toxicity, non-biodegradability and
persistent nature, their removal becomes an absolute necessity. The aim of the present study is to
remove Thionine dye from aqueous solution using peanut hull, under optimized conditions. The
concentration of dyes, amount of adsorbent and agitation time were optimized.
Spectrophotometric technique is adopted for the measurement of concentration of dyes before
and after adsorption. The adsorption data will be fitted to Langmuir, Freundlich adsorption
isotherm equations. Thermodynamic parameters of the system will also be calculated by using
Langmuir constant k. The adsorbent will be characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) to study the surface morphology of the adsorbent
and the bands in the FTIR spectrum indicates that functional groups responsible for dye
biosorption.
III
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NOMENCLATURE
C 0 initial dye concentration in aqueous solution (mg/dm 3)
C e equilibrium dye concentration in liquid phase (mg/dm3
)
D adsorbent dosage (g/dm 3)
d p particle size (m)
K 2 pseudo-second order rate constant (g mg -1 min -1)
K F Freundlich constant (mg g -1)(dm 3/ mg)
K L Langmuir adsorption constant (dm 3 mg-1)
1/n Freundlich parameter
q e equilibrium dye concentration in solid phase (mg g -1)
q m maximum dye adsorbed per unit mass of adsorbent (mg g -1)
R the gas universal constant (8.314 J/mol K)
R L Langmuir separation or equilibrium parameter (dimensionless)
RPM speed of agitation, min -1
t time (min)
G free energy of adsorption (kJ mol-1)
H change in enthalpy (kJ mol -1)
S change in entropy (kJ mol -1 K -1)
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IV
INDEX
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S.No. Title Page
No.
CERTIFICATE I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT II
ABSTRACT III
NOMENCLATURE AND ABBRIVATIONS IV
INTRODUCTION 1
1.0 LITRATURE REVIEW 3
CHAPTER 1
1.1 GAPS IN LITRATURE 10
1.2 RESEARCH PROBLEM 10
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF PRESENT WORK 11
CHAPTER 2
MATERIALS AND METHODS
11
2.1 MATERIALS 11
2.2 METHODS 12
2.2.1 PREPARATION OF ADSORBENT 12
2.2.2 PREPARATION OF DYE SOLUTION 12
CHAPTER 3
3 METHODOLOGY 13
3.1 BATCH ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS 13
3.1.1 EFFECT OF AGITAION TIME AND DYE
CONCENTRATION
13
3.1.2 EFFECT OF ADSORBENT DOSAGE 13
3.1.3 EFFECT OF pH 14
3.2 ADSORPTION KINETICS 15
4 RESULT 16
5 REFERENCES 18
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INTRODUCTION
The release of dyes into wastewaters from textile, biomedical, cosmetic, paper and coloring industries
poses serious environmental problems. The coloration of the water by the dyes causes inhibitory effect
on photosynthesis affecting aquatic ecosystems. The role of dyes in connection with variety of skin, lung
and other respiratory disorders has been reported worldwide. Color removal from textile effluents is a
major environmental problem and the most popular treatment methods electro flocculation, ultra
filtration, reverse osmosis and adsorption. Among these methods, adsorption is widely used method
because of its ease of operation. Adsorption with activated carbon is very popular, but its high cost
restricted its use. There is a constant search for cheaper substitutes. Many efforts have been made to use
low cost agro-waste materials as a substitute for commercial activated carbon. For removal of dyes some
agro waste materials were used such as Peanut Shell (Aadil Abbas et.al,2012), coir pith (Namasivayam
and Kavitha, 2002), leaf biomass of Calotropis procera Bom bom(Overah,,2011) , tamarind fruit shell
(Somasekhara, 2006), rice husk (Malik, 2003), orange peel (H. Benassa .,2005, wall nut shell (Sumanjit
et al ., 2008) etc. The present investigation is an attempt to remove Thionine dye from its solution by
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adsorption using a low cost adsorbent made from peanut-shell. Peanut shell which is an agricultural
wastes are discarded or set on fire can be used as a potential adsorbent.
Thionine is a strongly staining metachromatic dye that is widely used for biological staining of DNA.
Thionin is useful for the staining of acid mucopolysaccharides. It is also a common nuclear stain and can
be used for the demonstration of Nissl substance in nerve cells of the CNS (central nervous system).
(Budavari, 1996; Gurr.E, 1971). It can also be used to mediate electron transfer in microbial fuel
cells(biosensors) and used for studying kinetics of heavy metals (Bagheri et.al, 2011). Mostly it is used
in the biomedical laboratories all over the world. The waste water containing thionine coming out from
the medical and microbial laboratories and hospitals causes several harmful effects to the environment.
When it is in touch with the human skin can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and gastritis. It also affects
photosynthesis of the aquatic plants and thus disrupt the ecosystem. As it has strong affinity (10 5/mol)
with ds, ss - DNA and RNA (Begonaet.al, 2012), so aquatic animals which consume thionine containing
waste water may have thionine intercalation ((Paul et.al,2012) in their genetic sequence and as a result
may further produce genetically altered DNA to successive generation.
Fig 1: Thionine 3,7-Diamino-5-phenothiazinium acetate
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LITERATURE REIEW
It has been found from many literatures that biosorbents have the potential to remove a wide variety of
dyes. There is a need to develop biosorbents in a simple, inexpensive way and have a high biosorption
capacity. The effectiveness of biosorption depends on the characteristics of the adsorbent, adsorbate,
process variables and solution chemistry. The differences in the physical and chemical characteristics of
the adsorbent and their dependence on process variables and solution chemistry make it difficult to
compare between one another.
S.NO TOPIC AUTHOR YEAR Adsorption
capacities(mg/l)/
% removal1. Comparative study of adsorptive
removal of Congo Red and
Brilliant Green dyes from water using
Peanut Shell
Aadil Abbas et.al (2012) congo red was
15.09 mg/g and
brilliant green
19.92 mg/g.
2. Adsorptive removal of Methylene
Blue Dye From An aqueous solution
using water hyacinth root powder as a
low cost adsorbent
Sharma.A.K
et.al
(2012) 8.04 mg/g
3. Biosorption of Cr (III) from aqueous
solution by the leaf biomass of
Calotropis procera Bom bom
Overah, l.c (2011) 36.14
mg/g
4. Cocoa Shell as Adsorbent for the
Removal of Methylene Blue from
Aqueous Solution: Kinetic and
Theivarasu et al. (2011) 37.03 mg/g
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Equilibrium Study5. Removal of dyes from aqueous
solution using Neem (Azadirachta
Indica) Husk as activated carbon.
Alau K.K.
et.al
(2010) high adsorption for
remazol turquoise
blue.
20.32 mg/g.
6. Adsorption of methylene blue onto
gulmohar plant leaf powder:
Equilibrium, kinetic, and
thermodynamic analysis
V. Ponnusami,
et.al
(2009)
25.3 mg/g
7. Textile Dyes: Techniques and their
effects on the environment with a
recommendation for dyers Concerning
the green effect
Goetz.C (2008)
Direct F.
Scarlet
-13.00(mg/g) ,
Everdirect
Orange3GL29.98(mg/g) ,
Direct Blue
67 37.92
(mg/g)
Direct Red 31
-57.88 (mg/g),
Direct
Orange26
-36.14(mg/g) ,
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Crystal Violet-
43.00 (mg/g)
8. Removal of Methylene Blue by using
Biosolid.
Atay.U.A, et.al (2006) 57.88
mg/g
9. Removal of acid dyes From aqueous
solutions using Orange Peel as a
sorbent material.
H. Benassa (2005) 64.14 mg/g
10. Adsorption of metal complex dyes
from aqueous solutions by pine
sawdust
Ozacaret.al (2005)
Metal Complex
Blue and Metal
Complex Yellow
280.3 and 398.8 mg
dye per g adsorbent
11. Considerations for application of
biosorption technology to remediate
metal-contaminated industrial
effluents. ( 2004)
Atkinson.B.W,
et.al
( 2004) finding
12. A comparative adsorption study with
different industrial wastes as
adsorbents for removal of cationic
dyes from water,
Bhatnagar A. and
Jain A.K,
(2004) 80-90% removal
efficiency
13. Removal of Congo Red from water by
adsorption onto activated carbon
prepared from coir pith, an
agricultural solid waste,
Namasivayam .C
et.al
(2002) 99.34% removal
efficiency
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14. Removal of direct dye using tamarind
fruit shell
Somasekhara, (2006) 83% removal
efficiency15. Removal of Rhodamine-B by
Adsorption on Walnut Shell.
Sumanjit et.al ( 2008) 187 mg/g
Abbas et al. (2012) studied adsorptive removal of Congo Red and Brilliant Green dyes from water
using Peanut Shell. They studied the effect of various factors on biosorption process such as contact
time, pH, agitation speed, biosorption dose, particle size was studied. Study revealed that peanut shell
adsorbs dyes by both chemisorptions and physiorption. Removal efficiency of congo red was found to
be 15.09 mg/g and that of brilliant green 19.92 mg/g.
Alau et al ., (2010) studied the adsorption of xylenol orange, remazole turquoise blue and procion red by
neem (Azadirachta indica) husk carbon treated with ZnCl 2, H3PO4 and KOH at different concentrations,
particle size, shaking time and adsorbent dosage. Adsorption studies were carried out using carbonized
neem carbon, activated neem carbon and commercial adsorbent from coconut shell on xylenol orange,
remazole turquoise blue and procion red. The study showed a high adsorption for remazol turquoise
blue.
Atay et al., (2006) studied the mechanism of Methylene Blue adsorption on biosolid. The effects of
various experimental parameters, such as pH, biosolid dosage, contact time and initial dye concentration
were investigated. The results showed that the dye removal increased with increase in the initial
concentration of the dye and also increased in amount of biosolid used and initial pH. Adsorption data
was modeled using the Freundlich adsorption isotherm.
Atkinson et.al, (2004) investigated the application of biosorption technology to remediate metal-
contaminated industrial effluents. It described the factors that must be considered when selecting
bioremediation as a cleanup technology for inorganics. Biosorption technology, utilizing any natural
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form of biomass to passively adsorb and immobilize solubilised heavy metals or radionuclides, offers
such an alternative.
Bhatnagar et al., (2004) in their studied the comparative adsorption with different industrial wastes as
adsorbents for removal of cationic dyes from water. They carried over the experiments over four
adsorbents prepared from industrial wastes for removal of cationic dyes. This study showed that the
adsorbents prepared from carbonaceous waste- adsorbent prepared from carbon slurry are of good
porosity and appreciable surface area and also adsorbs dyes to an appreciable extent. The adsorption of
two cationic dyes, viz., rhodamine B and Bismark Brown R on carbonaceous adsorbent conforms to
Langmuir equation, is a first-order process and pore diffusion controlled. It was found that prepared
carbonaceous adsorbent exhibits dye removal efficiency that is about 80-90% of that observed with
standard activated charcoal samples. Thus, it can be fruitfully used for the removal of dyes and is a
suitable alternative to standard activated charcoal in view of its cheaper cost.
Goetz , et al., (2008) investigated the techniques and their effects on the environment. It showed a
different classes of dyes and their use on different textiles, and their potential effects on the environment
is studied. Additionally, experiments with natural dyes were conducted and documented. Natural berries,
roots, and other dyestuffs were collected and used to dye both natural and synthetic textiles. Each type
of dye has benefits and disadvantages. Every system of dyeing produces waste along with the finished product
Benassa et al., (2005) studied the removal of Acid Dyes From aqueous solutions using Orange Peel As
A sorbent material. In laboratory-scale studies, the data showed that Orange peel has a considerable
potential for the removal of dyes from aqueous solutions over a wide range of concentrations. The dyes
sorption performances are strongly affected by parameters such as: contact time, initial dye
concentration and dyes type. The amount of dye sorbed by this material increased with the increase of
these parameters at a specific time. The results also showed that the kinetics of dyes sorption was
described by a pseudo-second order rate model. A good fitting of dyes sorption equilibrium data is
obtained with Langmuir model in all the range of dyes concentrations studied. From these results,
maximum dyes adsorption capacities are observed using this material. It may be concluded that orange
peel may be used as a low-cost, natural and abundant source for the removal of dyes and it may be an
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alternative to more costly materials. For Nylosane Blue, a maximum sorption capacity about 65.88 mg/g
was obtained followed by Erionyl Yellow (64.14 mg/g), Nylomine Red (62.07 mg/g) and Erionyl Red
(40.72 mg/g), respectively.
Overah, et al., (2011) studied the b iosorption of Cr (III) from aqueous solution by the leaf biomass of
Calotropis procera Bom bom. The reaction conditions such as biomass dosage, initial metal ion
concentration and temperature were also found to influence the biosorption process. However, Langmuir
gave a better fit with an R-Squared value of 0.967 (closer to unity than that of freundlich), FT-IR studies
of the biosorbent before and after the biosorption process indicated that carboxylate, amino and nitro
functional groups were involved in the sorption of Cr (III) onto Calotropis procera leaf biomass. These
findings indicate that the leaf of biomass of Calotropis procera could be employed in the removal of Cr
(III) from aqueous solutions and industrial effluents.
Sharma, et al., (2012) carried over adsorption for the removal of Methylene Blue dye from an
aqueous solution using water hyacinth root powder as a low cost adsorbent. In this study adsorbent
prepared from roots of water hyacinth was used to remove the Methylene blue from an aqueous solution.
The batch adsorption study was carried out by varying the parameters such as pH adsorbent dose, initialconcentration of dye, and contact time to obtained removal kinetic data. At optimum experimental
condition maximum 95% removal of dye was achieved. Equilibrium data were best represented by both
Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The maximum dye uptake was found to be 8.04 mg/g. The
adsorption kinetic data are adequately fitted to the pseudo second order kinetic model. On the basis of
experimental results it is found to be an excellent adsorbent for the MB removal from wastewater.
Theivarasu, et al,. (2011) investigated the adsorption over Cocoa Shell as adsorbent for the removal of
Methylene Blue from aqueous solution. Methylene blue (MB) adsorption from an aqueous solution onto
activated carbon prepared from cocoa (Theobroma cacao) shell has been studied experimentally using
batch adsorption method. Adsorption kinetics and equilibrium were investigated as a function of initial
dye concentration and contact time, pH and adsorbent dosage. Pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order
and intraparticle diffusion models were used to examine the experimental data of different initial
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concentrations. On the basis of experimental results and the model parameters, it can be inferred that the
activated carbon prepared from cocoa shell was effective for the removal of methylene blue from
aqueous solution.
Ponnusami et al., (2009) carried out adsorption of methylene blue onto gulmohar plant leaf powder.The effects of pH, initial dye concentration, particle size, dosage, agitation speed, and temperature were
studied. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were used to test the equilibrium data. The reported
adsorbance was 25.3 mg/g.
Ozakar et al., (2005) studied adsorption of metal complex dyes from aqueous solutions by pine saw
dust. They made an attempt to alleviate the problem caused by the presence of metal complex dyes, in
the textile effluents. The effects of adsorbent particle size, pH, adsorbent dose, contact time and initial
dye concentrations on the adsorption of metal complex dyes by pine sawdust was investigated. The
experimental isotherm data were analyzed using the Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin equations. The
equilibrium data fit well the Langmuir isotherm. The monolayer adsorption capacities are 280.3 and
398.8 mg dye per g of pine sawdust for Metal Complex Blue and Metal Complex Yellow, respectively.
GAPS IN LITERATURE
Since the past few decades, with the advent of biosorption techniques several biosorbents and contaminant or
dyes have been studied but no work has been done on the removal of thionine dye even though it is a novel
contaminant found in waste water coming out from biomedical and microbial industries. Moreover, very
scarce literature is available on the use of peanut shell as adsorbent.
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The complex structure of dye molecules influences biosorption and further research is needed to establish the
relationships between dye molecule structure and biosorption (Fu &Viraraghavan, 2001et. al). Although
considerable information is available on biosorption but the nature of mechanism and the extent of
competition have been inadequately understood. It is very helpful for the biosorption practical application.
The technology needs to effectively compete both on a cost and performance basis with existing methods
before industry will accept and implement it. No detailed economic and market analyses are available.
although advantages of these systems are well established.
PROBLEMS IN RESEARCH
The challenge with biosorption as with many in the biotechnology industry is to move this process to an
industrial scale. It is relatively less difficult to demonstrate it in a laboratory; it is a little more challenging to
demonstrate it at a pilot scale, but to really scale it up to a large scale would call for a significant financial
and technological effort. This mismatch between scientific progress in biosorption research (biosciences) and
stagnation in industrial biotechnology innovation needs to be corrected through translational research andtechnology transfer with a push for commercialization of research. Universities can play an active role in this
process through more formalized approach to technology transfer and protection of intellectual property.
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OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
The objectives of the present study are:
To remove the Thionine dyes from its solution using peanut shell and eucalyptus leaves
To find the best adsorbent for the removal of thionine dye.
Characterization of the best adsorbents by SEM and FTIR.
Thermodynamic study of the adsorption of dye
Study of adsorption kinetics of Thionine dye over the adsorbent
Fitting of adsorption data into various adsorption isotherms
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1 Materials:
The Thionine dye is obtained from Liechem Laboratories Limited (India) and the Peanut shell was
collected from local region.
2.2. Methodologies:
2.2.1 Preparation of adsorbent
The peanut shell obtained was washed with distilled and was removed from excess dirt. Then it
was air dried in sunlight. The resulting product was kept in electric oven maintained at 50C for 24
hr. The carbonized material was taken out, grounded to fine powder and sieved to 150 m size and
stored in vacuum desiccators.
2.2.2 Preparation of dye solution
Stock solution of Thionine dye (Chemical formula: C1 2H9 N3S C 2H4O2, M.W.: 287.34, C. CAS-
No.: 78338-22-4) was prepared by dissolving 50mg of dye in 1L of distilled water to give
concentration of 50 mg/L. The serial dilutions say 10 20, 40, 60 and 80 mg/L were made by diluting
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the dye stock solution in accurate proportions. Calibration curve for dyes was prepared by
measuring the absorbance of different concentrations of the dyes.
3.3 Batch adsorption experiments
Adsorption experiments were carried out in mechanical shaker (temperature control) at a constant
speed of 300 rpm at 25C using 1000 mL beakers containing 100 mg of dye with 250 mL of dye
solutions. All the experiments (except the study of pH effect) were carried out at pH of 7.0. After
agitating the flasks for predetermined time intervals, samples were withdrawn from the flasks. The
adsorbents were separated from the solution by filtration using whatman paper no.1 and
centrifugation (REMI make) at 2000 rpm for 10 min (preferred in case of eucalyptus leaves). The
absorbance of the supernatant solution was estimated to determine the residual dye concentration,
measured at max = 598 nm spectrophotometrically using Perkin Elmer UV-Visible
spectrophotometer. Adsorption data obtained from the effect of initial concentration and contact
time will be employed in testing the applicability of isotherm and kinetic equations, respectively.
For further studies, Characterization of the adsorbent The surface structure of the adsorbed and
-unabsorbed biosorbents analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform
infrared (FTIR).
Figure 2. Unadsorbed peanut hull particle size 20 m
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Figure 3 adsorbed peanut hull
4. ADSORPTION KINETICS
The amount of dye sorbed at equilibrium, q e (mg/g) which represents the dye uptake, was calculated
from the difference in dye concentration in the aqueous phase before and after biosorption.
The uptake of dye by unit mass of biosorbent at any time (q) was determined from the following
equation: q e = (C i- C0)/ C 0
where C i is the initial dye concentration (mg/l),
Co is the residual (unadsorbed) dye concentration at any time(mg/l),
Equilibrium data commonly known as adsorption isotherms are basic requirements for the design of
adsorption systems. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms are to be used to describe the equilibrium
characteristics of adsorption in the present study. The Langmuir isotherm basically assumes
homogenous surface energy distribution. The Langmuir isotherm assumes that the adsorption rate is
proportional to the number of vacant sites on the adsorbent and fluid phase concentration, while the
desorption rate is proportional to the number of sites covered with adsorbate molecules. The study
of adsorption kinetics describes the solute uptake rate and this rate controls the residence time of
adsorbate uptake at the solid-solution interface. A Suitable kinetic model will be developed to find
out the mechanism of adsorption. The experimental data and the predicted values will be compared
by the correlation coefficients.
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3. RESULT
The adsorption capacity at equilibrium increases from 9.48 to 36.08 mg/g with an increase in initial
thionine concentration from 10 to 80 mg/l. More than 90% of thionine dye adsorbed with initial
concentrations ranging from 10-80mg/L for 2hr equilibrium time. The rate of percent removal and
adsorption capacity are higher in beginning due to larger surface area of the asorbents available for
the adsorption of the dye. The percentage removal, however, decreased with increase in initial
concentration of the Thionine Dye. This may be attributed to lack of available active sites required
for the high initial concentration of the dye. The adsorption sites took up the available solute more
quickly at low concentrations.
3.1. Concentration measurement and calibration
In order to calculate the concentration of the sample from each experiment, a calibration curve of each
dye was first prepared. For each dye, five different concentrations were prepared and absorbance
measured using a PerkinElmer UV-VIS Spectrophotometer Lambda 18 over a range from 400 to 700
nm. Calibration checks were carried out in duplicate and the maximum absorbance of each dye was
plotted against concentration. From these results, the concentrations of the dye samples was calculatedwith the following equations and constants.
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Figure: 4
3.2. Effect of initial dye concentration on dye adsorption
The effect of the initial Thionine dye concentration on the adsorption over peanut hull at adsorbent
dosage of 0.20 g and mixing speed of 200 rpm is shown in the Figure 4. It can be seen that the
adsorption at different concentrations is rapid in the initial stages and gradually decreases with the
progress of adsorption until the equilibrium is reached. The amount of thionene adsorbed at equilibrium
(qe) increased from 30.42 to 65.55 mg/g as the concentration was increased from 50 to 500 mg/L. The
initial concentration provides an important driving force to overcome all mass transfer resistances of the
Thionine Dye between the aqueous and solid phases. Hence a higher initial concentration of dye will
enhance the adsorption process. The removal decreased from 57% to 13% as the Thionine Dye
concentration was increased from 10 to 50 mg/L. The equilibrium conditions were reached within 34 h
for high concentrations (more than 20 mg/L)( Why?)
while the rate of adsorption was faster for
concentrations ranging from 10 to 20 mg/L (approximately 5 h).
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Figure 5
3.3. Effect of solution pH on dye adsorption
Effect of pH on adsorption was studied using 10 mg/L dye concentration, pH 212 at 30 C as given in
Figure. 4 . The dye adsorption was significantly changed over the pH value of 210. The dye adsorption
was nearly constant at pH 1012. The lowest dye adsorption was recorded at pH 2 (13 mg/g). The
equilibrium adsorption ( qe) was found to increase with increasing pH. The qe increases from 13 to 85
mg/g for an increase in pH from 2 to 10.
Wang et al. [29] reported that Thionine Dye adsorption usually increases as the pH is increased. Lower
adsorption of Thionine Dye at acidic pH is probably due to the presence of excess H+ ions competing
with the cation groups on the dye for adsorption sites. At higher pH, the surface of Peanut hull particles
may get negatively charged, which enhances the positively charged dye cations through electrostatic
forces of attraction. The complex nature of the adsorbent as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 mayindicate the possible involvement of some functional groups on the surface of Peanut hull in sorption
process.
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Figure 6
The effect of varying meal dose, m s , For a fixed initial adsorbent concentration, the percentage of dye removal increased with theincreasing amount of adsorbent which provides greater surface area and increased number of active sites.(1)
The biosorption capacity curve in Fig. 5 indicates that biosorption capacities decreased from 8.20
to 2.29 mg/g when the copra meal dose was increased from 5.0 to 30 g/dm 3 . The relationshipbetween biosorption capacity, q e , and the meal dose, m s , was also found to have an extremelyhigh coefficient value.
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Figure 5
Effect of solution Temperature on dye adsorption
Effect of solution Temperature on dye adsorption was studied in the temperature range from 20 to 60C.The diagrams in this Figure 6 bring the result for the initial concentration of dye and the smallest
quantity of ash, 1 g. It was deduced that higher temperature simplifies dye removal with adsorption onan adsorbent. The data also shows that the temperature effect is not so significant because the changeswere inconsiderable, in comparison with the adsorption at 20 and 60C.The amplification of the adsorption with temperature can be assigned to the increased number of active
surface locations that are available for adsorption on every adsorbent, porosity and the overall cubage of
the pores of the adsorbent. The intensity of the adsorption can also derive from the decreased thickness
of the limiting layer, which surrounds the adsorbent with the temperature when the resistance, against
transmission of adsorbent mass in the limiting layer, is reduced. This can also be the result of an increase
in dye-molecule mobility with an increase of their kinetic energy and increased diffusion speed inside of
the particles of adsorbents due to the temperature increase [Aksu and Tatil et.al].
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Figure 6
Effect of agitation on dye adsorption
In a liquid adsorption system, the transfer rate of a solute to a particle is affected by liquid film thickness
surrounding the particle and the film thickness depends on agitation speed. A series of experiments at
difference of 50 degrees of agitation (from 100 to 300 rpm) were undertaken and shown in Fig. 7 for the
adsorption of Thionine Dye on Peanul hull . Figure 7 indicates that the degree of agitation influences the
sorption rate as the agitation rate increases from 100 to 300 rpm. At agitation rates higher than 250 rpm
the sorption rates only differ to a quite small extent, indicating that the film thickness has insignificant
effect when the agitation rate is higher than 300 rpm. Hence, an agitation rate of 200 rpm was selected
for all the experiments.
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Figure 7
Adsorption Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic parameters for adsorption systems were calculated using the following equation:
where: k2 - the rate constant of adsorption of the second order [g/mgmin];
T temperature [K],
kb - Boltzmanns constant (1.380651023 J/K);
h - Planck's constant (6.6261034 Js);
S - change in entropy [J/Kmol];R - universal gas constant (8.314 J/Kmol);
H change of enthalpy [J/mol];
G - change of Gibbs free energy [J/mol].
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Graph of ln(k2/T) versus 1/T gives a straight line with a slope - H/R and intercept [ln(kb/h) + S/R],
from which the change in enthalpy and entropy was calculated.
Figures 2 is based on slope and intercept which are determined the basic thermodynamic parameters,
enthalpy
and entropy of adsorption, and based on those determined the change of Gibbs's free energies.
The entropy increases with increasing initial concentration of adsorbate and is generally decreased with
ncreasing amount of adsorbent. Reorientation or restructuring of water around the molecules of a dye isvery unhelpful as far as the entropy is concerned, since it disturbs the existing water structure and
imposes a new, ordered structure at the nearby water molecules. Energy released during the adsorption
process compensates for the loss of entropy of adsorbed molecules, the stronger the forces, the more
energy is released. As it can be stated that entropy can be thought of as a measure of linked energy of
a closed material system, ie energy which is in contrast to free, it can not be converted into work, the
change of the negative entropy correspond to the reduction of degrees of freedom of the adsorbed dyes,
ie suggests that disordered system is decreased at the interface solidyl - solution during the adsorption of
a dye .
Free energy decreases continuously with an increasing temperature, whereas an increase concentration
of adsorbent grows from 250mg to 1000mg per 0.25ml Since the adsorption reaction is feasible only if
the overall Gibbs free enthalpy change is negative, then minus values of free energy indicate the
feasibility and
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spontaneous nature of the process, ie favours the adsorption of the applied paint at 20, 40 and 60C. This
is to confirm the feasibility of the process and spontaneous nature of adsorption at the applied
temperatures with high affinity of the molecules for the surface of the adsorbents.
Small negative values of enthalpy change (between 2 to 6 kJ/mol) indicate physical nature the
adsorption, mostly, including weak exothermic attractive force, and that the process is energy-stable. An
enthalpy change continuously rises from the concentration of adsorbent increases ranging from 2 g/100
cm3.
With the increased concentration of dye, enthalpy change mainly rises from adsorbate
concentration.These phenomena can be explained with the fact that in the adsorption process the break
of the link between adsorbate molecules and adsorbent surface occurred.
Energy released during adsorption is manifold during the measuring in the range of energies that
originate from adsorption by different forces, for example - Van der Waals 410 kJ/mol, hydrophobic
connection 5 kJ/mol, hydrogen bond 240 kJ/mol, coordinating ties about 40 kJ/mol, dipole connection
229 kJ/mol, chemical bond about 60 kJ/mol.
In our case the change of enthalpy during adsorption on the ashes of dye, suggests that the adsorption
reaction system of the dye largely excludes the Van der Waals connections, hydrophobic interactions
and, to a lesser extent, dipolar forces, since these interactions carry smaller amounts of energy [15].
Adsorption Kinetics
Most of the sorption/desorption transformation processes of various solid phases are time-dependent. To
understand the dynamic interactions of pollutants with solid phases and to predict their fate with time,
knowledge of the kinetics of these processes is important (Sparks and Suarez, 1991; Sparks, 1989).
Various kinetic models have been used by various researchers, whereas in this study the pseudo-first-
order and pseudo-second-order models were studied.
Pseudo-First Order Model
Pseudo-first order equation or Lagergren's kinetics equation (Lagergren, 1898) is widely used for the
adsorption of an adsorbate from an aqueous solution.
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After integration and applying boundary conditions t = 0 to t = t and qt = 0 to qt = qt , the integrated
form of equation (11)
becomes:
where qt is the amount of metal adsorbed per unit of adsorbent (mg/g) at time t , k1 is the pseudo-first
order rate constant
(L/min), and t is the contact time (min). The adsorption rate constant ( k1) were calculated from the plot
of ln(qe - qt) against t.
In our Model Psedo First Order . isnt showing a satisfactory result.
Pseudo- Second Order Model
Ho and McKay, (1999) presented the pseudo-second order kinetic as:
For the boundary conditions t = 0 to t = t and qt = 0 to qt = qt , the integrated form of Eq. (13) becomes:
where k2 is the pseudo-second order rate constant (g/mg.min). The initial adsorption rate, h (mg/g.min)
at t0 is defined as:
The h, qe and k2 can be obtained by linear plot of t/qt versus t .
Pseudo second order kinetic plot of ( t/qt ) versus ( t ) gave the perfect straight line for the adsorption of all
metal ions onto kaolinite indicating that adsorption reaction can be approximated with pseudo-second
order kinetic model. The values of model parameters k1, k2, h, qe and correlation coefficients (r2) are
obtained from the plots.
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Figure 7The qe values calculated from the second order kinetic model agree well with the experimental values.
Figure 8
4.1. Langmuir isotherm
Langmuir [28] proposed a theory to describe the adsorption of gas molecules onto metal surfaces. The
Langmuir adsorption isotherm has found successful applications in many other real sorption processes
of monolayer adsorption. Langmuirs model of adsorption depends on the assumption that
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intermolecular forces decrease rapidly with distance and consequently predicts the existence of
monolayer coverage of the adsorbate at the outer surface of the adsorbent. The isotherm equation further
assumes that adsorption takes place at specific homogeneous sites within the adsorbent. It is then
assumed that once a dye molecule occupies a site, no further adsorption can take place at that site.
Moreover, the Langmuir equation is based on the assumption of a structurally homogeneous adsorbent
where all sorption sites are identical and energetically equivalent. Theoretically, the sorbent has a finite
capacity for the sorbate. Therefore, a saturation value is reached beyond which no further sorption can
take place. The saturated or monolayer (as Ct ) capacity can be represented by the expression:
where qe is solid phase sorbate concentration at equilibrium (mg/g), Ce is aqueous phase sorbate
concentration at equilibrium (mg/dm 3), K L is Langmuir isotherm constant (dm 3/g), L is Langmuir
isotherm constant (dm 3/mg).Therefore, a plot of Ce /qe versus Ce gives a straight line of slope aL / KL and
intercept 1/ K L, where K L/a L gives the theoretical monolayer saturation capacity, Q0. The Langmuir
equation is applicable to homogeneous sorption where the sorption of each sorbate molecule onto the
surface has equal sorption activation energy. The Langmuir equation obeys Henrys Law at low
concentration; when the concentration is very low, aLC e is far smaller than unity, it implies qe = K LC e,
hence, it is analogous to Henrys Law. Therefore, a linear expression of Langmuir equation is:
The sorption data were analysed according to the linear form figure (8) of the Langmuir isotherm. The
plots of specific sorption Ce /qe against the equilibrium concentration, Ce . The isotherms dye, namely,
Thionine was found to be linear over the whole concentration range studies and the correlation
coefficients were extremely high. These values of the correlation coefficients strongly support the fact
that the dyes-chitosan sorption data closely follow the Langmuir model of sorption. The isotherm
constants, a L, K L and equilibrium monolayer capacities, Q0.
The plots in Fig. 8 demonstrate that the Langmuir equation provides an accurate description of the
experimental data, which is further confirmed by the extremely high values of the correlation
coefficient.
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Figure 8
The RL values indicate the type of adsorption as either unfavorable (RL >1), linear (RL=1), favorable
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(mg/dm 3), K F is Freundlich constant (dm 3/g) and 1/ n is the heterogeneity factor. A linear form of the
Freundlich expression can be obtained by taking logarithms of Equation (9) .
ln qe = ln K F +1/n( ln Ce)
Therefore, a plot of ln qe versus ln C e enables the constant K F and exponent 1/ n to be determined. This
isotherm is another form of the Langmuir approach for adsorption on an amorphous surface. The
amount adsorbed material is the summation of adsorption on all sites. The Freundlich isotherm describes
reversible adsorption and is not restricted to the formation of the monolayer. The Freundlich equation
predicts that the dye concentrations on the adsorbent will increase so long as there is an increased in the
dye concentration in the liquid. By plotting the linear transformation of the Freundlich equation, shows
the logarithmic plot of the Freundlich expression for the acid dye AR18 and shows the deviation from
linearity on the Freundlich linear plot for the whole concentration range. However, if the whole
concentration range is divided into regions, i.e. region 1, region 2, and region3, excellent fits to the
experimental data can be observed, especially at the lower concentration region 1 and 2. Region 3 does
not fit the Freundlich equation well. Table 3 shows the Freundlich sorption isotherm constants, bF and
K F , and the correlation coefficients, R2 for the different concentration regions.
4.3. RedlichPeterson isotherm
Redlich and Peterson [30] incorporate three parameters into an empirical isotherm. The RP isotherm
model combines elements from both the Langmuir and Freundlich equation and the mechanism of
adsorption is a hybrid and does not follow ideal monolayer adsorption.
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where qe is solid phase sorbate concentration in equilibrium (mg/g), Ce is liquid phase sorbate
concentration in equilibrium (mg/dm3), KR is RP isotherm constant (dm3/g), aR is RP isotherm
constant (dm3/mg) and is the exponent which lies between 1 and 0. The application of this equation
has been discussed elsewhere and its limiting behaviour is summarised here:where =1
It becomes a Langmuir equation.Where =0
i.e. the Henrys Law equation
This equation can be converted to a linear form by taking logarithms:
Three isotherm constants, A, B, and g can be evaluated from the linear plot represented by nusing a trialand error procedure, which is applicable to computer operationwas developed to determine the isotherm
parameters by optimization routine to maximize the coefficient of determination, r 2, for a series of
values of A for the linear regression of ln( C e) on ln[ A(C e/qe)1] and to obtain the best value of A which
yields a maximum optimized value of r 2 using the solver add-in with Microsofts spreadsheet,
Microsoft Excel. The different isotherms were tested for their ability to correlate with the experimental
results by comparing theoretical plots of each isotherm with the experimental data for the biosorption.
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4.4 Temkin Isotherm Equation
The Temkin isotherm equation assumes that the heat of adsorption of all the molecules in layer
decreases linearly with coverage due to adsorbent-adsorbate interactions, and that the adsorption is
characterized by a uniform distribution of the bonding energies, up to some maximum binding energy
(Temkin, 1940). The Temkin isotherm is represented by the following equation:
Equation (9) can be expressed in its linear form as:
Where, T is the absolute temperature (K), R is the universal gas constant (8.314J/mol.K), KT is the
equilibrium binding constant (L/mg), and bT is the variation of adsorption energy (kJ/mol). BT is
Temkin constant related to the heat of adsorption (kJ/mol).
The Temkin adsorption isotherm model was chosen to evaluate the adsorption potentials of the
adsorbent for adsorbates.
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4.5 The Dubinin-Radushkevich isothermThis isotherm is generally expressed as follows (dubinin, 1960):
Radushkevich (1949) and dubinin (1965) have reported that the characteristicSorption curve is related to the porous structure of the sorbent. The constant, bd ,Is related to the mean free energy of sorption per mole of the sorbate as it isTransferred to the surface of the solid from infinite distance in the solution and thisEnergy can be computed using the following relationship (hasany and chaudhary,1996):
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s
3.8. Cost-estimation of Peanut Hull waste sorbent
The Peanut Hull waste accumulates in the agro-industrial yards, has no significant industrial and
commercial uses, but becomes an issue and contributes to serious environmental problems. Hence, the
utilization of such agriculture solid waste for wastewater treatment is most desirable. The cost of this
waste as a dye sorbent is only associated with the transport and process expenses which are
approximately US$ 50/ton whereas the average price of activated carbon used in Malaysia is US$ 1000
1100/ton. Thus the proposed PH sorbent is more than 20 times cheaper than activated carbon. Although
the adsorption capacity of PH may be lower than commercial activated carbons, the adsorbent is
renewable material, abundantly available and, therefore, low-cost adsorbent. The PH would be an
economical alternative for the commercially available activated carbon in removal of basic dye from
aqueous solutions.
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APPENDIX
5. NOMENCLATURE
C 0 initial dye concentration in aqueous solution (mg/dm 3)
C e equilibrium dye concentration in liquid phase (mg/dm 3)
D adsorbent dosage (g/dm 3)
d p particle size (m)
K 2 pseudo-second order rate constant (g mg -1 min -1)
K F Freundlich constant (mg g -1)(dm 3/ mg)
K L Langmuir adsorption constant (dm 3 mg-1)
1/n Freundlich parameter
q e equilibrium dye concentration in solid phase (mg g -1)
q m maximum dye adsorbed per unit mass of adsorbent (mg g -1)
R the gas universal constant (8.314 J/mol K)
R L Langmuir separation or equilibrium parameter (dimensionless)
RPM speed of agitation, min -1
Babsolute temperature (K)
t time (min)
G free energy of adsorption (kJ mol-1)
H change in enthalpy (kJ mol -1)
S change in entropy (kJ mol -1 K -1)
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