The Removal of Atrazine and Benalaxyl by the Fly Ash Released from Kosovo A Power Plant

Esad Behrami; Kledi Xhaxhiu; Bedri Dragusha; Arianit Reka; Adelaida Andoni; Xhuljeta Hamiti; Spiro Drushku

doi:10.1155/2022/9945199

The Removal of Atrazine and Benalaxyl by the Fly Ash Released from Kosovo A Power Plant

Int J Anal Chem. 2022 Jan 27:2022:9945199. doi: 10.1155/2022/9945199. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Esad Behrami¹, Kledi Xhaxhiu¹, Bedri Dragusha², Arianit Reka³, Adelaida Andoni¹, Xhuljeta Hamiti¹, Spiro Drushku¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
² Department of Pomology and Viticulture, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Prishtina, Pristina, Kosovo.
³ Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Tetovo, Ilinden n. n., 1200, Tetovo, North Macedonia.

Abstract

The development of low-cost adsorbent coal FA (Kosovo A) for pesticide removal is an important area of scientific research. With this study, we show the potential of adsorption of coal FA (Kosovo A) for the removal of benalaxyl and atrazine from water. We have found that the amount of adsorbed benalaxyl and atrazine increases with an increasing amount of coal FA (Kosovo A) in solution. The maximum capacity coal FA (Kosovo A) to adsorb benalaxyl and atrazine was found to be 0.46 and 0.45 mg/g according to the Freundlich equation and 3.48 and 3.33 mg/g according to the Langmuir equation. The Freundlich adsorption equation better explains the adsorption results of pesticides (benalaxyl and atrazine) in coal FA (Kosovo A), as the values of the recovery coefficient (R ²) were higher in Freundlich equation than the Langmuir equation. The adsorption isotherms were of type L and show that the adsorption efficiency of the coal FA (Kosovo A) depends on the initial concentration of benalaxyl and atrazine in solution and the maximum removal of benalaxyl and atrazine was achieved at concentrations less than 10 µg/ml. This study's results are expected to have implications for the use of coal FA (Kosovo A) for the removal of pesticides from water.