EQUILIBRIUM PERFORMANCES OF CRYSTAL-RIGHT (TM) CR100 ZEOLITE USED IN WATER SOFTENING PROCESS

作者:Lazar Liliana*; Bandrabur Bogdan; Tataru Farmus Ramona Elena; Drobota Mioara; Stroe Silviu Gabriel; Gutt Gheorghe
来源:Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2015, 14(3): 541-549.
DOI:10.30638/eemj.2015.058

摘要

The present work investigates the performance of Cristal-Right (TM) CR100 zeolite based on the equilibrium and thermodynamics water softening process. The commercial zeolite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy combined with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and FT-IR spectroscopy. The equilibrium performances of zeolite were evaluated by the sorption capacity of calcium cations from calcium chloride solutions varying the calcium concentrations corresponding to moderate, hard and very hard waters. Experiments were carried in batch mode out as a function of temperature (278, 298, 318 and 338 K) and in fixed optimum conditions for soption process (pH, zeolite dose and contact time). Equilibrium sorption data were analysed using Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherm models to obtain the characteristic parameters of each model. Sorption equilibrium data fitted very well to the Langmuir model that confirmed the monolayer sorption with high correlation coefficients. According to the evaluation using the Langmuir isotherm, the maximum sorption capacities of calcium cations onto Cristal-Right (TM) CR100 zeolite were 31.45 mg/g for 298 K. The thermodynamic parameters values indicate the spontaneous and endothermic nature of the sorption process by ambient temperature. The sorption energy fell in the range of physisorption.

  • 出版日期2015-3