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Zainal ZS, Hoo P, Ahmad AL, Abdullah AZ, Ng Q, Shuit S, Enche Ab Rahim SK, Andas J. Plant-based calcium silicate from rice husk ash: A green adsorbent for free fatty acid recovery from waste frying oil. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26591. [PMID: 38404855 PMCID: PMC10884935 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Driven by the urgent need for a solution to tackle the surge of rice husk (RH) and waste frying oil (WFO) waste accumulation at a global scale, this report highlights the use of calcium silicates (CS) extracted from acid-pre-treated rice husk ash (RHA) for free fatty acid (FFA) removal from WFO as conventional RHA shows limited FFA adsorption performance. A novel alkaline earth silicate extraction method from acid-pre-treated RHA was outlined. The structural and behavioural attributes of the synthesised CS were identified through BET, SEM-EDS, and XRD analyses and compared to those of RHA. Notable morphology and structural modification were determined, including reducing specific surface areas, mitigating from amorphous to crystalline structure with regular geometric forms, and detecting Si-O-Ca functional groups exclusive to CS adsorbents. A comparison study showed superior lauric acid (LA) adsorption performance by CS absorbents over acid-pre-treated RHA, with a significant increase from 0.0831 ± 0.0004 mmol LA/g to 2.5808 ± 0.0011 mmol LA/g after 60 min. Recognised as the best-performing CS adsorbent, CS-1.0 was used for further investigations on the effect of dosage, LA concentration, and temperature for efficient LA adsorption, with up to 100% LA removal and 5.6712 ± 0.0016 mmol LA/g adsorption capacity. The adsorption isotherm and kinetic studies showed LA adsorption onto CS-1.0 followed Freundlich isotherm with KF = 0.0598 mmol(1-1/n) L(1/n) g-1 & Qe,cal = 3.1696 mmol g-1 and intraparticle diffusion model with kid = 0.1250 mmol g-1 min0.5 & Ci = 0.9625 mmol g-1, indicating rapid initial adsorption and involvement of carboxylate end of LA and the calcium ions on the CS-1.0 in the rate-limiting step. The high equilibrium adsorption capacity and LA adsorption rate indicated that the proposed CS-1.0 adsorbent has excellent potential to recover FFA from WFO effectively.
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- Zainor Syahira Zainal
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
- Centre of Excellence for Frontier Materials Research (CFMR), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
- Centre of Excellence for Frontier Materials Research (CFMR), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sungai Long Campus, Jalan Sungai Long, Bandar Sungai Long, Cheras, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
- Centre of Excellence for Frontier Materials Research (CFMR), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Perlis, Campus Arau, 02600, Perlis, Malaysia
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Seitzhanova M, Azat S, Yeleuov M, Taurbekov A, Mansurov Z, Doszhanov E, Berndtsson R. Production of Graphene Membranes from Rice Husk Biomass Waste for Improved Desalination. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:224. [PMID: 38276742 PMCID: PMC10820881 DOI: 10.3390/nano14020224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Inexpensive and efficient desalination is becoming increasingly important due to dwindling freshwater resources in view of climate change and population increase. Improving desalination techniques of brackish water using graphene-based materials has the possibility to revolutionize freshwater production and treatment. At the same time, graphene matter can be cheaply mass-produced from biowaste materials. In view of this, graphene material was obtained from a four-step production approach starting from rice husk (RH), including pre-carbonation, desilication, chemical activation, and exfoliation. The results showed that the produced samples contained a mixture of graphene layers and amorphous carbon. The activation ratio of 1:5 for carbonized RH and potassium hydroxide (KOH), respectively, provided higher graphene content than the 1:4 ratio of the same components, while the number of active layers remained unaffected. Further treatment with H2O2 did not affect the graphene content and exfoliation of the amorphous carbon. Preparation of the graphene material by the NIPS technique and vacuum filtration displayed different physicochemical characteristics of the obtained membranes. However, the membranes' main desalination function might be related more to adsorption rather than size exclusion. In any case, the desalination properties of the different graphene material types were tested on 35 g/L saltwater samples containing NaCl, KCl, MgCl2, CaSO4, and MgSO4. The produced graphene materials efficiently reduced the salt content by up to 95%. Especially for the major constituent NaCl, the removal efficiency was high.
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- Makpal Seitzhanova
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Department of Chemical Physics and Materials Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Ave. 71, Almaty 050059, Kazakhstan; (M.S.); (Z.M.)
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- Laboratory of Engineering Profile, Satbayev University, Satbayev Str. 22a, Almaty 050013, Kazakhstan
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- Institute of Combustion Problems, Bogenbay Batyr Str. 1721, Almaty 050012, Kazakhstan; (M.Y.); (A.T.); (E.D.)
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- Institute of Combustion Problems, Bogenbay Batyr Str. 1721, Almaty 050012, Kazakhstan; (M.Y.); (A.T.); (E.D.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Department of Chemical Physics and Materials Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Ave. 71, Almaty 050059, Kazakhstan; (M.S.); (Z.M.)
- Institute of Combustion Problems, Bogenbay Batyr Str. 1721, Almaty 050012, Kazakhstan; (M.Y.); (A.T.); (E.D.)
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- Institute of Combustion Problems, Bogenbay Batyr Str. 1721, Almaty 050012, Kazakhstan; (M.Y.); (A.T.); (E.D.)
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- Division of Water Resources Engineering, Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Nguyen KD, Thu TT, Tran ATH, Le OTK, Sagadevan S, Mohd Kaus NH. Effect of Red Mud and Rice Husk Ash-Based Geopolymer Composites on the Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye in Aqueous Solution for Wastewater Treatment. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:41258-41272. [PMID: 37970056 PMCID: PMC10634200 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c04691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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In this study, geopolymer originating from locally industrial byproducts as red mud (RM) was successfully prepared in the presence of different loadings of rice husk ash (RHA) used for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) in wastewater. During geopolymerization, various mixing amounts between RM and RHA were conducted when the weight ratio of binder solution/activated alkali-metal solution (Na2SiO3/ NaOH 7 M) was 2.5 and the curing temperature was set at 60 °C for 24 h. As a result, the surface area value of the prepared geopolymer composited with RHA at 0 and 60% was increased from 19.2 to 29.5 m2/g, while the BJH pore size of the prepared geopolymer was reduced to 6.68 and 5.76 nm, respectively. In the dye removal test, higher additions of RHA in the RM-geopolymer maintained better retention of the MB ion due to the increase in the adsorption binding site. The maximum uptake amount of dyes performed at pH 8 was changed from 6.59 to 10.74 mg/g, while RHA was from 0 to 60% after 180 min of immersion in MB solution. The adsorption isotherms well obeyed the Langmuir model, as the relative coefficient R2 was 0.999. Based on these, the initial agricultural waste as RHA and industrial byproducts as RM were valued as functional materials used for dye treatment in wastewater.
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- Khoa Dang Nguyen
- Faculty
of Environment, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
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- Faculty
of Environment, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
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- Faculty
of Environment, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
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- Faculty
of Environment, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
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- Nanotechnology
and Catalysis Research Centre, Universiti
Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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Liou TH, Wang SY, Lin YT, Yang S. Sustainable utilization of rice husk waste for preparation of ordered nanostructured mesoporous silica and mesoporous carbon: Characterization and adsorption performance. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.128150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Preparation of Amino-Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15 Nanoparticles and the Improved Adsorption of Tannic Acid in Wastewater. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12050791. [PMID: 35269279 PMCID: PMC8912468 DOI: 10.3390/nano12050791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ordered mesoporous Santa Barbara amorphous (SBA-15) materials have high surface areas and are widely used in adsorption, separation, filtration, and heterogeneous catalytic processes. However, SBA-15 surfaces contain hydroxyl groups that are unsuited to the adsorption of organic pollutants; thus, SBA-15 must be chemically modified to promote its adsorption activity. In this study, amino-functionalized nanoporous SBA-15 was fabricated by employing sodium silicate as a precursor. The structural characteristics of the prepared composites were examined using thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and surface area analysis. The prepared SBA-15 had a large pore size (6.46–7.60 nm), large pore volume (1.037–1.105 cm3/g), and high surface area (546–766 m2/g). Functionalization caused a reduction in the SBA-15 pore volume and surface area, whereas amino groups that promoted an interaction between adsorbates and solids facilitated solute adsorption. The adsorption of tannic acid (TA) onto amino-modified silica composites (SBA-15 and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (SBA-15/APTES) and SBA-15 and pentaethylenehexamine (SBA-15/PEHA)) was studied. Their adsorption capacities were affected by solution temperature, solution pH, agitation speed, adsorbent dosage, and initial TA concentration. The maximum adsorption capacities for SBA-15/APTES and SBA-15/PEHA were 485.18 and 413.33 mg/g, respectively, with SBA-15/APTES exhibiting ultrafast removal of TA (98.61% removal rate at 15 min). In addition, this study explored the thermodynamics, adsorption isotherms, and kinetics. A comparison of two types of amino-functionalized SBA-15 was used for the first time to adsorb TA, which providing valuable information on TA adsorption on high adsorption capacity materials in water media.
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Santucci V, Fiore S. Recovery of Waste Polyurethane from E-Waste. Part II. Investigation of the Adsorption Potential for Wastewater Treatment. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14247587. [PMID: 34947183 PMCID: PMC8704397 DOI: 10.3390/ma14247587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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This study explored the performances of waste polyurethane foam (PUF) derived from the shredding of end-of-life refrigerators as an adsorbent for wastewater treatment. The waste PUF underwent a basic pre-treatment (e.g., sieving and washing) prior the adsorption tests. Three target pollutants were considered: methylene blue, phenol, and mercury. Adsorption batch tests were performed putting in contact waste PUF with aqueous solutions of the three pollutants at a solid/liquid ratio equal to 25 g/L. A commercial activated carbon (AC) was considered for comparison. The contact time necessary to reach the adsorption equilibrium was in the range of 60–140 min for waste PUF, while AC needed about 30 min. The results of the adsorption tests showed a better fit of the Freundlich isotherm model (R2 = 0.93 for all pollutants) compared to the Langmuir model. The adsorption capacity of waste PUF was limited for methylene blue and mercury (Kf = 0.02), and much lower for phenol (Kf = 0.001). The removal efficiency achieved by waste PUF was lower (phenol 12% and methylene blue and mercury 37–38%) compared to AC (64–99%). The preliminary results obtained in this study can support the application of additional pre-treatments aimed to overcome the adsorption limits of the waste PUF, and it could be applied for “rough-cut” wastewater treatment.
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Alguacil FJ, López FA. Organic Dyes versus Adsorption Processing. Molecules 2021; 26:5440. [PMID: 34576914 PMCID: PMC8469008 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26185440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Even in the first quarter of the XXI century, the presence of organic dyes in wastewaters was a normal occurrence in a series of countries. As these compounds are toxic, their removal from these waters is a necessity. Among the separation technologies, adsorption processing appeared as one of the most widely used to reach this goal. The present work reviewed the most recent approaches (first half of the 2021 year) regarding the use of a variety of adsorbents in the removal of a variety of organic dyes of different natures.
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- National Center for Metallurgical Researcher (CENIM), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Avda. Gregorio del Amo 8, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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Rodríguez-Estupiñan P, Correa-Navarro YM, Vargas DP, Giraldo L, Moreno-Piraján JC. Enthalpies of Immersion in Caffeine and Glyphosate Aqueous Solutions of SBA-15 and Amino-Functionalized SBA-15. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:21339-21349. [PMID: 34471738 PMCID: PMC8388004 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mesostructured silica SBA-15 and amino-functionalized silica SBA-15-NH2 were synthesized, and then, characterization, adsorption capacity, and immersion enthalpies in caffeine and glyphosate on SBA-15 and SBA-15-NH2 were evaluated. The enthalpy parameter was determined using a local construction Tian-type heat conduction calorimeter. Calorimetric studies in caffeine solutions exhibit negative enthalpy values; exothermic process characteristics for SBA-15 were between -13.90 and -194.06 J g-1 and those for SBA-15-NH2 were between -7.22 and -60.34 J g-1, and the adsorption capacity of caffeine was better in SBA-15 than that in SBA-15-NH2. In contrast, the enthalpies of immersion in glyphosate solutions were -5.06 to -56.2 J g-1 and the immersion of SBA-15-NH2 in each solution generated enthalpy values of -9.06 to -41.2 J g-1, but the adsorption capacity of glyphosate was better in the amino-functionalized SBA-15. The results show that functionalization of SBA-15 produced differences in physicochemical characteristics of solids, since energy and affinity for the calorimetric liquids are related to the surface properties of solids as well as the chemical nature of the target molecule, immersion enthalpy, was different.
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- Paola Rodríguez-Estupiñan
- Departamento
de Química, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento
de Química, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia
- Departamento
de Química, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad de Caldas, Calle 65 No. 26-10, 170002 Manizales, Colombia
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- Departamento
de Química, Grupo de Investigación en Materiales Porosos
con Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Tolima, Calle 42 No. 1-02, 730006299 Ibagué, Colombia
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- Departamento
de Química, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30 No. 45-03, 111321 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento
de Química, Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 No. 18A-12, 111711 Bogotá, Colombia
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