Estudo da remoção do herbicida Diuron® em coluna de leito fixo utilizando como adsorvente Moringa oleifera

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of Moringa oleifera as bark biosorbent to remove Diuron® herbicide, batch and fixed bed column. The characterization of biosorbent was performed by spectroscopy method infrared Fourier transform (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (MEV) and textural properties by the BET method before and after biosorption process in fixed bed column. For batch systems the evaluated experimental conditions were biosorbent mass, particle size, pH, temperature and stirring speed. From studies in batch experimental conditions were determined for study in a fixed bed column, such experimental conditions were the amount of mass of the biosorbent (0,750, 1,5 and 3 g), concentration of the adsorvate (5; 10; 17 , 20 and 33 mg L- 1), feed flow (1, 2 and 3 ml min-1) and pH (4, 7 and 10). The results biosorption in a fixed bed column had a higher percentage removal in low- flow operating conditions (47,44 %) , larger bed height (50,55%), 5 mg L- 1 (47,07 %) and pH 7 (55,10 %). In the evaluation of the biosorbent regeneration capacity were used the best experimental conditions obtained in the study in a fixed bed column, which was used as solvent ultra-pure water. With study analysis biosorption/desorption was observed that there was a complete regeneration of the biosorbent after six cycles. To describe the experimental data of breakthrough curves obtained in a fixed bed column, the mathematical models available in the literature were used. The most satisfactory model that represented the initial process of experimental data was the internal resistance can be regarded as limiting mass transfer step the biosorption process Diuron® herbicide.