ResumoA capacidade de remoção dos íons Cd(II), Cu(II) e Zn(II), de uma solução aquosa, pela macrófita Eichhornia crassipes foi investigada, em sistema batelada. Foram obtidos dados experimentais da cinética e do equilíbrio de biossorção, para os sistemas monocomponentes. Os testes cinéticos mostraram que o tempo de equilíbrio foi de 45, 60 e 120 min., para Cd(II), Cu(II) e Zn(II) ions, respectivamente. O modelo cinético de pseudo-segunda-ordem foi o que melhor representou os dados experimentais. Para descrever o equilíbrio de biossorção, foram utilizadas as isoterma de Langmuir, Freundlich e Temkim. A isoterma de Langmuir foi a que melhor descreveu os dados experimentais de equilíbrio, com valores da capacidade de adsorção de 0,667, 0,615 e 0,633 mequiv.g -1 para Cd(II), Cu(II) e Zn(II), respectivamente. Contudo acredita-se que a macrófita E. crassipes tem grande potencial para ser utilizada, no tratamento de águas residuárias contaminadas com metais pesados.
Palavras-chave: Biossorção, Eicchornia crassipes, metais pesados.
Abstract
The adsorption capacity of Eicchornia crassipes for removing Cd(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions from aqueous solutions has been investigated in a batch
In this work, the displacement effects on the sorption capacities of zinc and cadmium ions of the Eichornia crassipes-type biosorbent in batch binary system has been studied. Preliminary single metal sorption experiments were carried out. An improvement on the Zn(II) and Cd(II) ions removal was achieved by working at 30 °C temperature and with non-uniform biosorbent grain sizes. A 60 min equilibrium time was achieved for both Zn(II) and Cd(II) ions. Furthermore, it was found that the overall kinetic data were best described by the pseudo second-order kinetic model. Classical multi-component adsorption isotherms have been tested as well as a modified extended Langmuir isotherm model, showing good agreement with the equilibrium binary data. Around 0.65 mequiv./g maximum metal uptake associated with the E. crassipes biosorbent was attained and the E. crassipes biosorbent has shown higher adsorption affinity for the zinc ions than for the cadmium ones in the binary system.
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