Manganese Amended Activated Alumina for Adsorption/Oxidation of Arsenic
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 131, Issue 9
Abstract
In a laboratory study, manganese amended activated alumina (MAA), prepared by calcining manganese acetate-impregnated activated alumina, showed promise as a more effective medium than activated alumina (AA) for use in small municipal drinking water systems or point-of-use treatment, for removing arsenic [As(III) and As(V)] from groundwater. Batch adsorption/oxidation kinetic tests indicated that in fixed-bed operation, with a bed flowthrough time of , MAA would be a more effective medium than AA in removing arsenic [As(V), As(III), and As(III) and As(V) (present together)] from groundwater. In three cycles of downflow column test [bed depth ; bed flowthrough time ; influent arsenic As(III) and As(V)], breakthrough bed volumes at the World Health Organization guideline value of for arsenic in drinking water were 580, 550, and 485, and 825, 770, and 695, respectively, for AA and MAA. During regeneration (backwashing with a sodium hydroxide solution), 84–88% (for AA) and 86–89% (for MAA) of the removed arsenic was recovered. Manganese concentration in the MAA column effluent was low (below ). A detailed study addressing the effects of some important factors (water pH, concentration and type of competing ions, and fouling by organics) on the process is needed.
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Received: Jul 18, 2001
Accepted: Nov 12, 2004
Published online: Sep 1, 2005
Published in print: Sep 2005
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