Removal of phenol and conventional pollutants from aqueous effluent by chitosan and chitin

AUTOR(ES)

Milhome, Maria Aparecida L., Keukeleire, Denis de, Ribeiro, Jefferson P., Nascimento, Ronaldo F., Carvalho, Tecia Vieira, Queiroz, Danilo Caldas

FONTE

Química Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The present study deals with phenol adsorption on chitin and chitosan and removal of contaminants from wastewater of a petroleum refinery. The adsorption kinetic data were best fitted to first- and second-order models for chitosan and chitin, respectively. The results of adsorption isotherms showed Langmuir model more appropriately described than a Freundlich model for both adsorbents. The adsorption capacity was 1.96 and 1.26 mg/g for chitin and chitosan, respectively. Maximum removal of phenol was about 70-80% (flow rate: 1.5 mL/min, bed height: 18.5 cm, and 30 mg/L of phenol. Wastewater treatment with chitin in a fixed-bed system showed reductions of about 52 and 92% for COD and oil and greases, and for chitosan 65 and 67%, respectively. The results show improvement of the effluent quality after treatment with chitin and chitosan.

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