A Potential Bio-Sorbent for Heavy Metals in the Remediation of Waste Water

Laskar, Mohammad A.; Ali, Syed K.; Siddiqui, Sana

Original scientific paper

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2016, pp 320-332
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.2016.04.0025

Mohammad A. Laskar¹ , Syed K. Ali¹, Sana Siddiqui²

¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, P.O. Box 2079, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, Jazan University, P.O. Box 797, Samtah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Bay leaves are used for flavoring in cold drinks production, in bakery goods, sauces, confectionary products and liquors. The waste generated from these sources has been valorized by attempting the remediation of waste water. Hence, adsorption of toxic metals onto Bay leaves has been investigated after optimizing the experimental parameters, namely the pH, contact time, adsorbent and Zn(II) concentrations as well as the temperature of the equilibrium mixture (consisting of the metal solution in contact with the adsorbent). The participation of the constituent functional groups, of the adsorbent, was ascertained with Fourier transform spectroscopic studies. The mode of adsorption was examined by employing important isotherm models, namely Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich models. The adsorption process was found to follow pseudo-first order kinetic model and also followed the intraparticle diffusion up to 60 minutes of contact time. The thermodynamic parameters suggest the spontaneous nature of adsorption.

Keywords: Green technology, Zinc, Langmuir plot, Freundlich plot, Bio-sorbent, Heavy metals.

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INTRODUCTION

The growing industrialization, coupled with population expansion, has resulted in the excessive release of heavy metals, whereby contaminating the natural resources (or ecosystem) [1], [2]. The major sources of metal pollutant are household hazardous wastes, industrial effluents and runoff from agricultural fields [2]. Metals are categorized as Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals and are not easily metabolized [3]. The bioaccumulation of these metal pollutants in human bodies and/or other living beings occurs through exposure over a considerable time either by direct intake or through food chains [2], [4]. As for instance, the bioaccumulation of zinc causes nausea, anemia, skin irritations, vomiting and stomach cramps [5]. Hence, their removal from our natural resources has become a major concern [6].

Till date, various techniques [7] namely coagulation, filtration, ion exchange, solvent extraction, foam flotation, activated sludge, aerobic and anaerobic treatment [8], microbial reduction, electrolysis and adsorption [9], have been employed for the treatment of metal contaminant. Among these water treatment technologies, adsorption has gained preference over others because of its convenience, simplicity of design and ease of operation. Agricultural by-products/products can be used as potential adsorbents of metal pollutants by virtue of their basic constituents, namely hemicelluloses, proteins, simple sugars, starch, lipids, lignin and hydrocarbons [9]. Moreover, these are economical and eco-friendly, available in abundance, of renewable nature and of low cost [9]. Hence, various agricultural products, namely:

Rice straw [10];
Carrot residue [11];
Chestnut shells [12];
Coffee husks [13];
Banana and orange peels [14];

have been successfully applied for the removal of metal pollutants. However, some of these suffer from low adsorption capacity and poor regenerability.

Adsorption of metals onto biomass (like agricultural products or byproducts) involves diverse and complex mechanisms. The species and the origin of the biomass are the major factors which dictate the qualitative and the quantitative mechanisms for adsorption [15]. Hence, attempts are being made continuously to discover low-cost adsorbent with appreciably high adsorption capacity, efficiency and better regenerability.

Likewise, bay leaves (with the binomial name of Cinnamomum tamala) possesses a variety of functional groups, mostly originating from the constituent compounds, namely:

Linalool;
Eugenol;
Cinnamaldehyde;
α;
β-pinene;
p-cymene;
Camphene;
β-phellandrene, etc. [16].

It is an evergreen tropical tree of the Lauraceae family and grows abundantly in the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China region, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and the Himalayas (upto altitude of 900−2,500 m) [17], [18].

Used bay leaves are a major waste of food and pharmaceutical industries. These are used in cold drinks companies for flavoring, bakery goods, sauces, confectionary products and liquors [19], [20].

In this proposed method, an investigation into the potential of bay leaves as a low-cost bio-sorbent, for the removal of zinc(II) ions from aqueous medium, has been made. The adsorption kinetics and equilibrium isotherms have been studied for better insight into the adsorption behavior, thereby making the adsorption mechanism more intelligible for evaluating and interpreting the thermodynamic parameters. The experimental parameters namely amount of adsorbent, concentration of metal ion, temperature and pH have been optimized for efficient removal of the metal ion.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Instruments and equipments

Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (Agilent, USA) was used for determining the concentration of Zn(II). A pH meter (Bellstone, India) was employed to measure the pH. A mechanical shaker of 200 rpm (Bellstone, India) was used for the equilibrium studies.

The FT-IR analysis (Omnic, USA) was done for characterization. Heating oven (Bellstone, India) was used for drying. A stainless steel grinder was used to reduce the adsorbent to powder. ASTM standard sieves were used to separate particles of the desired size.

Preparation of reagents and adsorbent

All the reagents correspond to analytical grade. The Zn(II) solution was prepared in de-ionised water. The bay leaves were procured from the local market, in Jazan, and then subjected to extensive washing with de-ionised water before leaving it overnight in an oven for drying until it attains a constant weight, while maintaining the temperature at 80 °C. The dried adsorbent was crushed and then subjected to filtering through sieve for acquiring particle size of 300 μm.

Batch method for adsorption studies

The required amount of an accurately weighed adsorbent was allowed to equilibrate in contact with Zn(II) solution of appropriate concentration (2 × 10⁻³−1 × 10⁻² molL⁻¹). The mixture was maintained at a constant pH with the appropriate buffer solution for optimum time with constant shaking. Then the mixture is subjected to filtration to separate out the filtrate, from the adsorbent, for determining the concentration of the filtrate with Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Characterization

FT-IR analysis.

The investigation of the nature of the interaction between the target metal ion and the adsorbent, a comparative study was done on the FTIR spectra of the loaded and unloaded adsorbent (Figure 1 and Figure 2).

Figure 1.

FT-IR spectrum of unloaded bay leaves

Figure 2.

FT-IR spectrum of Zn(II) laden adsorbent

The relative decrease in the intensities of the broad band at 3,710-3,902 cm⁻¹, corresponding to ν (NH) and ν (OH), in the spectrum of the metal laden adsorbent is indicative of their possible involvement in the sorption process. The relative decrease in the broadness of the peaks (3,710-3,902 cm⁻¹) in the case of the metal laden adsorbent may be attributed to the diminishing hydrogen bonding due to the participation of the -NH and -OH groups in metal retention [21], [22]. The appearance of the band at 2,917 cm⁻¹, which may correspond to the collective effect of the stretching vibration of double bond and the deformation band of NH (in the metal loaded adsorbent) may be due to its possible role in metal retention [23]. The appearance of bands at 2,304-2,349 cm⁻¹ in the metal loaded adsorbent represents the shift of v(NH) after metal retention. Moreover, the shift in the bands from 1,241 (unloaded adsorbent) to 1,250 cm⁻¹ and 1,046 (unloaded adsorbent) to 1,055 cm⁻¹ may indicate the role of v(C-O) and the bending vibration of OH in the retention of metal.

Hydrogen capacity and water regain capacity.

The movement of the metal ion phase is facilitated by the presence of interstitial and/or trapped aqueous phase in the biomass. The water regain capacity would indicate the hydrophilicity of the biomass (bay leaves). Water regain capacity may be defined as the amount of water absorbed by 1.0 g of the biomass [24]. An amount of 2.0 g of dried ground bay leaves was allowed to soak in doubly distilled water for 48 h, and then filtered by suction. The collected residue of biomass on the filter is then allowed to dry in air and weighed. The air-dried biomass is then dried overnight at 80 °C and then the constant weight is noted.

The water regain value was calculated as [24]:

W = (m_{w} - m_{d}) / m_{d}

(1)

where m_w is the weight of the air-dried polymer after filtration by suction and m_d is the weight of the resin after drying at 80 °C overnight.

The water regain capacity was found to be 6.2 mmolg⁻¹. For overall hydrogen ion capacity, an accurately weighed (1.0 g) of dried ground bay leaves was added to 4.0 M HCl contained in a beaker. After filtering the acid-treated biomass, it was then washed with distilled water until there was no leaching of free acid and subsequently dried at 60 °C for 3 h. The acidified biomass was then allowed to reach equilibrium (with constant stirring) with a specific volume of 0.1 M NaOH solution at room temperature. The excess alkali is then titrated against 0.1 M HCl. The overall hydrogen ion capacity was found to be 3.01 mmolg⁻¹

Chemical stability.

Several portions of fixed amount of the dried ground biomass was allowed to soak separately in 2 to 4 M of HCl/HNO₃/H₂SO₄ and 2 to 4 M of NaOH for 30 min (with constant stirring) and then subjected to loading and elution cycle (after washing and drying). It was found that there was no loss in the sorption capacity upto 3 M of mineral acid and 4 M of NaOH. However, about 10% loss in sorption capacity was observed with the samples which were soaked in acids of >3 M and base (NaOH) of >5 M. Hence, it may be concluded that there is no degeneration of the biomass in slightly acidic and/or alkaline medium.

Effect of contact time

From the plot of amount of Zn(II) retained versus the equilibration time (Figure 3), it may be noted that a constant adsorption capacity of 6.25 mg g⁻¹ was observed after 60 min of contact time, thereby giving the maximum saturation limit of bay leaves, as an adsorbent.

Figure 3.

The effect of contact time on adsorption of Zn(II)

Effect of pH on removal of heavy metal

Since there is always a competition offered by the hydrogen ions, the consideration of pH of the medium is very important. Hence, the plot of amount of adsorbed Zn(II) versus pH (Figure 4) indicates very low retention at pH 1-3, thereafter a steep rise in the adsorption takes place up to pH 5.0. At pH > 3, the positively charged metal ion dominates over the available H₃O⁺ ions and thereby more negatively charged metal binding sites are available for binding with metal. Again a decline in the adsorption of metal was observed after pH 5.0, which may be attributed to the deterioration of metal binding sites [25].

Figure 4.

Effect of pH on the adsorption of Zn(II)

Effect of temperature on the uptake of metal

The absorption of Zn(II) on to bay leaves is favored at higher temperature which indicates the involvement of some chemical interactive forces. With increasing temperature, from 20-50 °C, the adsorption capacity was found to increase from 0.33 mmolg⁻¹ to 0.50 mmolg⁻¹ within 60 min of contact time. Before reaching the time of equilibration, a kinetically controlled adsorption is reflected by the fact that with the increase in temperature the adsorption increased. The adsorption trend observed after the equilibrium time suggest that more binding sites may be available at higher temperature that leads to higher adsorption.

Effect of initial concentration and adsorbent mass

In the batch equilibration method, the factor, namely initial concentration of metal ions, has great significance as it facilitates in overcoming the resistance for mass transfer of metal ions between the two phases (namely, aqueous and the solid phase). Therefore, as expected, the adsorption capacity increased with increasing initial metal ion concentration.

When the amount of the adsorbent was increased, the uptake of Zn(II) from the solution increased from 4.75 to 6.25 mg g⁻¹ (Figure 5), which may be attributed to the fact that more binding sites were available.

Figure 5.

Effect of the adsorbent mass on the adsorption of Zn(II)

Adsorption isotherm studies

Equilibrium isotherms give an insight into some of the important characteristics of the adsorption system. Therefore, three important isotherm models, namely Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms [26]-[28], have been studied at 20-50 °C.

The Langmuir isotherm (Figure 6) may be reproduced as follows:

\frac{1}{q_{e}} = \frac{1}{q_{\max}} + (\frac{1}{q_{\max} K_{L}}) \frac{1}{C_{e}}

(2)

where q_e is the concentration of Zn(II) retained on bay leaves (molg⁻¹); C_e is the concentration of Zn(II) solution (molL⁻¹); qmax is the adsorption capacity (monolayer) of bay leaves (molg⁻¹); and K_L is the Langmuir adsorption constant (dm⁻³mol⁻¹). A separation factor R_L, a dimensionless constant which indicates the shape of the isotherms to be either unfavourable (R_L > 1), linear (R_L = 1), favourable (0 < R_L < 1) or irreversible (R_L = 0) may be defined as:

R_{L} = \frac{1}{1 + K_{L} C_{o}}

(3)

Figure 6.

Langmuir plot for the adsorption of Zn(II)

While Freundlich isotherm (Figure 7) is represented by:

In q_{e} = In K_{F} + \frac{1}{n} In C_{e}

(4)

where K_F and n are Freunlich adsorption isotherm constants (dm³g⁻¹) and Dubinin--Radushkevich isotherms (Figure 8) is represented by:

In q_{e} = In q_{m} - β ε^{2}

(5)

where β correspond to the mean free energy of adsorption (mol²J⁻¹); qm is the capacity of saturation (theoretical), and ε is the Polanyi potential, correlated as:

RT In [1 + (1 / C_{e})]

(6)

where R (Jmol⁻¹K⁻¹) represents the gas constant, while T (K) indicates absolute temperature. The constant, β corresponds to the free energy E (kJmol⁻¹) of adsorption and can be correlated as:

E = \frac{1}{{(2 β)}^{1 / 2}}

(7)

Figure 7.

Freundlich plot for the adsorption of Zn(II)

Figure 8.

Dubinin-Radushkevich plot for the adsorption of Zn(II)

As illustrated in Table 1 and Table 2, the surface of the adsorbent is composed of both homogeneous as well as heterogeneous adsorption patches since all the isotherm models are befitting.

The R_L and n (Table 1 and Table 2, respectively) values also suggest the favorability of the adsorption process. The magnitude of E (Table 2) reflects the nature of adsorption process as of physical nature [29].

Table 1.

Values of Langmuir isotherms constants for the adsorption of Zn(II) at various temperature

t [°C]	qmax [molg⁻¹]	K_L [dm³mol⁻¹]	$r_{L}^{2}$	R_L
20	3.35 × 10⁻⁴	25.27	0.98	0.79
30	4.02 × 10⁻⁴	17.99	0.98	0.85
40	4.52 × 10⁻⁴	11.59	0.98	0.98
50	5.00 × 10⁻⁴	8.17	0.97	0.92

Table 2.

Values of Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevichisotherm constants

Freundlich		Dubinin-Radushkevich
n	0.95	β[mol²kJ⁻²]	−0.83
KF [dm³g⁻¹]	5.86 × 10-3	E [kJmol⁻¹]	0.77
$r_{F}^{2}$	0.98	$r_{D - R}^{2}$	0.99

Kinetics studies

The appropriate rate expressions, that may represent the adsorption process, may be investigated for supporting the possible reaction mechanisms [30]. Hence, the studied kinetic models including pseudo-first-order equation, given as:

\frac{d q_{t}}{dt} = k_{1} (q_{1} - q_{t})

(8)

which on integration gives:

\frac{1}{q_{t}} = \frac{1}{q_{1}} + \frac{k_{1}}{q_{1} t}

(9)

where q₁ and q_t represent the amount of Zn(II) retained at equilibrium and at time t (mg g⁻¹), respectively, while k₁ indicates the pseudo-first-order rate constant (min⁻¹) of adsorption, pseudo-second order equation, given as:

\frac{d q_{t}}{d_{t}} = k_{2} {(q_{2} - q_{t})}^{2}

(10)

which on integration gives:

\frac{t}{q_{t}} = \frac{1}{k_{2} q_{2}^{2}} + \frac{t}{q_{2}}

(11)

where q₂ represents the maximum adsorption capacity (mg g⁻¹) corresponding to

pseudo-second-order retention; q_tindicates amount of retained Zn(II) at equilibrium time ^t

t (mg g⁻¹); k2 is the equilibrium rate constant for pseudo-second-order (gmg⁻¹min⁻¹) and intraparticle diffusion (Figure 9) represented by:

q_{t} = k_{p} t^{1 / 2} + C

(12)

where C represents the intercept and the intraparticle diffusion rate constant (mg g⁻¹min^−1/2) is indicated by k_p.

Figure 9.

Pseudo-first-order plot for the adsorption of Zn(II)

From the kinetic parameters obtained (Table 3), it may be inferred that pseudo-first order model (Figure 9) may be one of the routes for the adsorption of Zn(II) as suggested by the value of the correlation coefficients, which is greater than 0.99. However, although the correlation coefficients of pseudo-first-order kinetic model is higher than that for the intraparticle diffusion model (Figure 10), it may be inferred that the intraparticle diffusion may partially control the adsorption of Zn(II), at least up to 60 min of contact time (Figure 10). Since, the linear portion does not pass through the origin therefore it is not the rate limiting step [31].

Table 3.

Kinetic parameters for the adsorption of Zn(II)

k₁[min^-1]	q₁[mg g^-1]	$r_{1}^{2}$	k₂[gmg^-1min^-1]	q₂[mg g^-1]	$r_{2}^{2}$	k_p[mg g^-1min^-1/2]	C[mg g^-1]	$r_{p}^{2}$
217.55	18.87	0.99	14,080	40.00	0.13	1.27	3.30	0.98

Figure 10.

Intraparticle diffusion plot for the adsorption of Zn(II)

Thermodynamic parameters of adsorption

The correlation between ΔG⁰ (free energy), ΔΗ⁰ (enthalpy), ΔS⁰ (entropy) and K_L (equilibrium constant) is given as:

Δ G^{o} = - RT In K_{L}

(13)

In K_{L} = - \frac{Δ G^{o}}{RT} = - \frac{Δ H^{o}}{RT} + \frac{Δ S^{o}}{R}

(14)

The value of Δ G⁰ < 0 (Gibbs free energy), indicates that the retention of the metal ion on the adsorbent occurs spontaneously (Table 4).

Table 4.

Thermodynamic parameters calculated from the Langmuir isotherm constant (K_L) for the adsorption of Zn(II)

t [°C]	Δ G⁰ [kJmol⁻¹]	ΔH⁰ [kJmol⁻¹]	Δ S⁰ [JK-1mol-1]
20	−7.26
30	−7.28	26.60	-62.71
40	−6.37	26.60	-62.71
50	−5.64

An endothermic reaction is suggested by the positive value ofΔΗ⁰, while the negative value of ΔS⁰ indicates that there is a decrease in the randomness at the interface between solid and the solution during the adsorption of Zn(II) onto the adsorbent (Figure 11).

Figure 11.

Estimation of thermodynamic parameters for the adsorption of Zn(II)

Regeneration studies

In order to retrieve the unloaded biomass (for reuse), several mineral acids of varying concentration were tried for eluting the sorbed metal ions. However, 0.1 M HCl was found to give the best result with 100% recovery of the metal ions. The recovered biomass was then subjected to several cycles of loading and elution and was found to retain 95% of the sorption capacity up to 3 cycles.

CONCLUSION

An ecofriendly and low cost bio-sorbent is offered by bay leaves. This simple procedure provides an easy and simple methodology for the remediation of wastewater. The results of the studied Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms, reflect the physio-chemical mechanism of adsorption that follows pseudo-second order kinetics as well as intra-particle diffusion model. The favourable nature of the adsorption process (that has led to the retention of the metal ions) is also indicated by the thermodynamic studies conducted at the optimized conditions of pH 5, 25 °C and 2 × 10⁻³−1 × 10⁻² molL⁻¹ of Zn(II) solutions. The use of waste products, such as, bay leaves, serves the dual purpose of valorization of waste and remediation of wastewater. Hence, this methodology may contribute to the sustainability of a clean environment by avoiding the accumulation of excessive waste, that takes considerable time for degradation, and subsequently diminishing the probability of releasing foul odor and platform for thriving of infectious organisms.

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