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Citric acid functionalized chitosan hydrogel beads for enhanced Cr(VI) removal: experimental assessment and COMSOL modelling of adsorption in a fixed-bed system

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posted on 2024-10-22, 10:06 authored by Katarina Stanković, Igor Telečki, Danica Bajuk-Bogdanović, Đorđe Petrović, Jelena Potočnik, Goran VladisavljevicGoran Vladisavljevic, Ksenija R. Kumrić

Chitosan hydrogel beads (CHB) and cross-linked CHB functionalized with tricarboxylic citric acid (CA-GLA-CHB) were synthesized and used for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions in batch and dynamic adsorption systems. Applicability of COMSOL Multiphysics software as a tool for predictive modelling of column dynamics using a minimum set of experimental parameters was tested and compared with experimental results. Batch experiments demonstrated that CA-GLA-CHB showed almost 20% higher adsorption capacity and wider operational pH range compared to non-functionalized CHB. In a dynamic system, CA-GLA-CHB was used as column packing material and the column dynamics was investigated at different conditions. The breakthrough and exhaustion time of the column increased with an increase in bed height and a decrease in feed flow rate and initial Cr(VI) concentration. Computational modeling by COMSOL software with implemented Advection-Dispersion-Reaction (ADR) equation was used to simulate breakthrough curves for the applied dynamic system in order to validate the possibility of its application for process design in the scaled-up fixed-bed column systems for wastewater treatment. The simulated breakthrough curves of Cr(VI) adsorption matched well with the experimental, thus proving that COMSOL Multiphysics software can be used for scaling-up fixed-bed column systems packed with low-cost and effective CA-GLA-CHB bioadsorbent.

Funding

Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia: 451-03-66/2024-03/200017

Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia: 451-03-66/2024-03/200146

History

School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Published in

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Publisher

Elsevier B.V.

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Publisher statement

This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2024-09-28

Publication date

2024-10-03

Copyright date

2024

ISSN

1226-086X

eISSN

1876-794X

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Goran Vladisavljevic. Deposit date: 30 September 2024

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