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Adsorbent Material (adsorbent + material)

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Polymers and Materials Science40%
Engineering40%

Selected Abstracts

Modeling and CFD prediction for diffusion and adsorption within room with various adsorption isotherms

INDOOR AIR, Issue 2003
S. Murakami
Abstract This paper presents physical models that are used for analyzing numerically the transportation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from building materials in a room. The models are based on fundamental physicochemical principles of their diffusion and adsorption/desorption (hereafter simply sorption) both in building materials and in room air. The performance of the proposed physical models is examined numerically in a test room with a technique supported by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Two building materials are used in this study. One is a VOC emitting material for which the emission rate is mainly controlled by the internal diffusion of the material. The other is an adsorptive material that has no VOC source. It affects the room air concentration of VOCs with its sorption process. The floor is covered with an emission material made of polypropylene styrene,butadiene rubber (SBR). An adsorbent material made of coal-based activated carbon is spread over the sidewalls. The results of numerical prediction show that the physical models and their numerical simulations explain well the mechanism of the transportation of VOCs in a room. [source]

A study of the mechanisms of divalent copper binding to a modified cellulose adsorbent

JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 5 2010
David William O'Connell
Abstract A modified cellulose material was prepared by grafting glycidyl methacrylate to cellulose (Cell- g -GMA) with subsequent functionalization with imidazole (Cell- g -GMA-imidazole). This latter compound was used in the adsorption of copper from aqueous solution. The mechanism of Cu(II) binding onto the cell- g -GMA-imidazole was investigated at the molecular level using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). FTIR and Raman spectroscopy provided an insight into the extent to which perturbation of the imidazole ring occurred following adsorption of the metal while XPS spectra indicated the binding of Cu(II) ions to nitrogen atoms by the appearance of additional binding energy peaks for nitrogen on the cellulose- g -GMA-imidazole sample post adsorption. The EDX technique provided clear evidence of the physical presence of both the copper and sulfate on the cellulose- g -GMA-imidazole material post adsorption. XRD analysis further confirmed the presence of a copper species in the adsorbent material as copper sulfate hydroxide (Cu3(OH)4SO4 - antlerite). The XRD studies further suggest that the overall extent of Cu(II) adsorption is not alone a combination of true metal chelation as suggested by FTIR, Raman and XPS, but also a function of surface precipitation of the polynuclear copper species. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010 [source]

A modified cellulose adsorbent for the removal of nickel(II) from aqueous solutions

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY, Issue 11 2006
David W O'Connell
Abstract A series of adsorption studies was carried out on a glycidyl methacrylate- modified cellulose material functionalised with imidazole (Cellulose- g -GMA-Imidazole) to assess its capacity in the removal of Ni(II) ions from aqueous solution. The study sought to establish the effect of a number of parameters on the removal of Ni(II) from solution by the Cellulose- g -GMA-Imidazole. In particular, the influence of initial metal concentration, contact time, solution temperature and pH were assessed. The studies indicated a Ni(II) uptake on the Cellulose- g -GMA-Imidazole sorbent of approximately 48 mg g,1 of nickel from aqueous solution. The adsorption process fitted the Langmuir model of adsorption and the binding process was mildly endothermic. The kinetics of the adsorption process indicated that nickel uptake occurred within 400 min and that pseudo-second order kinetics best describe the overall adsorption process. Nickel(II) adsorption, recovery and re-adsorption studies indicated that at highly acidic pH values the adsorbent material becomes unstable, but in the range pH 3,6, the adsorbent is stable and shows limited but significant Ni(II) recovery and re-adsorption capability. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry [source]

Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Chitosan Through Immobilization of Complexing Agents

MACROMOLECULAR SYMPOSIA, Issue 1 2005
Karin Cristiane Justi
Abstract Summary: The complexation agents 2[-bis-(pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-4-methyl-6-formyl-phenol (BPMAMFF) and 2-[2-(hydroxybenzyl)-2-(pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-4-methyl-6-formyl-phenol (HBPAMFF) were immobilized on chitosan biopolymer in order to obtain new adsorbent materials for metal ions. The chitosan derivatives were characterized by IR spectroscopy, DSC, TGA, and CHN analysis. The characterization study proved that the chitosan surface was chemically modified with both complexing agents and however, it is expected that these modifications improve the selectivity for metal ions specific in relation to the chitosan. [source]

Ni2+ removal from aqueous solutions using conditioned clinoptilolites: Kinetic and isotherm studies

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, Issue 1 2009
Semra Çoruh
Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of conditioning with NaCl and HCl solutions on removal of Ni2+ ions from aqueous solutions using natural clinoptilolite. Batch studies were performed to evaluate the effects of various parameters such as chemically conditioning, adsorbent amount, contact time, initial pH of the solution, mixing temperature, and initial metal ions. The results clearly showed that the conditioning improved both the exchange capacity and the removal efficiency. Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin-Kaganer-Radushkevich (DKR) isotherm models were adopted to describe the adsorption isotherms. Adsorption isotherms of Ni2+ ions could be best modeled by Langmuir equation. Three simplified models including pseudo-second-order, intraparticle diffusion and Elovich were used to test the adsorption kinetics. These results indicate a significant potential for the natural and conditioned clinoptilolites as an adsorbent/ion-exchange material for heavy metal removal. © 2008 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 2009 [source]