Journal
ADSORPTION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 5-6, Pages 1310-1330Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0263617418768945
Keywords
Adsorption; Congo red; shrimp shell; biosorbent; wastewater
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [529101-N11403]
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Two novel adsorbents derived from shrimp shell were prepared and their adsorption performances on Congo red were investigated. The results suggested that treated shrimp shell powder exhibited a higher adsorption capacity than raw shrimp shell powder. The factors of initial concentration, solution pH, adsorption time, and temperature were investigated. The maximum adsorption capacity of treated shrimp shell powder calculated according to the Langmuir isotherm model was 288.2 mg/g, which is much higher than that of chitin. The adsorption behavior could be fitted well by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Intra-particle diffusion model was also used to study the adsorption process. The thermodynamic parameters indicated the spontaneous and endothermic nature of the adsorption. Shrimp shell powder exhibited enough advantages such as large adsorption capacity, low cost, simple processing methods and high specific gravity compared with chitin or chitosan. This work confirmed that the shrimp shell biosorbent had a potential to be applied in dye wastewater treatment area.
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