OPTIMIZATION OF NICKEL (II) AND CHROMIUM (III) REMOVAL FROM CONTAMINATED WATER USING SORGHUM BICOLOR

LT Adewoye; SI Mustapha; AG Adeniyi; JO Tijani; MA Amoloye; LJ Ayinde

doi:10.4314/njt.363.1415

OPTIMIZATION OF NICKEL (II) AND CHROMIUM (III) REMOVAL FROM CONTAMINATED WATER USING SORGHUM BICOLOR

Authors

LT Adewoye DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
SI Mustapha DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
AG Adeniyi DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
JO Tijani DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGER STATE NIGERIA
MA Amoloye DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
LJ Ayinde DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.363.1415

Keywords:

Sorghum Bicolor, Adsorption, Nickel, Chromium, Isotherm, Kinetics

Abstract

A central composite design (CCD) under the response surface methodology (RSM)was used to study the effect of three adsorption variables (pH, initial concentration, and adsorbent dosage) in order to determine the optimum process conditions for the adsorptions of Ni (II) and Cr (III) onto sulphuric acid modified sorghum bicolor activated carbon (SBAC).This study yielded removal efficiency of 98.89 % for Ni (II) and 94.27 % for Cr (III) ion under optimal conditions of pH (8), initial metal ion concentration (25 mg/L), adsorbent dosage (10 mg) and pH (7), initial metal ion concentration (5 mg/L), dosage (15 mg);respectively. Statistical analysis of variance results showed a good correlation existed between the experimental and predicted data with R² values of 0.99 for Ni and 0.98 for Cr. The equilibrium data for Ni (II) adsorption was best described using Freundlich model while Langmuir model best fit Cr (III) adsorption. The mechanism of adsorption for both Ni and Cr adsorptions on SBAC followed Pseudo second order kinetic model.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i3.41

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Published

2017-06-30

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Vol. 36 No. 3 (2017)

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Agricultural, Bioresources, Biomedical, Food, Environmental & Water Resources Engineering

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OPTIMIZATION OF NICKEL (II) AND CHROMIUM (III) REMOVAL FROM CONTAMINATED WATER USING SORGHUM BICOLOR. (2017). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 36(3), 960-972. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.363.1415