Simultaneous Removal of Naphthalene and Sulfur Dioxide using Surfactant
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 128, Issue 1
Abstract
Anionic surfactant was added during absorption to investigate the solubility of vapor phase naphthalene and in water. Anionic surfactant employed was sodium dodecyl sulfate. Lower than critical micelle concentration (CMC), the apparent solubility and absorption rates of or naphthalene with or without were practically identical to those of pure water. However, higher than CMC, equilibrium or naphthalene apparent solubility increased linearly in proportion to the surfactant concentrations. The solubilization effect of micelles resulted in the increase. Because the micelle solubilization effect was greater than that of the decrease of the mass transfer coefficient, the gas absorption rate increased. When surfactant concentration was 0.1 M, the enrichment factor (EF) value of naphthalene with was 4.54, which was only half of its value without When surfactant concentration was 0.2 M, the EF values increased to 2.24. These empirical findings confirm that to increase the removal efficiency of simultaneous absorption of hydrophobic organic compounds and via a spray or packed tower, an anionic surfactant can be employed.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
Arthur, C. L., Potter, D. W., Buchholz, K. D., Motlagh, S., and Pawliszyn, J.(1992). “Solid-phase microextraction for the direct analysis of water: Theory and practice.” Sep. Sci., 10(9), 656–661.
Edwards, D. A., Liu, Z., and Luthy, R. G.(1992). “Interactions between nonionic surfactant monomers, hydrophobic organic compounds and soil.” Water Sci. Technol., 26(1–2), 147–158.
Edwards, D. A., Luthy, R. G., and Liu, Z.(1991). “Solubilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in micellar nonionic surfactant solutions.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 25(1), 127–133.
Grimberg, S. J., Nagel, J., and Aitken, M. D.(1995). “Kinetics of phenanthrene dissolution into water in the presence of nonionic surfactants.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 29(6), 1480–1487.
Guha, S., Jaffé, P. R., and Peters, C. A.(1998). “Solubilization of PAH mixtures by a nonionic surfactant.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 32(7), 930–935.
Hai, M., Han, B., Yang, G., Yan, H., and Han, Q.(1999). “Effect of NaCl, NaOH, and poly(ethylene oxide) on methane solubilization in sodium dodecyl sufate solutions.” Langmuir, 15(5), 1640–1643.
Huang, H. L., and Lee, W. M. G. (2000). “Removal of PAH’s emitted from municipal incinerator using surface active substance.” Proc., A&WMA’s 93th Annual Conf. and Exhibition, Salt Lake City.
Jafvert, C. T., Van Hoof, P. L., and Heath, J. K.(1994). “Solubilization of non-polar compounds by non-ionic surfactant micelles.” Water Res., 28(5), 1009–1017.
Kile, D. E., and Chiou, C. T.(1989). “Water solubility enhancements of DDT and trichlorobenzene by some surfactants below and above the critical micelle concentration.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 23(7), 832–838.
King, A. D., Jr. (1990). “Solubilization of gases by polyethoxylated nonyl phenols.” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 137(2), 577–582.
King, A. D., Jr. (1992). “Solubilization of gases by polyethoxylated lauryl alcohols.” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 148(1), 142–147.
King, A. D., Jr. (1995). “Solubilization of gases.” Solubilization in surfactant aggregates, Surfactant Science Series, 55, S. D. Christian, and J. F. Scamehorn, eds., Dekker, New York, 35–58.
Lee, S. J., Chang, C. Y., Chiu, C. Y., Huang, W. H., and Shih, S. M.(1998). “Simple approximate solutions of internal circulation periods of liquid in falling droplets.” J. Chin. Inst. Chem. Eng., 29(6), 421–426.
Li, C. T., Lee, W. J., Mi, H. H., and Su, C. C.(1995). “PAH emission from the incineration of waste oily sludge and PE plastic mixtures.” Sci. Total Environ., 170, 171–183.
Liu, Z., Laha, S., and Luthy, R. G.(1991). “Surfactant solubilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds in soil-water suspensions.” Water Sci. Technol., 23, 475–485.
Llorens, J., Mans, C., and Costa, J.(1988). “Discrimination of the effects of surfactants in gas absorption.” Chem. Eng. Sci., 43, 443–450.
Lo, J. H. A., and Lee, W. M. G.(1996). “Effect of surfactant film on solubility of hydrophobic organic compounds in fog droplets.” Chemosphere, 33(7), 1391–1408.
Mulder, H., Breure, A. M., Van Andel, J. G., Grotenhuis, J. T. C., and Rulkens, W. H.(1998). “Influence of hydrodynamic conditions on naphthalene dissolution and subsequent biodegradation.” Biotechnol. Bioeng., 57(2), 145–154.
Ownby, D. W., Prapaitrakul, W., and King, A. D., Jr. (1988). “The solubility of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in aqueous solutions of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide, sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium 1-heptanesulfonate, and sodium perfluorooctanoate.” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 125(2), 526–533.
Paterson, I. F., Chowdhry, B. Z., and Leharne, S. A.(1999). “Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon extraction from a coal tar-contaminated soil using aqueous solutions of nonionic surfactants.” Chemosphere, 38(13), 3095–3107.
Plevan, R. E, and Quinn, J. A.(1966). “The effect of monomolecular films on the rate of gas absorption into a quiescent liquid.” AIChE J., 12, 894–902.
Radwan, N., and King, A. D., Jr. (1997). “Solubilization of gases by polyethoxylated octyl phenols.” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 194, 120–126.
Rosen, M. J. (1989). Surfactants and interfacial phenomena, Wiley, New York.
Schwarzenbach, R. P., Gschwend, P. M., and Imboden, D. M. (1993). Environmental organic chemistry, Wiley, New York.
Scriven, L. E., and Sternling, C. V.(1960). “The marangoni effects.” Nature (London), 187(4733), 186–188.
Seinfeld, J. H. (1986). Atmospheric chemistry and physics of air pollution, Wiley, New York.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (1987). “Locating and estimating Air Emissions from sources of polycyclic organic matter (POM).” Rep. No. EPA-450/4-84-007p, Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Vázquez, G., Antorrena, G., Chenlo, F., and Paleo, F.(1988). “Absorption of by aqueous NaOH solutions in the presence of a surfactant.” Chem. Eng. Technol., 11, 156–162.
Vázquez, G., Cancela, M. A., Varela, R., Alvarez, E., and Navaza, J. M.(1997). “Influence of surfactants on absorption of in a stirred tank with and without bubbling.” Chem. Eng. J., 67, 131–137.
Yeom, I. T., Ghosh, M. M., Cox, C. D., and Robinson, K. G.(1995). “Micellar solubilization of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in coal tar-contaminated soils.” Environ. Sci. Technol., 29(12), 3015–3021.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 128 • Issue 1 • January 2002
Pages: 60 - 67
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Oct 31, 2000
Accepted: May 29, 2001
Published online: Jan 1, 2002
Published in print: Jan 2002
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.