Equilibrium studies on the adsorption of Co(II) and Ni(II) by modified silica gels: One-component and binary systems

Eveliina Repo, Roman Petrus, Mika Sillanpää, Jolanta K. Warchoł

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Abstract

The BiLangmuir and Redlich-Peterson models as well as their extended equations were tested for the modeling of one- and two-component adsorption equilibrium of Co(II) and Ni(II) ions on EDTA- and DTPA-modified silica gel. An approach consisting in initialization of parameter values and non-linear parameter estimation by minimization of two objective functions (MPSD and ERRSQ) was proposed to assure that equilibrium parameters obtained related to the global minimum. A usage of the experimentally obtained value of maximum adsorption capacity as an initial guess made an iteration procedure well-posed and independent of the Ki guess values. None of the parameters obtained for one-component systems satisfactorily helped in prediction of the two-component adsorption equilibrium. The application of the extended BiLangmuir model identified the coexistence of low- and high-energy active sites on EDTA/DTPA-silica gel that showed an unequal ability for Co(II) and Ni(II) adsorption.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)376-385
Number of pages10
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume172
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adsorption isotherm
  • Chelating agent
  • Modeling
  • One-component
  • Two-component

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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