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Preparation of Hybrids of Wood Sawdust With 3-Aminopropyl-Triethoxysilane. Application As an Adsorbent to Remove Reactive Blue 4 Dye From Wastewater Effluents Publisher



Teixeira RA1 ; Lima EC2, 3, 4 ; Benetti AD1 ; Thue PS3 ; Cunha MR4 ; Cimirro NFGM4 ; Sher F5 ; Dehghani MH6, 7 ; Dos Reis GS8 ; Dotto GL9
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  1. 1. Graduate Program in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation, Hydraulic Research Institute (IPH), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
  2. 2. Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Goncalves 9500, Postal Box, 15003, ZIP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
  3. 3. Graduate program in Science of Materials (PGCIMAT), Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Goncalves 9500, Porto Alegre, ZIP 91501-970, RS, Brazil
  4. 4. Graduate program in Mine, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering (PPGE3M), School of Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Goncalves 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
  5. 5. School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, United Kingdom
  6. 6. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Institute for Environmental Research, Center for Solid Waste Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Biomass Technology Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, SE-901 83, Sweden
  9. 9. Chemical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil

Source: Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Published:2021


Abstract

Background: Biomass-based materials present low sorption capacity. In order to overcome this disadvantage, chemical modification of these materials is required. Methods: Hybrids of biomass-based materials were obtained by reacting (25%-200% weight) 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane (APTES) with the biomass Ayous wood sawdust (AW), obtaining the hybrid materials AW@APTES-0.25, AW@APTES-0.50, AW@APTES-1.0, AW@APTES-1.5, and AW@APTES-2.0, that were characterized by hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance, CHN elemental analysis, surface area, TGA, FTIR, and pHpzc. Significant findings: For screening purposes, the five materials were tested as adsorbents to remove reactive blue 4 (RB-4) from water. The results showed that AW@APTES-0.5 attained the maximum removal of RB-4. The kinetics and equilibrium data were suitably fitted by the nonlinear General-order kinetic (GO) and Liu equilibrium adsorption models. The maximum amount adsorbed of RB-4 dye was 415.1 mg g − 1 using AW@APTES-0.5 (50 °C). An increase in the Qmax value of AW@APTES-0.5 concerning unmodified AW attained up to 21.6 times. The ΔG° and ΔH° indicated that the adsorption processes of RB-4 onto adsorbents are endothermic and spontaneous, and the magnitude of enthalpy of adsorption (25.10 kJ mol−1) is compatible with the electrostatic attraction mechanism. The adsorbents’ applicability for treating simulated dye effluents showed an excellent efficiency attaining 98.66% removal of the effluent. © 2021 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers