Removal of fluoride from drinking water by adsorption onto alum-impregnated activated alumina

Tripathy, S. Swarupa; Bersillon, Jean-Luc; Gopal, Krishna

doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2005.11.036

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“…A variety of treatment procedures have been reported for the removal of excess fluoride from polluted waters based on precipitation (Aldaco et al 2007;Akbar et al 2008;Reardon and Wang 2000;Cengeloglu et al 2002;Yadav et al 2006;Nawlakhe et al 1975;Saha 1993), ion exchange (Meenakshi and Viswanathan 2007;Castel et al 2000;Feng Shen et al 2003;Chubar et al 2005;Apambire et al 1997;Singh et al 1999), reverse osmosis (Sehn 2008;Simons 1993), Donnan dialysis (Tor 2007;Garmes et al 2002;Hichour et al 1999), electrodialysis (Lahnid et al 2008;Menkouchi et al 2007;Hichour et al 2000;Adikari et al 1989;Amer et al 2001), nanofiltration ), membrane-based methods (Dieye et al 1998;Mjengera and Mkongo 2003;Lhassani et al 2001;Mameri et al 2001), electrocoagulation (Hu et al 2003), and adsorption on to various adsorbents (Shihabudheen et al 2006;Onyango et al 2006;Tripathy et al 2006;Mohapatra et al 2004;Raichur and Jyoti Basu 2001). The choice of the method depends on conditions like area, concentration, availability of resources, etc.…”

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Removal of fluoride from polluted waters using active carbon derived from barks of Vitex negundo plant

2015

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Background: Deleterious effects of fluoride contamination in ground waters on the health of human beings are well known and intensive research on developing de-fluoridation methods is globally pursued. Of the various methodologies, increasing interest is being envisaged in using the adsorption methods based on active carbons derived from plant material. In the present investigation, Nitric acid activated carbon derived from barks of Vitex negundo plant (NVNC) is probed for its de-fluoridation abilities. Methods: The activated carbon is characterized adopting various physicochemical methods and surface morphological studies are carried out using FT-IR and SEM-EDX techniques. The effect of various parameters such as pH, sorbent dosage, agitation time, initial concentration of fluoride, temperature, particle size and presence of foreign ions on the extraction of the fluoride is studied adopting Batch methods.The adsorption process is analyzed with Freundlich, Langmuir, Temkin and Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) isotherms and kinetics of adsorption is studied using pseudo first-order, pseudo second-order, Weber and Morris intraparticle diffusion, Bangham's pore diffusion and Elovich equations. The methodology developed is applied to real ground water samples.

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Removal of fluoride from polluted waters using active carbon derived from barks of Vitex negundo plant

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“…The fluoride content of soils varies from under 20 to several thousand ppm, the higher records being mostly from areas with bedded phosphate on fluoride deposits [3]. The natural presence of fluoride generally occurs through soil and rock formation in the form of fluorapatite, fluorspar and amphiboles, geochemical deposits, natural water systems and earth crust [4,5]. In addition to this fluoride can also be found in various Industrial work, chiefly semiconductor, electroplating, glass, steel, ceramic and fertilizers industries [6].…”

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Response Surface Methodology for Adsorption of Fluoride Ion Using Nanoparticle of Zero Valent Iron from Aqueous Solution

Fakhri¹

2013

J Chem Eng Process Technol

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This study is removal of fluoride ion from aqueous solution by nano zero valent iron (nZVI). Effects of the factor variables (temperature, nZVI dose and pH) and their interactions on adsorption of fluoride ion were investigated by response surface methodology (RSM) based on Box-Behnken design (BBD). Optimized values of temperature, nZVI dose and pH for fluoride sorption were found as 313K, 0.5 g, and 4, respectively. The effect of initial fluoride concentration on the adsorption amount was investigated by a batch experiment. For study the fluoride removal mechanism, various adsorption isotherms such as Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin were fitted. The results showed that the Freundlich isotherm gave high fit for fluoride adsorption. The time of adsorption reaction was rapid and subordinated pseudo-second-order kinetics. The values of thermodynamic parameters indicated that adsorption was spontaneous and endothermic in nature. The nano zero valent iron (nZVI) could be used as a potential adsorbent for fluoride ion containing aqueous solution.

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“…Fluoride is essential to prevent dental caries but an excess intake is detrimental to human health. The suitable level of fluoride ions in drinking water specified by the World Health Organization is 1.5 mg L À1 (Tripathy et al, 2006). However, the concentration of fluoride ion in groundwater is higher than 1.5 mg L À1 in many areas throughout the world.…”

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Simultaneous removal of arsenite and fluoride via an integrated electro-oxidation and electrocoagulation process

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a b s t r a c tAn integrated electro-oxidation and electrocoagulation system was designed and used to remove As(III) and F À ions from water simultaneously. Dimensionally stable anodes (DSA), Fe electrodes, and Al electrodes were combined into an electrochemical system. Two pieces of DSA electrodes were assigned as the outside of the Fe and Al electrodes and were directly connected to the power supply as anode and cathode, respectively. The Fe and Al ions were generated by electro-induced process simultaneously. Subsequently, hydroxides of Fe and Al were formed. Arsenic ions are mainly removed by iron hydroxides and F À ions are mainly removed by the Al oxides. At the initial concentration of 1.0 mg L À1 , most of As(III) was transferred into As(V) within 40 min at current density of 4 mA cm À2 , whereas F À ions can be efficiently removed simultaneously. The effect of the ratio of Fe and Al plate electrodes and current density on the removal of As(III) and F À was investigated. With one piece of Fe plate electrode and three pieces of Al plate electrodes, it is observed that As(III) with concentration of 1 mg L À1 and F À with concentration of 4.5 mg L À1 can be removed and their final concentrations were below the values of 10 lg L À1 and 1.0 mg L À1 , respectively within 40 min. Removal efficiency of As(III) increases with the increase of solution pH. However, in the pH range of 6-7, removal efficiency of F À is the largest.

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Removal of fluoride from drinking water by adsorption onto alum-impregnated activated alumina

Cited by 338 publications

References 18 publications

Removal of fluoride from polluted waters using active carbon derived from barks of Vitex negundo plant

Removal of fluoride from polluted waters using active carbon derived from barks of Vitex negundo plant

Response Surface Methodology for Adsorption of Fluoride Ion Using Nanoparticle of Zero Valent Iron from Aqueous Solution

Simultaneous removal of arsenite and fluoride via an integrated electro-oxidation and electrocoagulation process

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