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IN DEGREE PROJECT MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING,SECOND CYCLE, 30 CREDITS
, STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 2020
Magnetic Activated Carbon Production from Lignin and Ferrous Salts
Process Modification for Enhanced Phosphate Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions
ZHAORAN ZHENG
KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYSCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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Abstract
The treatment and control of superfluous aqueous phosphate is a critical task in
environmental management. Magnetic bio-activated carbon is a good adsorbent for
physical adsorption methods with several environmental and economic advantages. A
streamlined and new method for production of magnetic bio-activated carbon from
lignin is finished and presented by Tong Han. To enhance the phosphate adsorption and
find the optimization process for mac production from lignin, it’s necessary to
investigate influence of process parameters on the quality of the final products
systematically. In this work, four different modification of process are used to
investigate the influence of process parameters on the quality of the final products
systematically, which shows how the proportion of iron oxides, the dispersion of iron
oxides and the degree of activation influence the capacities. And the maximum capacity
is around 50mg/g, which is a relatively high improvement.
Key word: Magnetic bio-activated carbon, phosphate adsorption, lignin, steam
activation.
Sammanfattning
Behandling och kontroll av överflödigt vattenhaltigt fosfat är en kritisk uppgift i
miljöhantering. Magnetiskt bioaktiverat kol är ett bra adsorbent för fysiska
adsorptionsmetoder med flera miljömässiga och ekonomiska fördelar. En
strömlinjeformad och ny metod för produktion av magnetiskt bioaktiverat kol från
lignin är färdig och presenteras av Tong Han. För att förbättra fosfatadsorptionen och
hitta optimeringsprocessen för mac-produktion från lignin är det nödvändigt att
systematiskt undersöka påverkan av processparametrar på kvaliteten på de slutliga
produkterna. I detta arbete används fyra olika modifieringar av processen för att
systematiskt undersöka påverkan av processparametrar på slutprodukternas kvalitet,
vilket visar hur andelen järnoxider, spridningen av järnoxider och graden av aktivering
påverkar kapaciteten. Och den maximala kapaciteten är cirka 50 mg / g, vilket är en
relativt hög förbättring.
Nyckelord: Magnetiskt bioaktiverat kol, fosfatadsorption, lignin, ångaktivering
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Table of content
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1
2 State of Art .............................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Previous work ........................................................................................... 9
2.2 Objective ................................................................................................... 9
3 Experimental ......................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Synthesis of the Magnetic Bio-activated Carbons .................................. 11
3.2 Characterization ...................................................................................... 12
3.3 Phosphate adsorption measurement ........................................................ 12
4 Results and discussion .......................................................................................... 14
4.1 Characterization of the produced MACs ............................................... 14
4.1.1 Pore structure ................................................................................ 14
4.1.2 Iron content and iron forms .......................................................... 14
4.2 Adsorption of phosphate ........................................................................ 16
4.3 Social and ethical aspects....................................................................... 19
5 Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 20
6 Further contribution .............................................................................................. 21
7 Acknowledgments................................................................................................. 22
8 Reference .............................................................................................................. 23
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1 Introduction
The treatment and control of superfluous aqueous phosphate is a critical task in
environmental management because of the disadvantageous effects of aqueous
phosphate on body health and natural ecosystems whether in the short or long term [1].
No bionetwork or living creature can survive without clean water, which is one of the
most common resource on Earth. There is three-fourths of the Earth's surface being
covered with water approximately [2]. However, 97% of the total water source is
contained in the ocean and other salty bodies. Thus, it’s difficult to use for most
purposes directly [3]. And also, it has been reported that of the remaining 3% of water,
around 2.4% is bound in glaciers, ice caps, atmospheric and soil moisture, which is
making it unreachable for daily use [2]. Thus, humans have to depend on the remaining
approximately 0.6% of the global fresh water resources found in rivers, lakes, and
groundwater [4].
The radical increase in the release of pollutants into aquatic ecosystems has contributed
widely to the continuing worsening of the quality of available freshwater resources [5].
As is well known, phosphate (P𝑂 ) is an essential nutrient, but its abundance can lead
to eutrophication in many aquatic systems [6] [7]. Natural sources of aqueous phosphate
contain the decomposition of rocks and minerals, sedimentation, erosion, atmospheric
deposition, stormwater runoff and direct input by flora and fauna [6] . The major
anthropogenic sources of aqueous phosphate are industrial discharge, release from
wastewater treatment facilities, and agricultural runoff [7]. The discharge rate of
phosphates into aquatic environments has enlarged in response to continuous rises in
human activities. Consequently, the severe environmental worries related to phosphate
pollution have become an important subject for research and development [7]. The
number of publications associated with the adsorptive removal of extra phosphate from
aquatic environments has been growing gradually.
Raised levels of phosphate in water bodies can rise the costs of water treatment and
reduce the recreational value of watercourses by generating threatening algal blooms.
Such algal blooms generally produce cyanotoxins that pose main health risks and lead
to an odor annoyance to the neighboring community [8]. The redundant use of
phosphate resources for the production of chemical manures and wide phosphorus (P)
runoff from agricultural activities have raised phosphate levels in surface watercourses
[9]. The abundance of phosphate facilitates the overgrowth of algae and plants [1] [8].
The bacterial decomposition of biomass caused by algal death spends large amounts of
oxygen in the water bodies, which leading to a state of hypoxia in the ecological
systems [10]. Thus, eutrophication can lead reduction of dissolved oxygen content and
cause the formation of toxins which harm aquatic flora and fauna, chiefly in shallow
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lakes, estuarine, and coastal marine areas [8]. Phosphate is a vital chemical for plant
development and can be the main limiting factor for the growth of plants in many water
bodies [11]. Hence, irrepressible algae development could be ensued by keeping the
concentration of phosphate as low as 0.02 mg/L [12].
Surface runoff and emissions are two common and significant ways by which harmful
substances go in water ecosystems. Energetically controlling the removal of dangerous
pollutants at their source could promote the effective protection of the environment. For
example, phosphorus manure discharge is one of the principal contributors to the
increase in aqueous phosphate concentrations globally [13]. The main components of
ammoniated phosphorus fertilizer are monoammonium phosphate, diammonium
phosphate, phosphoric acid, super phosphoric acid, and granulated triple phosphate [14].
It has been valued that over than 40 million tons of phosphorus chemical manures are
spent worldwide every year [14]. As a regulatory measure, the United States
Environmental Protection Agency has forced a limit of 0.025 mg/L of phosphate in
tanks used for drinking water [15].
Natural storage of phosphorus is limited and is expected to be depleted the course of
the next 50 years due to exponential growing in the use of phosphate fertilizer for
agronomic advances [16] [17]. Consequently, many recent researches have pay
attention to developing new technologies to both hinder eutrophication and address the
global dilemma of phosphorus lack [17]. Recovering phosphorus from phosphate-
boosted water bodies has been extensively appreciated as a key and new strategy to
address phosphorus lack [18]. Different chemical, physical, and biological methods
have been established and used widely in numerous applications to develop regulatory
measure and treatment techniques for aqueous phosphate [19] [20] [21]. Among them,
adsorption by different absorbents (e.g., zeolite, carbon nanotubes, and activated carbon)
has proved to be a workable alternative because of its high selectivity and simple
operation. However, those options have some economic and technical shortcomings
such as low renewability, undesirable adsorption capabilities and need for careful
discarding after use [22] [23].
Accompanied by conventional porous materials, biochar, a carbonaceous solid material
manufactured from biomass pyrolysis at high temperature under a low oxygen
atmosphere, has lately attracted important scientific interests due to its the extensive
availability of the essential feedstock, relatively large specific surface area, and its
highly porous structure, low-cost, and stable carbon matrix [24] [25]. The structural
flexibility of biochars and simple fabrication guarantee the efficient absorptive removal
of pollutants from water bodies [25].
Up to now, several different methodologies have been expressed for the extenuation of
aqueous phosphate such as anion exchange membranes [26], chemical precipitation
involving alums and ferric ions. Generally, chemical precipitation is the most
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commonly used method, nevertheless it is limited by the generation of huge amounts
of sludge [20] [21]. These methodologies have been improved biological uptake [27]
and adsorption [28]. Anyhow, it remains necessary to minimize aqueous phosphate
concentration to very low values since huge amounts in aqueous systems can cause
wide eutrophication.
Industrial-scale exercises for the removal of pollutants from waste watercourses are
often heavily reliant on fixed-bed filtration systems [22]. To optimize fixed-bed
filtration operations, there are many designed mathematical models describing the
transfer and fate of pollutants [29]. To prevent pollutants from advancing along the
waste water streams, Fixed-bed filtration systems often use porous adsorbents as
packing media. For purpose of optimizing the treatment process, laboratory-scale
columns filled with porous media are used to authenticate mathematical filter equations
(e.g., advection-dispersion equation–based models) [30]. These equations confirm the
removal of heavy metals using biochar in aqueous systems and influence further
research and development of other water contaminants [30].
However, most formerly developed technologies are high cost and require high energy
or many chemical processing [22]. Thus, novel technologies that use stable and
ecofriendly materials with low cost processing, improved energy efficiency, and
reusability are required.
Many sorbents have been developed and are used together with many of the
aforementioned technologies due to their simplicity, relatively low cost, and feasibility
under surrounding conditions [28].On the strength of target pollutant of an adsorbent
and its physical structure, a solid adsorbent can be engineered for desired adsorption.
In the last few decade, various adsorbents, including activated carbon, zeolite, and
metal oxides, have been used for several wastewater control and treatment techniques.
[26]. Fascinatingly, activated carbon has been presented as the most normally used
sorbent for the elimination of a wide array of contaminants from water, including
phosphate, owing to its mechanically strong properties, highly porous structure, and
non-connection with chemical waste products [24] Adsorbents have been impregnated
with metal hydroxides (oxides), transition metal ions , and other chemicals to improve
their elimination capacity for aqueous phosphate [31] [32]. Notwithstanding, some
report are successful, traditional adsorbents are troubled in disadvantages, such as low
renewability, high cost (Table 1 [33]), and difficult disposal after use. Consequently,
traditional adsorbents are seldom used for extensive practical applications.
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Table 1 Market prices of commercial adsorbents
Adsorbent Type Particle size Density (g/ml) Cost
($/100 g)
Zeolite Silver-exchanged >20 mesh 1.07 592
Zeolite Silver-exchanged >20 mesh 1.07 514
Zeolite Linde Type A - - 292
Zeolite Faujasite Type - - 292
Zeolite Ammonium Y - - 85
Activated charcoal Acid-washed
(hydrochloric acid) - - 14
Activated charcoal Acid-washed
(hydrochloric acid) - - 8.5
Activated charcoal Gas chromatography
grade 0.3–0.5 mm 0.4-0.5 178
Activated charcoal Gas chromatography
grade 0.3–0.5 mm 0.4-0.5 135
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2 State of Art
As a novel type of porous materials, biochar has recently been focused as a next
generation sorbent for the removal of aqueous phosphate [34] [35]. Biochars are
considered by high surface areas, structural flexibility, stable carbon matrix, easy
fabrication, and high porosity [35] . What’s more, biochars are low-priced and have less
energy requirements for their production than traditional adsorbents, such as activated
carbon, which requires raised temperatures and additional activation processes [36].
Moreover, biochars can be produced from various biomass categories, particularly from
low-cost wood biomass, agricultural biomass, solid waste, and animal litter, via
different thermochemical processes (e.g. hydrothermal carbonization fast pyrolysis,
slow pyrolysis, torr faction, flash carbonization and gasification) [37]. Consumed
biochar can also be successfully used for soil remediation, therefore offering a
supportable environmental management approach, which is not the case for
conventional adsorbents [24]. Additionally, translating invasive plant species, such as
certain marine algae or water hyacinth, into biochar has been extensively acknowledged
as an operative environmental protection plan [38]. Thus, biochar has several
environmental and economic advantages and is being investigated widely for the
removal of additional aqueous phosphate. Nevertheless, biochars still have limit in its
practical applications for water control and treatment compared to activated carbon due
to its limited surface area and poor mechanical properties [24]. Moreover, neither
biochar nor activated carbon have good performance in recycle
To enhance efficiency of recycle and reuse, magnetism is a good considered property,
which is easy to separate biochar/ activated carbon from treated waste water by giving
biochar/ activated carbon magnetic property. According to the magnets contained, there
are mainly three kinds of magnetic activated carbon “iron-based, cobalt-based, and
nickel-based”. Compared with other magnetic elements such as cobalt and nickel, Fe is
abundant, low price, safe and non-toxic, and is most widely used in the preparation of
magnetic activated carbon.
Besides the advantage of being easily recycled from a system using a magnet, magnetic
biochars/bio-activated carbons, which are produced by adjusting biochar / bio-activated
carbon with iron oxide particles, have been confirmed to own much higher phosphate
adsorption capacities than conventional biochars or bio-activated carbons. The major
cause is that the electrostatic attraction between metal oxides and phosphates could be
suggestively improved [39]
The preparation of magnetic activated carbon is mainly focused on two-step process,
which is based on the finished activated carbon. To get carbon/magnetic composite
materials, the magnetic material (or precursor) is combined with the activated carbon
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in a "physical-mechanical" method with bonding, milling, adsorption, chemical
coprecipitation or secondary activation. Among them, the adsorption method, the
chemical coprecipitation method are the most reported. The adsorption method is based
on the preparation of the magnetic fluid. The activated carbon is immersed in the
solution containing the magnetic fluid and continuously stirred, and the excess
magnetic fluid is removed by pickling or ultrasonication. Thus, magnetic activated
carbon is obtained. At present, the magnetic fluids used in the adsorption method are
mainly reported by 𝐹𝑒 𝑂 [40] and γ-𝐹𝑒 𝑂 [41]. The preparation of the magnetic
fluid 𝐹𝑒 𝑂 is mainly used coprecipitation method. The steps are shown as follows:
Fe (III) and Fe(II) salts are prepared into a solution with a certain ratio. Then ammonia
or sodium hydroxide is added as precipitant. Chemical coprecipitation method of
involves first immerses the finished activated carbon in a mixed solution Fe (III)and Fe
(II) salt, so that F𝑒 and F𝑒 infiltrate or adsorb in the pores of the activated carbon,
and then change the pH to obtain iron hydroxide. Increase the temperature, in order that
the iron hydroxide is converted into an iron oxide. Thus, the magnetic activated carbon
with magnetic particles is obtained. However, both of two methods applies magnetic
particles to the finished activated carbon, so the pores of the magnetic activated carbon
are also easily blocked. These processes unavoidably cause the extra energy and time
consumption. Furthermore, complex waste, principally referring to polluted water, is
also unavoidably to be produced after chemical co-precipitation or impregnation
processes [42]. Additionally, both chemical co-precipitation and impregnation methods
lead to the formation of magnetic particles on the surface of biochar. In this way, the
efficiency of combination between carbon and iron oxides is relatively loose. In a word,
a streamlined process for magnetic biochars or magnetic activated carbons with high
porosity generation and strongly embedded iron oxides is still needed.
Lignin is the second most rich natural raw material [43] and most abundant natural
aromatic polymer [44], whose major function is a kind of adhesive for cellulose fibers
in plants. The molecular model of lignin with molar mass of 1692 is shown in Fig. 1.
It is usually obtained from black liquor, a waste production discharged from paper
plants with large amounts, and which can result in a major problem of disposal [45].
Conversely, as the production of lignin quantities to more than 50 million tons per year
there has been growing interest in the development of economically practicable novel
examples and applications can be searched on the website of the International Lignin
Institute [46]. At present, much of the lignin produced by the paper industry is
distributed as a fuel. Even though there are some other applications on the edge, such
as tanning agent or adhesive, no main large-scale application has so far been originated
[43]. Another possible application for additional lignin is as a raw material for biochar
/ activated carbon (AC) production. Actually, since lignin has a molecular structure like
bituminous coal and relatively high carbon content, it should be an ideal raw material.
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What’s more, large amounts of researches that are presently available confirm that
lignin is a principally interesting material to use.
In fact, to enhance the performance (surface area and poor mechanical properties) of
biochar, secondary activation is often accepted method for a biochar that need to be
optimized. Thus, the bio-based activated carbons (BACs) often have advantages belong
to both biochar and traditional activated carbon (e.g. environmental-friendly, high
surface aera and good poor mechanical properties).
As lignin is abundant in carbon content and has a proven ability for sorption, it is a good
alternative for the production of ACs. Virous activation methodologies have been
expressed for production of lignin based ACs, such as physical method and chemical
method. Generally, physical method is implemented by C 𝑂 or steam at high
temperature and Chemical method is applied by ZnC𝑙 , KOH and phosphoric acid. A
brief summary of the work is shown in table 2.
Fig. 1 Molecular model of lignin with molar mass of 1692, containing nine guaiacol units.
White = H; gray = C; black = O [63]
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Table 2 A brief summary of lignin-based biochar
Activation Conditions Surface
area (𝒎𝟐/
𝒈)
Micropore volume
(c𝒎𝟑/𝒈)
Reference
Physical:
carbonization– 𝑁
C (300 ℃, 1 h) < 10 < 0.01 [47]
Physical:
carbonization– 𝑁
Activation– C𝑂
C (350 ℃, 1 h) +
A (800 ℃, 40 h)
1613 0.47 [48]
C (350 ℃, 1 h) +
A (850 ℃, 20 h)
1853 0.57
Physical:
carbonization– 𝑁
C (500-900 ℃) 10-50 - [49]
Physical: carbonization
– Ar activation – steam
C (600 ℃, 2 h) +
A (800 ℃)
865 0.365 [50]
Physical: pyrolysis
(fluidized bed) – air
(with Al–Cu–Cr
catalyst) activation-
steam
pyrolysis –
(700 ℃)
A (780℃)
769 - [51]
Physical: steam
activation
700 ℃, 2 h - 0.33 [52]
Chemical: carbonized
then activated with
KOH
Lignin: KOH= 4:1
700 ℃, 1 h
514 0.214 [47]
Chemical: ZnC𝑙 ,
𝐻 P𝑂 , 𝐾 C𝑂 ,
𝑁𝑎 C𝑂 ,
KOH, NaOH
Impregnation ratio
1 for all
800–2000 - [49]
Chemical: ZnC𝑙 Lignin: ZnC𝑙 =
1:2.3 (500 ℃, 1 h)
1800 1.039 [53]
Chemical: 𝐻 P𝑂 , Lignin: 𝐻 P𝑂 ,=
1;2
(427 ℃, 1 h)
1459 0.82 [54]
Chemical: KOH Lignin: KOH =
1:4
(850 ℃, 15min)
2753 1.37 [55]
(*C; Carbonization, *A: Activation)
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2.1 Previous work
To enhance phosphate adsorption capacity and recycling performance, bio-activated
carbons produced with iron oxide particles is an excellent alternative. The use of lignin
as a precursor to produce activated carbon signifies a capable method. The previous
study express that a linear amorphous structure is leading in the lignin produced from
pulping processes, which causes that such lignin often undergoes glass transition. Thus,
such lignin can be softened and melted at temperatures ranging from 150 to 250°C
while it is under a heat treatment [56], which causes a uniform flow state. In this way,
iron salts can be primely dispersed in a homogenous lignin phase under heat treatment
during melting when lignin is premixed with iron salts. After the carbonization and
activation processes, lignin-based magnetic activated carbon with well- dispersed iron
oxides can be produced. Particularly, the iron valence can be modified by picking
different activation reagent because iron can also react with ordinary activation agents
such as steam [57]. According to the above expounds, as shown in Fig. 2, a streamlined
and new method for production of magnetic bio-activated carbon (MBAC) from lignin
is finished and presented by Tong Han [58].
2.2 Objective
As mentioned before, a novel and streamlined process to produce magnetic activated
carbon from lignin has been proposed by Tong. The current work is the continuation of
the previous work. The influence of process parameters on the quality of the final
products is systematically investigated. The overall aim is to find the optimization
Fig. 2 Process for production of magnetic activated carbon from lignin [58]
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process for mac production from lignin.
According to the above expounds of introduction, exposed iron oxide offers an
electrostatic attraction with phosphate, which is an important adsorption property.
Logically, relative high content of exposed iron oxide in produced magnetic carbon
should lead to the positive change of adsorption capacity. To enhance the amount of
exposed iron oxide, it is a direct approach that raise the total content of iron oxides in
biochar by increasing iron slats in precursor before carbonization. Empirically, during
steam activation, the exposed possibility of iron oxide should increase with
homogenous dispersion of iron in biochar which is produced after carbonization. And
different mix methods of precursors can cause different dispersion of iron oxides in
produced MACs. In addition, the high activation degree of MAC means that high mass
loss of carbon and more exposed iron oxide, which decided by larger steam/biochar
ratios.
Thus, the proportion of iron oxide, the dispersion of iron oxides and the degree of
activation are interested factors via process modification with different content of iron
slats, premixed method and amount of activation agent (steam) in this work.
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3 Experimental
Lignin is the carbon source in this work, and it has been isolated from a pulping process.
Practically, the lignin (Kraft lignin) is isolated from spruce as stated by the Clean Flow
Black process [59]. The lignin was dried at room temperature and reached a constant
moisture content of around 2% before being used. Afterwards, it was sieved to make
finest particles smaller than 0.125 mm. FeS𝑂 , which was bought from Sigma-Aldrich,
was played a role as the magnetic component precursor. The ferrous sulfate was milled
and sieved before the experiment. The size range of lignin and ferrous salt is similar (<
0.125 mm). K𝐻 P𝑂 , which was also bought from Sigma-Aldric, is guaranteed reagent
grade to ensure the precision.
3.1 Synthesis of the Magnetic Bio-activated Carbons
The iron content of the MAC precursor with lignin and ferrous sulfate is approximately
8%, which is twice times than MACs produced by Tong [56] . 10 g of lignin and 3.8 g
of FeS𝑂 were mixed by two approach, i.e. mechanistical mix and wet impregnation,
to get different the dispersion of iron salts. Thereafter, the samples were placed in a
silica boat container. Then, the silica boat container filled with the sample was
positioned in the tubular electric furnace. In the meantime, nitrogen at a flow rate of 50
ml/min was replenished. Samples were heated to 250°C and kept for 20 min to ensure
completely lignin melting. Afterwards, the samples were supplementary heated to
800°C which is the final carbonization temperature. The heating rate and duration time
of the furnace were 10 °C/min and 1 h which were the same for all cases.
The produced biochars were further activated at 800°C with steam to produce the
magnetic bio-activated carbon in the present work. Initially, the produced biochars were
put in the designed container. The flow rate of nitrogen was of 50 ml/min during the
heating process, nevertheless the nitrogen was changed to steam as soon as the furnace
temperature reached 800°C. Two steam/biochar ratios (wt./wt.), i.e., 4 and 8, were
selected to reach a different degree of activation. The produced MBACs are labeled as
table 3. During the whole activation process, the amount of steam which reacts with
every unit of biochars in the same period of time was fixed. In addition, the different
steam/biochar ratios were set by altering the activation time.
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Table 3 Label of MACs
Label of MACs
Mix method steam/biochar ratios (wt./wt.)
Mechanistical
Mix
Wet
Impregnation 4 8
MAC 1 × ×
MAC 2 × ×
MAC 3 × ×
MAC 4 × ×
(× represents the selection of methods)
3.2 Characterization
The textural properties of the MACs were determined by nitrogen adsorption-
desorption isotherms at 77 K with a Micromeritics model ASAP 2000 instrument. The
surface areas were calculated based on the BET equation, and the micropore surfaces
were attained by using the t-plot method, while the pore volumes and pore size
distributions in the mesopore ranges were obtained based on density functional theory
(DFT) calculations. The pore size distribution in the micropore range was obtained by
the Horvath and Kawazoe (HK) method.
The iron contents of the MACs were determined by applying an ICP-AES instrument.
Throughout the measurements, the samples were first dissolved with a microwave
digestion instrument and positioned in the ICP-AES instrument to determine the iron
content after that.
XRD was aimed at detecting the crystal form of the iron species in the MACs. The
XRD patterns were measured by applying a Siemens D5000 diffractometer and a
monochromatic Cu Kα radiation source (30 mA, 40 kV). Intensities were set in the
range of 10 to 90° with a step size of 0.02 °/s.
3.3 Phosphate adsorption measurement
Solutions with different phosphate concentrations (5 mg/L, 10 mg/L, 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L,
100 mg/L, 500 mg/L, 1500 mg/L, 3000 mg/L) were set by dissolving a specific amount
of K𝐻 P𝑂 in deionized water, and the initial pH was adjusted to 7 using 1 mol/l NaOH.
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For all phosphate adsorption tests, 0.4 g of the selected MAC sample was put to 60 ml
phosphate solutions. Each experiment had at least three replicates. The mixtures were
mechanically agitated for 24 h at room temperature. The phosphate concentration in the
filtrates was measured with a total phosphorus detector. [60]
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4 Results and discussion
4.1 Characterization of the produced MACs
To investigate influence of process parameters on the quality of the final products
systematically, pore structure, iron content and iron forms are most interested.
4.1.1 Pore structure
As is shown in Table 4, both MAC1 and MAC3 are provided with lower mesopore
volume than magnetic carbon produced by Tong with same activation degree, i.e.,
steam/biochar ratios of 4. [56]. It ought to be that iron is an inhibitor during activation
process. MAC1 possesses the highest surface area and relatively low mesopore volume.
On the contrary, MAC3 has lowest surface area and highest mesopore volume.
According to mathematic knowledge, the mesopore volume were higher, the surface
area is lower. Mesopore volume and surface area is the most interested result in this
work because they are the main factors in phosphate adsorption [56]. For the MACs
with different degree of activation by using same mixing method, the total pore volume
and mesopore volume are increase obviously with rise of steam/biochar ratios. Along
with the activation process, the micropores can grow up because of the further reaction
between biochars and steam. However, it’s difficult to judge how the dispersion of iron
oxides influence the pore structure of MACs.
Table 4 Textural properties of the produced MACs
MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAC4
BET surface area (m2/g) 645.83 543.24 379.84 586.88
Total pore volume (cm3/g) 0.3704 0.2978 0.4842 0.5288
Micropore volume (cm3/g) 0.2628 0.217 0.1633 0.2397
Mesopore volume (cm3/g) 0.1076 0.0808 0.3209 0.2891
Average pore diameter (nm) 2.2943 2.1928 5.0992 3.604
4.1.2 Iron content and iron forms
The iron content of the produced MACs was measured with the ICP-AES technique.
The result is shown in Table 5. It can be seen the iron content of MAC4 is more than
two times than others.
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Table 5 Iron content
MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAC4
Iron content wt.% 17.07 15.68 16.8 41.17
𝐶 = ×( )×(
)
(1)
Where 𝐶 : the content of iron of initial mixture;
𝐶 : the water content of the raw 𝐹𝑒𝑆𝑂 sample;
𝑀 : the molecular weight of iron;
𝑊 : the weight of the raw 𝐹𝑒𝑆𝑂 sample (including crystal water);
𝑊 : the weight of the raw lignin materials
According to equation (1), the iron content of the initial mixture of lignin and FeS𝑂 can
be calculated and result is approximately 8%. Table shows that the total mass loss
increases with rise of activation degree. If there is not any iron loss during the process,
the calculated content of iron (based on equation 2) shown in Table 6 is higher than
final result shown in table 5. According to previous works, there is almost no iron was
lost during the steam activation process [56]. The reason why calculated content of iron
is lower ought to be that the iron was drained out with the volatiles during carbonization
and. It can be judged that the total mass loss rate of the mixture of ferrous salt and lignin
is much higher than iron loss rate at carbonization. The main reason should be that
ferrous salts were surrounded in the molten lignin.
Table 6 Mass loss of MACs
MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAC4
Total Mass Loss (%) 62.5 73.7 70.0 83.1
𝑪𝑭𝒆∗ (wt. %) 21.3 30.4 26.7 47.3
𝐶∗ = (2)
Where 𝐶 : the content of iron of initial mixture, i.e. 8%;
𝐶∗ : the calculated content of iron if there is no iron loss;
𝑀 : The total mass loss during carbonization and activation;
The crystal structure of the iron forms on the surface of the produced MACs was
measured by applying a powder XRD instrument. The relevant XRD patterns are shown
in Fig 3. The XRD patterns of the MACs confirm that the iron forms in all the produced
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MACs mostly exist as desired 𝐹𝑒 𝑂 , which offer a good magnetic property for MACs.
Because iron is easily oxidized with steam to form magnetite, i.e. 𝐹𝑒 𝑂 , during
activation.
4.2 Adsorption of phosphate
The Langmuir model assumes that the adsorption happens to monolayer onto a
homogeneous surface without interactions between the adsorbed molecules and
adsorbents [33]. The Freundlich model is an empirical equation, which are often
employed to describe a behavior of chemisorption onto heterogeneous surfaces. For all
equations, 𝑞 is the maximum adsorption capacity of the sorbents. Ce represents the
equilibrium solution concentration (mg/l) of the sorbate. The definition of parameters
K, Q and n can be referred to the literature [61], and R2 is correlation coefficient. The
adsorption capacities of MACs are calculated by using equation 3, and the result
are plotted as Fig. 4 to Fig. 7 above the table of adsorption model respectively.
Langmuir and Freundlich equations were used to describe the experimental isotherms.
As is shown in below figures and tables, all models reproduced the isotherm curve well
with relatively high R2 (more than 0.8). For the results of MAC1 and MAC3, although
the correlation coefficients of Freundlich equations are larger than Langmuir, the
parameters n of them are larger than 1, which is not fix the qualification of Freundlich
equations (Freundlich equation requires 0<n<1). Thus, the Langmuir equation fits all
of four experimental data and different parameters Q suggest what the maximum
adsorption capacities of MACs are, respectively.
Fig. 3 The XRD patterns of MACs
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Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC1
Fig. 4 Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC1
Models Formula K Q n R2
Langmuir * *
1 *e
K Q Ceq
K Ce
6.993e-07 2.323e+04 0.97
Freundlich * n
eq K Ce 0.001499 1.303 0.9774
Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC2
Fig. 5 Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC2
Models Formula K Q n R2
Langmuir * *
1 *e
K Q Ceq
K Ce
0.002875 27.6 0.9261
Freundlich * n
eq K Ce 0.8555 0.4305 0.8323
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Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC3
Fig. 6 Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC3
Models Formula K Q n R2
Langmuir * *
1 *e
K Q Ceq
K Ce
5.438e-07 3.207e+04 0.9045
Freundlich * n
eq K Ce 9.718e-07 2.24 0.9949
Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC4
Fig. 7 Isotherm data and modeling of phosphate adsorption on MAC4
Models Formula K Q n R2
Langmuir * *
1 *e
K Q Ceq
K Ce
2.819e-05 648.7 0.9957
Freundlich * n
eq K Ce 0.03236 0.9178 0.9967
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𝑞 =( )×
(3)
Where 𝑞 : adsorption capacity
𝐶 : initial concentration of phosphate solution;
𝐶 : concentration of phosphate solution after adsorption;
𝑉 : solution volume, i.e. 60ml;
𝑚: mass of activated carbon, i.e. 0.4g;
Table 7 shows that the adsorption capacities of MACs in experiments with initial
phosphate concentrations of 3000mg/L during 24h, which offers intuitive results to
judge the degree of optimization. As is shown in the table 7, the adsorption capacities
of MAC1, MAC3 and MAC4 are tow times lager than MAC produced by Tong [56]. It
ought to be two times content of iron oxide offers more electrostatic attraction to adsorb
more phosphate in relatively high mesopore. The reason why MAC2 don’t have high
adsorption capacity should be that the mesopore volume is relatively low which causing
that there is not enough area to store phosphate.
However, as is shown table 5, the iron content of MAC4 is around three times as MAC1
and MAC3, but the adsorption capacity is similar. The reason ought to that adsorption
capacity is decided by weak links of mesopore volume and content of iron oxide, which
is a cask effect.
Table 7 Maximum capacities of MACs in experiments
MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAC4
𝒒𝒆(mg/g) 48.63 24.73 52.23 50.58
4.3 Social and ethical aspects
The maximum capacity is a relatively important result to judge the ability of water
treatment for an absorbent. For MACs in this work, most of them offer a relatively high
maximum capacity comparing to other iron oxide magnetic activated carbon. The
produced MACs are low cost and easy to mass production, which can be used in
phosphate adsorption and reduce eutrophication in order to keep people healthy.
What’s more, the iron form of MACs is magnetic iron oxide, which offer magnetism to
the products. Thus, it is easy to separate MACs from treated water with a magnetic
separation system. The used MACs ought to be recycled and reused after regeneration,
which conform to sustainable development model.
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5 Conclusion
In this work, four different modification of process are used to investigate the influence
of process parameters on the quality of the final products systematically, which shows
how the proportion of iron oxides, the dispersion of iron oxides and the degree of
activation influence the capacities.
Increasing the proportion of iron oxides can cause the reduction of mesopore volumes,
which may cause the lower rate of adsorption diffusion [62]. However, high proportion
of iron oxides still enhance the phosphate adsorption, which express that electrostatic
attraction offered by iron oxides is a significance factor of phosphate adsorption. It’s
difficult to judge how the dispersion of iron oxides effect pore structure. For degree of
activation, high level of activation degree gives biochar more mesopore, which increase
the rate of adsorption diffusion. However, it is not a big influence of increasing
phosphate adsorption in this work.
Obviously, increasing the proportion of iron oxides contribute to enhance phosphate
adsorption and other factors doesn’t show enough evidence of raise the phosphate
adsorption property. Generally, phosphate adsorption follows the cask effect of
electrostatic attraction offered by iron oxides and the rate of adsorption diffusion
decided by mesopore volume.
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6 Further contribution
For steam activation, iron content is an important influence factor, which cause the
different degree of activation and pore structure. To optimize the content of iron, the
mechanism of activation should be focused. What’s more, Other activation methods
such as KOH chemical activation and other metal oxide such as Mg may help to
increase the phosphate adsorption.
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7 Acknowledgments
The financial support from FORMAS, the Swedish research council for
sustainable development are highly appreciated. Emphatically, thanks to Tong Han, Ph.D. candidate of KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, School of Industrial
Engineering and Management Department of Materials Science Engineering,
Group of Processes for helping authors designing experiments and analyzing results.
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