Application of Modified Zeolite and Modified Peat in Removing Salinity Ions from Irrigation Saline Waters
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 8
Abstract
In the present study, adsorbents of zeolite and peat were modified in two ways, one using cationic surfactant of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMABr) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and the other using hydrochloric acid (HCl). Adsorbents were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis. The modified adsorbents were applied to remove salinity ions from irrigation saline water. Batch experiments were used to evaluate the adsorption capacity of salinity ions and the effects of contact time, concentration, and adsorption on irrigation water quality parameters. Then, kinetics and adsorption isotherms were evaluated. The adsorption capacity of salinity ions by modified adsorbents in different electrical conductivity () was between 26.13 and . Between adsorbents, modified peat with HDTMABr and NaOH had the best effect in adsorption of salinity ions. The average reductions in electrical conductivity () of 5.58, 10.41, and for different adsorbents were 1.24, 2.65, and , respectively. For all adsorbents, the kinetic data were described better by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model than by the pseudo-first-order kinetic model, and isotherm data were fitted better by the Freundlich model than by the Langmuir model.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank the Water Engineering Department, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran for technically and financially supporting this research.
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Volume 144 • Issue 8 • August 2018
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Received: Oct 31, 2017
Accepted: Feb 15, 2018
Published online: May 31, 2018
Published in print: Aug 1, 2018
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