Kinetics and Isotherm Studies of Liquid Phase Adsorption of Cationic Dye onto Chitosan Synthesized from Crab Shells

Abstract:

The use of cheap and eco-friendly adsorbents studied as an alternative to activated carbon for removal of dyes from wastewater is the focus of this paper. Chitosan, which was produced from food industry waste (crab shells), was synthesized, characterized and utilized as adsorbent to remove cationic dye, basic blue, from wastewater by adsorption. Characteristics of the synthesized chitosan biosorbents was established using scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) spectroscopy. Experiments were conducted in batch forms to investigate the effects of contact time, initial dye concentration and adsorbent dosage. Kinetic and isotherm analysis of the adsorption process were also carried out. The results obtained revealed that removal efficiency of the chitosan was increased as the contact time and chitosan biosorbent dose were increased, but a decrease with increasing initial concentration of basic dye was observed. The pseudo-second order reaction model was found to describe the biosorption process best, with chemisorption as the rate limiting step. The maximum colour removal efficiencies of chitosan at dosage of 4 g for time duration of 90 min was found to be 91.88% of the dye from a solution of 80 ppm. The pseudo-second order kinetic model was also seen to agree very well with the dynamic behaviour of the adsorption of basic blue on chitosan under different contact time, initial dye concentrations and adsorbent dosages. The dynamic behaviour of adsorption of basic blue onto chitosan has the model fitness in the following order: pseudo-second order > Elovich model > pseudo-first order. The Elovich equation was found to be the best fit equilibrium isotherm for the sorption of basic blue onto chitosan based on linearized correlation coefficient. Moreover, the equilibrium isotherm has its model fitness to be in the order of Elovich model > Langmuir model > Freundlich model.

• Periodical: International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa (Volume 37)
• Pages: 112-126
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.37.112
• Online since: August 2018
• Authors: Abel Adekanmi Adeyi*, Fiyinfoluwa Deborah Fasina, Abdulwahab Giwa
• Keywords: Basic Blue 9 (BB), Cationic Dye, Chemisorption, Chitosan Biosorbents (CB), Isotherm, Kinetics, Synthesized Chitosan

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