Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite

This study analyzed individual and simultaneous sorption of ammonium (NH4+) and phosphate (PO43-) and their mechanisms together with their major operating parameters such as initial nutrient concentration, types of zeolites, and addition of salt onto Mg2+-modified zeolites. The phosphate reported a...

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Main Author: Gunasegran, Vikneshan
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021
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description This study analyzed individual and simultaneous sorption of ammonium (NH4+) and phosphate (PO43-) and their mechanisms together with their major operating parameters such as initial nutrient concentration, types of zeolites, and addition of salt onto Mg2+-modified zeolites. The phosphate reported a removal efficiency of -62.68% due to poor sorption for individual sorption, and 13.49% for simultaneous removal. Besides, the removal efficiency of ammonium in individual and simultaneous sorption is 59.98% and 35.87%, respectively. The ammonium and phosphate removal efficiency decreases as the initial nutrient concentration increases. Moreover, the mordenite typed zeolites showed much better adsorption for both individual and simultaneous with a higher removal efficiency of 59.98% and 35.87%, respectively for ammonium at an initial concentration of 20 ppm. However, the zeolite-Y had more adsorption capacity towards phosphate with a higher removal efficiency of 19.91%. The individual presence of Na+ had a significantly negative effect on the removal of ammonium as Na+ possesses small ionic radii than NH4+, which reduces ammonium uptakes. The pseudo-second-order model could describe the adsorption of nutrients with higher (R2 ≥ 0.99), where chemical actions mainly govern the process. The Langmuir model can be acceptably applied to fit the experimental data with a higher correlation coefficient (R2 = 0.995) for individual ammonium sorption, suggesting that the adsorption is a monolayer coverage. The addition of MgCl2 to the reaction system promoting the desorption process for both separate and simultaneous processes revealed the possibility of regeneration and reusability of the adsorbent.
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spelling usm-551272022-10-04T08:05:48Z http://eprints.usm.my/55127/ Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite Gunasegran, Vikneshan T Technology TP Chemical Technology This study analyzed individual and simultaneous sorption of ammonium (NH4+) and phosphate (PO43-) and their mechanisms together with their major operating parameters such as initial nutrient concentration, types of zeolites, and addition of salt onto Mg2+-modified zeolites. The phosphate reported a removal efficiency of -62.68% due to poor sorption for individual sorption, and 13.49% for simultaneous removal. Besides, the removal efficiency of ammonium in individual and simultaneous sorption is 59.98% and 35.87%, respectively. The ammonium and phosphate removal efficiency decreases as the initial nutrient concentration increases. Moreover, the mordenite typed zeolites showed much better adsorption for both individual and simultaneous with a higher removal efficiency of 59.98% and 35.87%, respectively for ammonium at an initial concentration of 20 ppm. However, the zeolite-Y had more adsorption capacity towards phosphate with a higher removal efficiency of 19.91%. The individual presence of Na+ had a significantly negative effect on the removal of ammonium as Na+ possesses small ionic radii than NH4+, which reduces ammonium uptakes. The pseudo-second-order model could describe the adsorption of nutrients with higher (R2 ≥ 0.99), where chemical actions mainly govern the process. The Langmuir model can be acceptably applied to fit the experimental data with a higher correlation coefficient (R2 = 0.995) for individual ammonium sorption, suggesting that the adsorption is a monolayer coverage. The addition of MgCl2 to the reaction system promoting the desorption process for both separate and simultaneous processes revealed the possibility of regeneration and reusability of the adsorbent. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021-08-01 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/55127/1/Simultaneous%20Removal%20Of%20Ammonium%20And%20Phosphate%20Using%20Magnesium%20Chloride%20Modified%20Zeolite_Vikneshan%20Gunasegran_K4_2021_ESAR.pdf Gunasegran, Vikneshan (2021) Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Kimia. (Submitted)
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Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite
title Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite
title_full Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite
title_fullStr Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite
title_short Simultaneous Removal Of Ammonium And Phosphate Using Magnesium Chloride Modified Zeolite
title_sort simultaneous removal of ammonium and phosphate using magnesium chloride modified zeolite
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