Adsorption of Direct Blue 78 using chitosan and cyclodextrins as adsorbents
Author/s
Murcia-Salvador, Ainoa; Pellicer Balsalobre, José Antonio; Fortea, María Isabel; Gómez López, Vicente Manuel; Rodríguez López, María Isabel; [et al.]Date
2019-05-05Discipline/s
Ciencias de la AlimentaciónSubject/s
AdsorptionChitosan
β-CDs
Direct Blue
Kinetics
Isotherm
Pulsed light
Abstract
The dyeing industry is one of the most polluting in the world. The adsorption of dyes by polymeric matrixes can be used to minimize the discharge of dyes into the environment. In the present study, chitosan-NaOH and β-cyclodextrin-epichlorohydrin polymers were used to remove the dye Direct Blue 78 from a wastewater model. To understand the adsorption behavior of Direct Blue 78 onto the polymers, adsorption rate and maximum adsorption capacity were calculated using kinetic tests and isotherm curves respectively. The kinetic data and mechanism of the adsorption process were analyzed by three models and the equilibrium data by three adsorption isotherms; also the different thermodynamic parameters were calculated. Results showed that the adsorption process follows pseudo-second-order kinetics in both polymers and the Langmuir isotherm best-fitted data for chitosan-NaOH polymer and the Freundlich isotherm for the β-CDs-EPI polymer. The adsorption process is exothermic in both cases and spo...