African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0786
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 1126

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Non-linear equilibrium and kinetic study of the adsorption of 2,4-dinitrophenol from aqueous solution using activated carbon derived from olives stones and cotton cake

Aurelien Bopda
  • Aurelien Bopda
  • Research Unit of Noxious Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P. O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon.
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Donald Raoul Tchuifon Tchuifon
  • Donald Raoul Tchuifon Tchuifon
  • Research Unit of Noxious Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P. O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon.
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Nche George Ndifor-Angwafor
  • Nche George Ndifor-Angwafor
  • Research Unit of Noxious Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P. O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon.
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Giscard Doungmo
  • Giscard Doungmo
  • Institute on Inorganic Chemistry, Christian-Albrebrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Max-Eyth-Strae 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Anagho Solomon Gabche
  • Anagho Solomon Gabche
  • Research Unit of Noxious Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P. O. Box 67, Dschang, Cameroon.
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  •  Received: 02 June 2019
  •  Accepted: 14 August 2019
  •  Published: 30 September 2019

Abstract

Olives stones and cotton cakes have been investigated as a cheap and available precursor used for the production of novel carbon using potassium hydroxide as chemical activating agent with 2:1 impregnation ratio at 1.5 M KOH. Carbonization was performed at 450°C for one hour. The activated carbons NOK and MK3 were characterized by Iodine Number, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, EDX Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Analysis and Proximate Analysis (pHZCN, pH, volatile matter, fixed carbon). The effects of initial sorbate concentration and contact time on adsorption were evaluated. Errors analysis methods were used to evaluate the experimental data: Correlation coefficient (R2), chi-square (χ2), average relative error (ARE), sum of absolute errors (EABS) and root mean square error (RMSE) values were tested to find the best fitting isotherm. Elovich models provide the best fit in the uptake of 2,4-dinitrophenol by activated carbons NOK and MK3. Thus, among the isotherm models studied, it appears that the Dubinin-Radushkevich and Temkin (two parameters), Sips (three parameters) and Baudu (four parameters) models describe better the adsorption data. Error analysis showed that the models with two parameters better described the adsorption of 2,4-diniphenol data compared with the three parameter and four-parameter models.

 

Key words: 2,4-dinitrophenol, activated carbon, cotton cake, olives stones, isotherms,  kinetics.

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