Kinetics and equilibrium of adsorption of dissolved organic matter fractionsfrom secondary effluent by fly ash
Liangliang Wei , Kun Wang , Qingliang Zhao , Chunmei Xie , Wei Qiu , Ting Jia
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Received November 22, 2010,Revised April 20, 2011, Accepted , Available online
Volume 23,2011,Pages 1057-1065
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Fly ash was used as a low-cost adsorbent for removing dissolved organic matter (DOM) in secondary effluent. Batch experiments were
conducted under various adsorbent dosages, pH, contact time, temperatures and DOM fractional characteristics. Under the optimum
conditions of fly ash dosage of 15 g/L, temperature of 303 K and contact time of 180 min, a removal of 22.5% of the dissolved
organic carbon (DOC), 23.7% of UV-254, 25.9% of the trihalomethanes precursors in secondary effluent was obtained. The adsorption
of DOM fractions onto fly ash all followed the pseudo second-order kinetic model, and the hydrophilic fraction adsorption by fly
ash also fitted the intraparticle diffusion model quite well. Freundlich and Langmuir models were applicable to the fly ash adsorption
and their constants were evaluated. The maximum adsorption capacities of the adsorptions revealed that fly ash was more effective
in adsorbing hydrophilic fraction than the acidic fractions. Structure changes of the DOM fractions after fly ash adsorption were also
characterized via spectrum analyzing. Those mechanisms presented critical step toward improved efficiencies of fly ash adsorption via
further surface-modification.
