Emprego da casca de soja como adsorvente na remoção de corantes reativos têxteis

Abstract

The textile industry is known for high use of chemicals such as dyes, and generating large volumes of wastewater that contaminates water, a fact that has encouraged the research and improvement of treatment techniques. This study aimed to employ in natura soybean hulls in the removal of reactive dyes Crimson Sidercron HEXL (RCS-HEXL) and Blue BF-5G (RABF-5G). The point of zero charge (PZC) of soybean hulls was 6.76. The kinetics of the dye RCS-HEXL performed under the experimental conditions C0= 350 mg L-1, Dp= 0.215 mm, dosage= 8 g L-1, pH 2, temperature 30 °C was reached experimental qeq 38.039 mg g-1 in a time of 10 hours. In the kinetics of dye RABF-5G one experimental qeq of 57.473 mg g-1 was obtained under the conditions C0= 400 mg L-1, Dp= 0.725 mm, dosage= 6 g L-1, pH 2, temperature 30 °C 24 hours. The model of the pseudo-second order kinetics represented best of both dyes, showing R2= 0.989. The Langmuir isotherm model for 30 oC showed the maximum adsorption capacity of 44.356 mg g-1 and 72.427 mg g-1 for dyes RCS-HEXL and RABF-5G, respectively. Soybean hulls being a low-cost agro-industrial by-product proves to be a potential adsorbent for the removal of textile dyes investigated.