Using the Champia kotschyana Harvey alga to adsorb cadmium: Effective mechanisms and factors

Abstract :

One way to compensate for water shortages, especially in the agricultural sector, is to use recyclable water, including agricultural water, domestic and industrial wastewater. On the other hand, removing pollutants in these waters is particularly important. Due to the high cost and low efficiency of other pollutant removal methods, biological adsorption methods with low cost have good efficiency for removing pollutants, including cadmium. In this study, cadmium absorption in aqueous solutions was studied using Champia Kotschyana Harvey. Effect of effective variables such as concentration of cadmium ions (0.5-5 mg/L), absorbent value (7-1 gr/L), solution pH (3-8) and contact time (90-90 min) with model response level method became. The design of the Box- Behken was used for experimental data and the best level of independent variables, namely the initial concentration of cadmium ion, pH, contact time and adsorbent value, were selected. Under suitable conditions (pH=4, adsorbent value = 1.5 g/L, contact time = 36.53 min, cadmium initial concentration = 3.3 mg/L) adsorption capacity and cadmium removal percentage, respectively 3/1 mg/ g and 80/14 obtained. Kinetic and isotherm studies showed that the second-order Kinetic model and the isotherm Langmuir well corresponded to cadmium absorption data. According to the results, the Champia K. Harvey alga biomass can be used to adsorb cadmium from aqueous solutions.

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