Ca2+ removal from water by the use of Na-palygorskite for potential water softening

Author:

Eleni Gianni1,Georgios Panagopoulos2,Konstantina Katsanou3ORCID,Alexandros Biniaris2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Geology, University of Patras, Rio 26 504 Patras, Greece

2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Peloponnese, 263 34, Patras, Greece

3. Department of Water Resources and Ecosystems, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611 AX, Delft, the Netherlands

Abstract

Abstract Sodium-treated palygorskite (Na-Pal) sample was investigated for the sorption of Ca2+ ions with the aim of treating water hardness. The effective modification of the mineral with Na+ was verified by XRD and FT-IR techniques. Batch kinetic experiments in standard solutions were performed proving that 30 g/L of Na-Pal were highly satisfactory as the Ca2+ removal reached the 85% for 100 mg/L Ca2+ initial concentration, which is very promising for the softening of moderate or hard waters. The Ca2+ removal found to be pH and temperature independent, with high removal rates at room temperature and common pH values of water samples (pH 4–12), rendering these circumstances ideal for the low-cost maintenance of the procedure that took place within the first 5 min. The linear form of the Langmuir isotherm model expressed better (R2 = 1) the Ca2+ sorption, which means that takes place at specific homogeneous sites of Na-Pal. Thermodynamic analysis proved the non-spontaneous (positive ΔG0), physical, and exothermic nature (ΔH0 = −10.8197 kJ/mol) of the reaction, while the kinetic models proved the chemisorption of Ca2+ by Na-Pal.

Publisher

IWA Publishing

Subject

Water Science and Technology

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