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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 192, 2018
The 4th International Conference on Engineering, Applied Sciences and Technology (ICEAST 2018) “Exploring Innovative Solutions for Smart Society”
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| Article Number | 03033 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Track 3: Food, Chemical and Agricultural Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819203033 | |
| Published online | 14 August 2018 | |
Study of atrazine removal by an adsorbent synthesised by water hyacinth
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Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
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Food Fermentation Department, Faulty of Agro-Industry, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
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Corresponding author: patthranit.wo@gmail.com
In this work, water hyacinth was selected as a raw materials for synthesising the activated carbon used for removing atrazine, one of the most famous herbicides used in Thailand, from water. Three different treating methods were performed in order to attain the best adsorbent; untreated (AC), HCl-treated (HCl-AC) and NaOH-treated (NaOH-AC) activated carbons. After pyrolysis, NaOH-AC became ash, so it was not suitable for using as an adsorbent. Among these, HCl-AC was the best adsorbent for removing atrazine from water because of its highest surface areas. The adsorption experiments using AC and HCl-AC as the adsorbents confirmed that the adsorption efficiency of HCl-AC was higher than that of AC. In addition, the adsorption isotherm of HCl-AC was investigated by varying the atrazine initial concentration in the range of 3-15 ppm. The results best fitted with Langmuir isotherm that means this adsorption phenomenon was chemisorption with the maximum adsorbent capacity of 24.510 mg/g, Langmuir isotherm constant of 10.462 L/mg and the separation factor of 0.006 indicating that the equilibrium sorption of atrazine by HCl-AC was favourable.
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