Health and environment
Ahmad Alahabadi; Abolfazl Rahmani Sani; Zahra Rezai; Mahnaz Torabi
Volume 25, Issue 4 , September and October 2018, , Pages 528-536
Abstract
Background and Background and goal : The attendance of humic acid in water resources is the main health problems of many Societies. There are various methods for decreasing or removing of humic acid. Of these absorbed is considered an effective method to remove it. SO Agriculture wastes were used for ...
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Background and Background and goal : The attendance of humic acid in water resources is the main health problems of many Societies. There are various methods for decreasing or removing of humic acid. Of these absorbed is considered an effective method to remove it. SO Agriculture wastes were used for preparation of activated carbons by chemical activation using Ammonium chloride.Method: In this study, the standard Merck carbon and carbon produced from plant waste used as adsorbents and adsorption experiments were performed in batc. Adsorption of humic acid (HA) on SAC and NAC as a function of solution initial pH (2-10), adsorbent dosage (0.1-1 g/L), contact time (5-50 min), concentration (5-20 mg/L), on the adsorption capacity, the two-parameter equilibrium models (Langmuir and Freundlich equations) were debated. Result: The result showed that the pH effect at removal humic acid is an important parameter, and isotherm showed that the adsorption Followed of the Langmuir isotherm. Also it was found that the capacity of absorb can be markedly effected by carbon type. That it was 238, 294 , 250 mg/g For carbons Merck, Sycamore and steel respectively.Conclusion: Carbon prepared from Steel due to very high capacity could be effective for removal humic acid from aqueous solution.