Author:
Yang Wenling,Lei Gao,Quan Shujing,Zhang Longfei,Wang Baitao,Hu Hong,Li Liangliang,Ma Huan,Yin Chaohui,Feng Fei,Jing Yanyan
Abstract
The discharge of wastewater containing hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) into the environment is very harmful to living things. Therefore, before effluent that contains Cr(VI) can be discharged into the environment, this toxin should be removed from the contaminated water. In this study, corn stalk biochar was investigated to evaluate the Cr(VI) removal efficiency from an aqueous solution. The effects of pH (2–10), biochar concentration (0.5 to 10 g/L), Cr(VI) concentration (10–500 mg/L), and contact time (10–1440 min) were studied. The actual experimental value of the Cr(VI) removal efficiency was 28.67%, largely consistent with the predicted model value of 29.31%, under the optimal conditions of a Cr(VI) concentration of 60 g/L, pH 4, contact time of 270 min, and a biochar concentration of 4.5 g/L. A significant interaction between the Cr(VI) concentration and pH was observed, along with significance in the interaction between Cr(VI) concentration and biochar concentration, which had a greater impact on the removal of Cr(VI). Biosorption onto corn stalk biochar is an affordable and economical adsorption process to treat wastewater contaminated with Cr(VI). The aim of this study is to provide data to serve as a basis for future studies on the use of raw agricultural waste to remove Cr(VI).
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Henan Academy of Sciences
Henan Provincial Science and Technology Research
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cited by
3 articles.
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