Intraparticle diffusion and adsorption of arsenate onto granular ferric hydroxide (GFH)

Water Research
Mohammad BadruzzamanDetlef R U Knappe

Abstract

Porous iron oxides are being evaluated and selected for arsenic removal in potable water systems. Granular ferric hydroxide, a typical porous iron adsorbent, is commercially available and frequently considered in evaluation of arsenic removal methods. GFH is a highly porous (micropore volume approximately 0.0394+/-0.0056 cm(3)g(-1), mesopore volume approximately 0.0995+/-0.0096 cm(3)g(-1)) adsorbent with a BET surface area of 235+/-8 m(2)g(-1). The purpose of this paper is to quantify arsenate adsorption kinetics on GFH and to determine if intraparticle diffusion is a rate-limiting step for arsenic removal in packed-bed treatment systems. Data from bottle-point isotherm and differential column batch reactor (DCBR) experiments were used to estimate Freundlich isotherm parameters (K and 1/n) as well as kinetic parameters describing mass transfer resistances due to film diffusion (k(f)) and intraparticle surface diffusion (D(s)). The pseudo-equilibrium (18 days of contact time) arsenate adsorption density at pH 7 was 8 microg As/mg dry GFH at a liquid phase arsenate concentration of 10 microg As/L. The homogeneous surface diffusion model (HSDM) was used to describe the DCBR data. A non-linear relationship (D(S)=3.0(-9) x R(p)(1.4)...Continue Reading

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