Woody residues of the grape production chain as an alternative precursor of high porous activated carbon with remarkable performance for naproxen uptake from water

Autor: Guilherme Luiz Dotto, Jordana Georgin, Daniel Gustavo Allasia Piccilli, Dison S. P. Franco, Edson Luiz Foletto, Matias Schadeck Netto, Kátia da Boit Martinello, Luis F.O. Silva
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: REDICUC-Repositorio CUC
Corporación Universidad de la Costa
instacron:Corporación Universidad de la Costa
ISSN: 1614-7499
0944-1344
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16792-0
Popis: Activated carbon prepared from grape branches was used as a remarkable adsorbent to uptake naproxen and treat a synthetic mixture from aqueous solutions. The material presented a highly porous texture, a surface area of 938 m2 g−1 , and certain functional groups, which were key factors to uptake naproxen from effluents. The maximum adsorption capacity predicted by the Langmuir model for naproxen was 176 mg g−1. The thermodynamic study revealed that the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. The linear driving force (LDF) model presented a good statistical adjustment to the experimental decay data. A suitable interaction pathway of naproxen adsorption onto activated carbon was proposed. The adsorbent material was highly efficient to treat a synthetic mixture containing several drugs and salts, reaching 95.63% removal. Last, it was found that the adsorbent can be regenerated up to 7 times using an HCl solution. Overall, the results proved that the activated carbon derived from grape branches could be an effective and sustainable adsorbent to treat wastewaters containing drugs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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