화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.35, 63-74, March, 2016
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2015.12.010  Export Citation
High-performance removal of toxic phenol by single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Kinetics, adsorption, mechanism and optimization studies
Mohammad Hadi Dehghani1, 2, Masoome Mostofi1, 3, Mahmood Alimohammadi1, 3, Gordon McKay4, Kaan Yetilmezsoy5, Ahmad B. Albadarin6, Behzad Heibati1, 3, †, Mohammad AlGhouti7, N.M. Mubarak8, and J.N. Sahu9, †
  • 1Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • 2Institute for Environmental Research, Center for Solid Waste Research, Tehran, Iran
  • 3, Iran
  • 4Division of Sustainability, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
  • 5Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Davutpasa Campus, Esenler, 34220 Istanbul, Turkey
  • 6Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
  • 7Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, State of Qatar, Doha, Qatar
  • 8Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering and Science, Curtin University of Technology, 98009 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 9Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Programme Area, Faculty of Engineering, Institut Teknologi Brunei, PO Box 2909, Tungku Gadong, Brunei Darussalam
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The adsorption capabilities of two nano-sized adsorbents: multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were investigated for the removal of toxic phenol. The maximum adsorption capacities of MWCNTs and SWCNTs were determined as 64.60 and 50.51 mg/g, respectively. Adsorption kinetics followed the pseudo-second order model for both adsorbents. The optimum conditions using SWCNTs and MWCNTs were pH 6.57 and 4.65, phenol concentration 50 and 50 mg/L, dose 1.97 and 2 g/L and contact time 36 and 56 min, respectively. The results indicated that MWCNTs and SWCNTs were proven as high-performance adsorbents for toxic phenol removal from wastewater.
Keywords:Adsorption;Carbon nanotubes;Kinetics;Optimization;Phenol
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