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and NO
3
, HPO
4
2
, and PO
4
3
, depending on the pH of the
Fig. 3. Percent removal of (a) total iron, and (b) PO
4
P using CGAC.
Fig. 4. Effect of different contact time on the removal performance of (a) total iron, and
(b) PO
4
P using CGAC. Fig. 5. Effect of pH on removal performance of (a) total iron, and (b) PO
4
P using CGAC.
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system. The predominant species of phosphate is H
3
PO
4
at lower pH.
These protonated species are weakly attached to the sites of the
adsorbent. With increased pH, other species of phosphate such as
H
2
PO
4
and HPO
4
2
were prevalent; hence their adsorption occurred
at high pH. At pH value more than 8, the concentration of OH
in
solution, which competes with the PO
4
3
species, became higher. The
highly negatively charged adsorbent sites did not favor the adsorption
of oxyanions due to the electrostatic repulsion [32,33]. Thus, it could
be concluded that optimum pH suitable for PO
4
P removal was in pH
range 57 and pH more than 13.
3.5. Effect of particle size
The removal of total iron and PO
4
P as a function of particle size at
different impregnation ratios of 0.5, 1.5 and 2.5 was determined. The
results are presented in Fig. 6 (a, b).
The adsorption of total iron as shown in Fig. 6 (a) gradually
decreased with a decrease in particle size. The percentage removal of
total iron at particle size of 0.153 mm was the minimum which was
around 40, 54 and 53% for IR 0.5, IR 1.5 and IR 2.5, respectively. The
optimum size range for total iron adsorption was 0.4250.6 mm, 0.6
1.18 mm, and 1.182 mmfor IR 0.5, IR 1.5 and IR 2.5, respectively. The
efciency of Fe reduction for the three different impregnation ratios of
adsorbents was of the order IR 2.5NIR 1.5NIR 0.5. The maximum
removal percentages of 47, 61 and 72% were achieved for IR 2.5, IR 1.5
and IR 0.5, respectively. There was a linear decrease in removal
efciency for IR 2.5 from size range 1.182 to 0.4250.6 mm but it
remained constant for size range 0.30.425 and nally dropped by
8.5% at 0.150.3 mm. For IR 1.5, the adsorption curve decreased by
6.3% in the beginning and thereafter maintained at 54% from size
range 0.4250.6 mmto 0.150.3 mm. While for IR 0.5, the uptake only
dropped by 11.6% from size range 0.4256 mm to 0.30.425 mm. The
results indicated that the total iron adsorption was more inuenced
by other elements than its particle size. It possibly shows that the total iron adsorption occurred by chemical adsorption rather than physical
adsorption (outer sphere complex) [34].
The similar trend was observed in PO
4
P adsorption performance
as shown in Fig. 6 (b). In the case of IR 2.5, PO
4
uptake decreased
linearly from size range 0.61.18 mm to 0.150.3 mm. The maximum
removal efciency of 65.4% and minimum removal efciency of 19.2%
occurred at size range 0.61.18 mm and 0.150.3 mm, respectively.
For IR 1.5, PO
4
P uptake decreased slightly from size range 0.6
1.18 mm to 0.30.425 mm. The maximum removal efciency of 76.9%
and minimumremoval efciency of 57.7% occurred at size range 0.15
0.3 mm and 0.30.425 mm, respectively. The maximum removal at
smallest size range could be attributed to the dilution error during the
preparation of samples for spectrophotometer analysis. While for IR
0.5, the removal efciency was the minimum at low size range 0.15
0.3 mmwhich removed only 19% of PO
4
P. The PO
4
P uptake capacity
decreased with the decrease in particle size. The PO
4
P uptake
capacity was a function of iron content that was bound in the
adsorbent adsorption sites. Since the uptake of iron increased with
increasing particle size, it could possibly result in the larger particle
size providing a greater amount of iron for phosphate removal from
solution. Similar theory was proved in a study conducted by Eberhardt
and Min [35].
3.6. Adsorption isotherms
Equilibrium isotherms were analyzed using the Langmuir and
Freundlich isotherms. Both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms are
the most common isotherm models used to describe the adsorption
characteristics of the adsorbents used in water and wastewater
treatments [36]. The Langmuir isotherm is a typical model for
monolayer adsorption based on assumption that sorption takes
place at specic homogenous sites within the adsorbent [37].
Fig. 6. Effect of particle size on removal performance of (a) total iron, and (b) PO
4
P
using CGAC.
Fig. 7. Langmuir (a) and Freundlich isotherm (b) for total iron.
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The Langmuir isotherm is expressed as:
1= q
e
= 1= Q
0
+ 1= Q
0
b
C
e
: 4
The Freundlich isotherm is an empirical equation based on the
assumption that adsorption takes place on heterogeneous surfaces.
The Freundlich isotherm model is described as [38]:
logq
e
= logK + 1= n logC
e
5
where qe is the amount of solute adsorbed per unit weight of
adsorbent (mg/g), Ce is the equilibrium concentration of adsorbate in
solution after adsorption (mg/L) and K(mg/g(L/mg)1/n), n, Q
0
(mg/g)
and b (L/mg) are the constants.
The results of the total ironadsorption obtained by each isothermare
shown in Fig. 7 (a, b). According to the results shown in Fig. 7 (a) for
Langmuir isotherm and Fig. 7 (b) for Freundlich isotherm, both these
isotherms showed very good ts for adsorbate with corresponding
coefcient (R
2
) values above 0.9 except for IR 0.5 in case of Langmuir
isotherm. Thus, it could be concluded that both isotherms described the
adsorption mechanism of total iron using the CGAC as adsorbent
indicating that the adsorption of total iron on CGAC took place as
monolayer adsorptiononthe surface homogenous inadsorptionafnity.
In case of PO
4
P (Fig. 8a), Langmuir isothermt the data better for
IR 2.5 as indicated by the value of R
2
greater than 0.9. However, the
Langmuir isotherm for IR 0.5 and 1.5 showed values of R
2
lower than
0.9 representing that the data was not described by the isotherm. A
similar behavior was observed for Freundlich isotherm with lower
values of R
2
(Fig. 8b).
3.7. Adsorption kinetics
Several kinetic models may be used to examine the controlling
mechanism of adsorption process and the potential rate limiting steps
such as transfer and chemical reaction [39]. In this study, the adsorption
kinetics was predicted by two common models which were pseudo-
rst-order and pseudo-second-order model. The pseudo-rst-order
kinetic equation is based on the sorption capacity of the solid phase. It
predicts the behavior over the whole range of adsorption which is in
agreement with chemical adsorption mechanism being the rate
controlling step which may involve valency forces through sharing or
exchange of electrons between adsorbate anions and adsorbent [39].
The pseudo-rst-order model is generally expressed as:
d
q
= d
t
= k
0
1
q
e
q : 6
The pseudo-second-order model is expressed as:
d
q
= d
t
= k
0
2
q
e
q 7
where q
e
is the amount of solute adsorbed at equilibrium per unit
weight of adsorbent (mg/g), q the amount of solute adsorbed at time t
per unit weight of adsorbent (mg/g) while k
1
(min
1
) and k
2
(g/
mg min) are the constants.
It was observed that total iron did now t very well in pseudo-rst-
order model (Fig. 9a), however it tted very well in pseudo-second-
order model with R
2
values more than 0.9 (Fig. 9b). The high correlation
coefcient (R
2
) values indicated that the model successfully described
the adsorption kinetics of the parameters. Similar was true in the case of
PO
4
P where the values of R
2
were less than 0.9 for pseudo-rst-order
model while they were higher than 0.9 for pseudo-second-order model
except IR2.4 (Fig. 10). Overall, it impliedthat the adsorptionof bothtotal Fig. 8. Langmuir (a) and Freundlich isotherm (b) for PO
4
P.
Fig. 9. Pseudo rst (a) and second order kinetic model (b) for total iron.
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iron and PO
4
P followed second-order kinetics suggesting that the
adsorption was controlled by chemisorption [37].
4. Conclusions
The experimental impregnation ratios strongly affected the physical
characteristics of coffee grounds activated carbon. The optimum
impregnation ratio was found to be 0.5 to obtain higher specic surface
area (224.7 m
2
/g) andmicropore volume (0.07986 cm
3
/g). FTIRindicated
that the presence of functional groupOH, NH, CH, C_O, OH, COand
POC in coffee grounds activated carbon. Impregnation ratio of 2.5 and
0.5 was optimum for the removal of total iron (77%) and PO
4
P (84%),
respectively at 10 g dosages and pH8.1. The optimumpHwas 13 for total
iron removal and pHb5 and pHN11 for PO
4
P removal onto the coffee
grounds. The adsorption capacity of total iron increased with an increase
of the adsorbent dosage. But it was exceptional for PO
4
P removal which
showed uctuationtrend possibly due to the effect of foreignions present
in the leachate.
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