Adsorption of wastewater components by natural sorbents

• Published in: Journal of water chemistry and technology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 218 - 222
• Main Authors: Matsuska, O. V., Paranyak, R. P., Gumnitskii, Ya. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Allerton Press, Inc 01.08.2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adsorption; Ammonium; Aquatic Pollution; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Isotherms; Physical Chemistry of Water Treatment Processes; Sorbents; Waste materials; Waste Water Technology; Water Industry/Water Technologies; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Water treatment; adsorption; zeolite; wastewater; pollution
• ISSN: 1063-455X; 1934-936X
• DOI: 10.3103/S1063455X10040053

Sorptive properties of the natural zeolite from the Sokyrnytsia Deposit have been investigated with respect to the pollution components of wastewaters from meat-processing plants, namely, ammonium nitrogen, phosphates, and protein, the concentrations of which are subject to standards. Equilibrium values of the adsorption capacity were determined and appropriate sorption isotherms were built for temperature 20°C. It was shown that the adsorption capacity of clinoptilolite with respect to one-component systems was higher as compared with the case of simultaneous adsorption of two and three components from the solution. The linear relationships of the adsorption isotherms for one-, two-, and three-component systems have been also proposed.