The Removal of a Textile Dye from an Aqueous Solution Using a Biocomposite Adsorbent

Hana Ferkous; Karima Rouibah; Nour-El-Houda Hammoudi; Manawwer Alam; Chahrazed Djilani; Amel Delimi; Omar Laraba; Krishna Kumar Yadav; Hyun-Jo Ahn; Byong-Hun Jeon; Yacine Benguerba

doi:10.3390/polym14122396

The Removal of a Textile Dye from an Aqueous Solution Using a Biocomposite Adsorbent

Polymers (Basel). 2022 Jun 13;14(12):2396. doi: 10.3390/polym14122396.

Authors

Hana Ferkous^{1

2}, Karima Rouibah^{3

4}, Nour-El-Houda Hammoudi⁵, Manawwer Alam⁶, Chahrazed Djilani^{2

7}, Amel Delimi^{1

2}, Omar Laraba^{3

4}, Krishna Kumar Yadav⁸, Hyun-Jo Ahn⁹, Byong-Hun Jeon⁹, Yacine Benguerba⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Génie Mécanique et Matériaux, Faculté de Technologie, Université de 20 Août 1955, Skikda 21000, Algeria.
² Département de Technologie, Université de 20 Août 1955 de Skikda, Skikda 21000, Algeria.
³ Laboratory of Materials-Elaboration-Properties-Applications (LMEPA), University of MSBY Jijel, PB98 Ouled Aissa, Jijel 18000, Algeria.
⁴ Department of Engineering Proceeding, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University MSBY Jijel, PB98 Ouled Aissa, Jijel 18000, Algeria.
⁵ Laboratoire de Biopharmacie et Pharmacotechnie, Ferhat Abbas Setif 1 University, Setif 19000, Algeria.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Laboratoire LRPCSI, University of 20 Août 1955, El Hadaiek Road, Skikda 21000, Algeria.
⁸ Faculty of Science and Technology, Madhyanchal Professional University, Ratibad, Bhopal 462044, India.
⁹ Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea.

Abstract

The adsorption mechanisms of methylene blue (MB) onto olive waste (residue) treated with KOH (OR-KOH) and onto an OR-KOH and PEG-silica gel composite (OR-KOH/PEG-SG) at various temperatures were investigated using a combination of experimental analysis and Monte Carlo ab-initio simulations. The effects of adsorption process variables such as pH, temperature, and starting adsorbate concentration were investigated. The experimental data were fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich models. The maximum adsorption capacities of MB onto OR-KOH and OR-KOH/PEG-SG adsorbents reached values of 504.9 mg/g and 161.44 mg/g, respectively. The experimental FT-IR spectra indicated that electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bond formation were critical for MB adsorption onto the adsorbents generated from olive waste. The energetic analyses performed using Monte Carlo atomistic simulations explained the experimental results of a differential affinity for the investigated adsorbents and confirmed the nature of the interactions between methylene blue and the adsorbents to be van der Waals electrostatic forces.

Keywords: DFT; Langmuir–Freundlich; Monte Carlo simulations; adsorption.

Grants and funding

Researchers Supporting Project (RSP-2021/113), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), (MOTIE) (20206410100040).