Adsorption of Methylene Blue in Water onto Activated Carbon by Surfactant Modification

Yu Kuang; Xiaoping Zhang; Shaoqi Zhou

doi:10.3390/w12020587

journal article Open Access Feb 21, 2020

Adsorption of Methylene Blue in Water onto Activated Carbon by Surfactant Modification

Yu Kuang

Xiaoping Zhang

Shaoqi Zhou

Water Vol. 12 No. 2 pp. 587 · MDPI AG

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Abstract

In this paper, the enhanced adsorption of methylene blue (MB) dye ion on the activated carbon (AC) modified by three surfactants in aqueous solution was researched. Anionic surfactants—sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS)—and cationic surfactant—hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB)—were used for the modification of AC. This work showed that the adsorption performance of cationic dye by activated carbon modified by anionic surfactants (SLS) was significantly improved, whereas the adsorption performance of cationic dye by activated carbon modified by cationic surfactant (CTAB) was reduced. In addition, the effects of initial MB concentration, AC dosage, pH, reaction time, temperature, real water samples, and additive salts on the adsorption were studied. When Na+, K+, Ca2+, NH4+, and Mg2+ were present in the MB dye solution, the effect of these cations was negligible on the adsorption (<5%). The presence of NO2- improved the adsorption performance significantly, whereas the removal rate of MB was reduced in the presence of competitive cation (Fe2+). It was found that the isotherm data had a good correlation with the Langmuir isotherm through analyzing the experimental data by various models. The dynamics of adsorption were better described by the pseudo-second-order model and the adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. The results showed that AC modified by anionic surfactant was effective for the adsorption of MB dye in both modeling water and real water.

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Published: Feb 21, 2020
Vol/Issue: 12(2)
Pages: 587
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Authors

Y

Yu Kuang

School of Environment & Energy, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

X

Xiaoping Zhang

School of Environment & Energy, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters of Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Disposal, Guangzhou 510006, China

S

Shaoqi Zhou

School of Environment & Energy, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

Funding

National Key R&D Plan Project of China Award: 2016YFC0400702-2

Research Funds for the National Natural Science Foundation Award: No. 21377041

Cite This Article

Yu Kuang, Xiaoping Zhang, Shaoqi Zhou (2020). Adsorption of Methylene Blue in Water onto Activated Carbon by Surfactant Modification. Water, 12(2), 587. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020587

Adsorption of Methylene Blue in Water onto Activated Carbon by Surfactant Modification

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