Chitosan membrane adsorber for low concentration copper ion removal

Xiaomin Wang; Yanxiang Li; Haigang Li; Chuanfang Yang

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.03.055

Chitosan membrane adsorber for low concentration copper ion removal

Carbohydr Polym. 2016 Aug 1:146:274-81. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.03.055. Epub 2016 Mar 22.

Authors

Xiaomin Wang¹, Yanxiang Li², Haigang Li³, Chuanfang Yang⁴

Affiliations

¹ National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
² National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
³ National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
⁴ National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. Electronic address: cfyang@ipe.ac.cn.

PMID: 27112875
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.03.055

Abstract

Thin chitosan membranes with symmetric and interconnected pore structure were prepared using silica as porogen, and their physical properties including pore structure, pore size distribution, porosity and water affinity were analyzed. The membrane showed a maximum Cu(II) adsorption capacity of 87.5mg/g in static adsorption, and the adsorption fitted pseudo-second order kinetics and Toth adsorption isotherm. The membranes were then stacked in layers as an adsorber to remove small concentration Cu(II) from water dynamically. At feed concentration of 5mg/L, the adsorber could retain Cu(II) effectively when its thickness reached over 200μm, and the performance was further improved by using more membranes layers. Within a certain limit, the adsorber showed a 'flow-independent' loading behavior, an indication of fast mass transfer inside the membrane. The adsorption process was correlated well with bed depth service time (BDST) model, Thomas model and Yoon and Nelson model, and the adsorber was also found to be regenerable and re-usable.

Keywords: Breakthrough curves; Copper ions; Membrane adsorber; Symmetric structure; Water treatment.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Chitosan / chemistry*
Copper / chemistry
Copper / isolation & purification*
Kinetics
Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical / isolation & purification*
Water Purification / methods*

Substances

Water Pollutants, Chemical
Copper
Chitosan