Designing, Modeling and Developing Scale Models for the Treatment of Water Contaminated with Cr (VI) through Bacterial Cellulose Biomass
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Production of Bacterial Cellulose (BC)
2.2. The Research Parameters
2.3. Desorption–Adsorption
2.4. Column Design and Experiments
2.5. Development of Adsorption Models
- Biomass to use.
- Target volume.
- Target concentrations.
- Particle density.
- Maximum adsorption capacities.
- Constant Kf.
3. Results
3.1. Result of Removal of Cr (VI)
3.2. Redesign of Process Treatment
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Diameters | M (g) | Volume Mass (Vb) | Density Mas (pb) | Ma Particle (mp) | Volume Particle (Vp) | Density Particle (pp) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BC (1) | 50 | 80 | 0.62 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.59 | 0.68 |
BC (2) | 50 | 85 | 0.58 | 0.019 | 0.044 | 0.43 | 0.33 |
BC (3) | 50 | 90 | 0.55 | 0.028 | 0.039 | 0.71 | 0.23 |
Biomass | As cm2 | Kf (cm/min) | Volume Goal (L) | Time Break (min) |
---|---|---|---|---|
BC (1) | 61.5 | 0.99 | 5 | 550 |
BC (2) | 61.5 | 0.895 | 4.7 | 500 |
BC (3) | 61.5 | 0.889 | 4.65 | 435 |
Isotherm | Constant | R2 | |
---|---|---|---|
BC(1) | Langmuir | B = 0.03; qm; 65 | 0.99 |
Freundlich | K = 0.17 | 0.91 | |
Isoterm | Constant | R2 | |
BC (2) | Langmuir | B = 0.028; qm; 60 | 0.99 |
Freundlich | K = 0.11 | 0.92 | |
Isoterm | Constant | R2 | |
BC(3) | Langmuir | B = 0.027; qm; 58 | 0.98 |
Freundlich | K = 0.18 | 0.96 |
Biomass | Ks (1/s) | Isotherm Equation | Qm | pp |
---|---|---|---|---|
BC (1) | 0.018 | Langmuir | 65 | 2 |
BC (2) | 0.020 | Langmuir | 60 | 1.5 |
BC (3) | 0.022 | Langmuir | 55 | 1.4 |
Biomass | Elutions | Kf (cm/min) | Volume Goal (L) | Time Break (min) | Ks (1/s) | Isotherm Equation | Qm |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BC (1) | 1 | 0.98 | 4.5 | 500 | 0.017 | Langmuir | 58 |
2 | 0.98 | 4.4 | 450 | 0.018 | Langmuir | 55 | |
3 | 0.96 | 4.4 | 440 | 0.019 | Langmuir | 52 | |
4 | 0.88 | 4.0 | 410 | 0.020 | Langmuir | 50 | |
BC (2) | 1 | 0.90 | 4.1 | 458 | 0.020 | Langmuir | 56 |
2 | 0.90 | 4.0 | 450 | 0.021 | Langmuir | 54 | |
3 | 0.89 | 3.5 | 410 | 0.022 | Langmuir | 50 | |
4 | 0.80 | 3.0 | 390 | 0.022 | Freundlich | 44 | |
BC (3) | 1 | 0.90 | 4.1 | 450 | 0.022 | Langmuir | 55 |
2 | 0.88 | 3.8 | 440 | 0.023 | Langmuir | 50 | |
3 | 0.88 | 3.5 | 380 | 0.023 | Langmuir | 45 | |
4 | 0.82 | 3.1 | 360 | 0.024 | Freundlich | 40 |
Diameters | M (g) | Volume Mass (Vb) | Density Mass (pb) | Caudal mL/min | Volume Treat (L) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BC (1) | 50 | 80 | 0.62 | 20 | 5 | 4 |
Scaling | 450 | 500 | 0.58 | 200 | 550 | 3 |
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Sayago, U.F.C.; Ballesteros, V.B.; Aguilar, A.M.L. Designing, Modeling and Developing Scale Models for the Treatment of Water Contaminated with Cr (VI) through Bacterial Cellulose Biomass. Water 2024, 16, 2524. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172524
Sayago UFC, Ballesteros VB, Aguilar AML. Designing, Modeling and Developing Scale Models for the Treatment of Water Contaminated with Cr (VI) through Bacterial Cellulose Biomass. Water. 2024; 16(17):2524. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172524
Chicago/Turabian StyleSayago, Uriel Fernando Carreño, Vladimir Ballesteros Ballesteros, and Angelica Maria Lozano Aguilar. 2024. "Designing, Modeling and Developing Scale Models for the Treatment of Water Contaminated with Cr (VI) through Bacterial Cellulose Biomass" Water 16, no. 17: 2524. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172524