Abstract
In this study, alginate beads containing birnessite (Bir-AB), a highly reactive oxidative catalyst for the transformation of phenolic compounds, was prepared and its 1-naphthol (1-NP) removal efficiency was investigated in a batch test. Based on scanning electron microscopy image, it can be inferred that the alginate gel cluster acts as a bridge which bind the birnessite particles together. Kinetic experiment with Bir-AB of different mixing ratios of birnessite to alginate (Bir : AG = 0.25 : 1~1 : 1 w/w) indicate that pseudo-first order kinetic constants, k(hr-1) for the 1-NP removals increased about 1.5 times when the birnessite mixing ratio was doubled. The removals of 1-NP was found to be dependent on solution pH and the pesudo-first order rate constants were increased from 0.331 hr-1 at pH 10 to 0.661 hr-1 at pH 4. The analysis of total organic carbon for the reaction solutions showed that a higher removal of dissolved organic carbon was achieved with Bir-AB as compared to birnessite. HPLC chromatographic analysis of the methanol extract after reaction of 1-NP with Bir-AB suggest that the reaction products could be removed through incorporation into the aliginate beads as a bound residue. Mn ions produced from the oxidative transformation of 1-NP by birnessite were also removed by sorption to Bir-AB. The Bir-AB was recovered quantitatively by simple filtration and was reused twice without significant loss of the initial reactivity.
Translated title of the contribution | Removals of 1-Naphthol in Aqueous Solution Using Alginate Gel Beads with Entrapped Birnessites |
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Original language | Korean |
Pages (from-to) | 247-256 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | 대한환경공학회지 |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2013 |