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Adsorption of Pb2+ in Aqueous Solutions by Biologically Produced Sulfur as a Novel Adsorbent
Jung-Hwan Yoon1
,
Seok Soon Jeong2
,
Kwon-Rae Kim3
,
Sung Chul Kim4
,
Jae E. Yang5
,
Hyuck Soo Kim6*
1Researcher, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
2Ph.D. Student, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
3Professor, Department of Smart Agro-Industry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52725, Korea
4Professor, Department of Biological Environment and Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
5Professor, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
6Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
*Corresponding Author
30 November 2021. pp. 610-621
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Abstract

In the process of biological desulfurization of gases from landfills, huge amounts of biologically produced Sulfur (BPS) were produced as by-products. A study was conducted to find out the possibility of using it as an adsorbent for Pb2+. BPS was subjected to an adsorption test in an aqueous solution in the presence of Pb2+ and compared with the removal efficiency of granular activated carbon (GAC), which is mainly used as an adsorbent for heavy metal. As a result of the Pb2+ removal experiment using BPS, it was a two-step process in which 54.5% of the initial Pb2+ was removed within 5 minutes by fast initial adsorption followed by slow adsorption. As a result of the isotherm adsorption experiment, the Pb2+ adsorption to BPS was fitted the Langmuir isotherm model, and the maximum adsorption capacity of BPS (175.4 mg g-1) was about 3 times higher than that of GAC (67.11 mg g-1). The data from XPS demonstrated that the main adsorption mechanism was the complexation of Pb2+ with the sulfide in the BPS. Therefore, it was confirmed that BPS has sufficient value to be recycled as a new adsorbent for Pb2+ removal in wastewater.

Result of adsorption isotherm test and High-resolution XPS spectra of Pb of biologically produced Sulfur after Pb adsorption.
Keywords
Activated carbon
Adsorption isotherm
Adsorption mechanism
Biologically produced sulfur
Lead
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 54
  • No :4
  • Pages :610-621
  • Received Date : 2021-11-08
  • Revised Date : 2021-11-24
  • Accepted Date : 2021-11-25
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2021.54.4.610
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