In the present study, the potential of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) was evaluated by methylene blue (MB) retention. The selected low-cost adsorbent was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), BET method, and determination of the point of zero charge (pHzpc). Batch kinetic and isothermal studies were performed to examine the effects of contact time, initial dye concentration, adsorbent dose, pH, and temperature. The results show that the kinetic study of MB adsorption on sugarcane bagasse is very fast; the equilibrium is reached after only 20 minutes. The kinetic model of pseudo-second-order and the Langmuir isotherm model perfectly explain the adsorption process of MB with a monolayer adsorption capacity equal to 49.261 mg·g−1 activation parameters’ values such as free energy (ΔG°), enthalpy (ΔH°), and entropy (ΔS°) also determined as −4.35 kJ·mol−1, −31.062 kJ·mol−1, and −0.084 J·mol−1·K−1, respectively. Besides, the thermodynamic parameters of the methylene blue sugarcane bagasse system indicate that the exothermic adsorption process is spontaneous.
In many countries, water pollution from industrial wastewater is a serious problem. This type of pollution can have a harmful impact on the environment, to reduce the effects of these pollutants, several physico-chemical methods are implemented, in particular adsorption on bioadsorbents, it is a common process to remove traces of pollutants from water, the aim of our work is to realize a comparative experimental study of isotherms and adsorption kinetics of methylene blue (MB) on three substrates: sugar cane bagasse (SCB), almond shell (AS) and walnut shell (WS). The results of equilibrium kinetics show that walnut shell (WS) binds better to methylene blue than other substrates. The results also show that the adsorption kinetics are described by the expression of the pseudo-second order model. The isotherms of adsorption of methylene blue (MB) by sugarcane bagasse (SCB), walnut shell (WS) and almond shell are perfectly described by Langmuir's model and that walnut shell adsorbs methylene blue better than other substrates.
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