ADSORPTION OF NAPHTHALENE BY CARBON MESOPOROUS (CMK-3) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
LEILA SAMIEE *
Development and Optimization of Energy Technologies Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), West Boulevard, Near Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran
AMIR YADEGARI
Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Robatkarim Branch, Robatkarim, Iran
SAEEDEH TASHARROFI
Ecology and Environmental Pollution Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), West Boulevard, Near Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran
AKRAM HOSSEINIA
Ecology and Environmental Pollution Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), West Boulevard, Near Azadi Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran
SEDIGHEH SADEGHHASSNI
Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), West Blvd. Azadi Sport Complex, P.O.Box 14665-137, Tehran, Iran
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In this study, mesoporous carbon CMK-3 has been prepared by Hexagonal mesoporous silica SBA-15 and was utilized as an applicable adsorbent of poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The structural and textural properties of the synthesized materials have also been characterized by Small Angle X-ray Diffraction (SAXRD), Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Photo-electron Spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Nitrogen adsorption–desorption analysis.
All the runs were carried out in a slurry system at ambient pressure and temperature. The adsorption capability of naphthalene on CMK-3 has been evaluated by varying initial concentration of naphthalene and solution pH. The maximum adsorption capacity of naphthalene on CMK-3 was calculated to be 160 mg g-1. The results also showed that adsorption capacity became notably greater with an increase in contact time. Moreover, the adsorption capacity enhances from 54 to 161 mg/g in effect of initial naphthalene concentration increasing from 5 to 30 ppm.
Another important finding was that adsorption processes and equilibrium data well fitted by pseudo-second-order kinetic (R2 =0.9999), followed by intra-particle diffusion model and Freundlich adsorption models (R2 =0.9936).
Keywords: Ordered mesoporous carbon, CMK-3, naphthalene, adsorption isotherm, kinetic