Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants

The objectives of this study were [1] to conduct some experimental tests of the surface precipitation adsorption model, and [2] to work on the development of a simple yet widely applicable approach to modelling adsorption of inorganic ions on oxide surfaces. The latter represents the first portion o...

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Main Authors: Dzombak, David A., Morel, Franȯis
Other Authors: Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics.
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, 1985 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60640
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author Dzombak, David A.
Morel, Franȯis
author2 Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics.
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description The objectives of this study were [1] to conduct some experimental tests of the surface precipitation adsorption model, and [2] to work on the development of a simple yet widely applicable approach to modelling adsorption of inorganic ions on oxide surfaces. The latter represents the first portion of our continuing effort to develop a data base for adsorption of inorganic contaminants in oxide suspensions.
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spelling mit-1721.1/606402019-04-11T03:39:48Z Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants Inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants, Adsorption of. Coal-fired power plants, Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from. Ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants, Adsorption of inorganic contaminants from. Dzombak, David A. Morel, Franȯis Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics. The objectives of this study were [1] to conduct some experimental tests of the surface precipitation adsorption model, and [2] to work on the development of a simple yet widely applicable approach to modelling adsorption of inorganic ions on oxide surfaces. The latter represents the first portion of our continuing effort to develop a data base for adsorption of inorganic contaminants in oxide suspensions. An investigation of the kinetics of cadmium adsorption on hydrous ferric oxide at different initial adsorbate/adsorbent ratios was conducted as a partial test of the surface precipitation model. Kibetics of cadmium adsorption were observed to slow considerably as the adsorbate/adsorbent ratio was increased. The results confirm our hypothesis that adsorption kinetics should decrease as the adsorbate/adsorbent ratio is increased because of the shift from surface complexation to surface precipitation as the dominant adsorption mechanism. A number of constant pH equilibrium adsorption experiments with cadmium and hydrous ferric oxide were conducted in order to verify the isotherm predicted by the surface precipitation model. A recently published, extensive isotherm for zinc adsorption on hydrous ferric oxide was also examined. This investigation revealed that cation adsorption isotherms exhibit adsorptive saturation at high adsorbate concentrations and that the smooth transition from adsorption to precipitation predicted by the surface precipitation model occurs above this saturation. To model these data, a two site-type model with surface precipitation on weak binding sites is needed. As the first step in our effort to develop a data base for adsorption of inorganics, we reviewed available adsorption data and surface complexation models and identified a modelling approach capable of describing all existing data. The model that we propose is a two site surface complexation model with surface precipitation on weak binding sites, combined with the diffuse layer model for electrostatic corrections. For proton and anion binding, two site-types and surface precipitation will usually not be necessary - these refinements are included for accurate description of cation binding. The basic diffuse layer surface complexation model is thus the nucleus of the proposed universal model. Sponsored by Duke Power Company and American Electric Power Service Corporation under the MIT Energy Laboratory Electric Utility Program. 2011-01-14T23:30:01Z 2011-01-14T23:30:01Z 1985 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60640 12644779 Energy Laboratory report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Energy Laboratory) no. MIT-EL 85-005. 147 p application/pdf Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, 1985
spellingShingle Dzombak, David A.
Morel, Franȯis
Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants
title Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants
title_full Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants
title_fullStr Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants
title_full_unstemmed Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants
title_short Adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal-fired power plants
title_sort adsorption of inorganic contaminants in ponded effluents from coal fired power plants
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60640
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