The Removal of Phosphate by Coal Gangue from Wastewater

Abstract:

The feasibility of coal gangue as an adsorbent for phosphate removal from wastewater was investigated. The results showed that the equilibrium data were well fit to Langmuir isotherm model and the maximum adsorption capacity calculated was 2.49 mg/g at 25°C. The adsorption process followed pseudo-second order model. And the practical waste water experiment indecated that the phosphate concentration of real sewage decreased from 0.625mg/L to 0.121mg/L. These results suggested that coal gangue can be used as an adsorbent to removal phosphate from wastewater.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 209-211)
• Pages: 2005-2008
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.209-211.2005
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Fang Juan Zhang, Hua Yong Zhang, Lu Yi Zhang
• Keywords: Adsorption, Coal Gangue, Phosphate

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