Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Phenol Removal from Water Using Activated Carbon Synthesizes from Avocado Kernel Seed

Dejene, Kassahun; Siraj, Khalid; Kitte, Shimeles Addisu

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Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Phenol Removal from Water Using Activated Carbon Synthesizes from Avocado Kernel Seed

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This study was aimed for removal of phenol from water using activated carbon synthesize from avocado kernel seeds by adsorption onto it. For adsorption process cleaned and washed avocado kernel seeds (Persea americana) were dried at 100°C in an oven overnight and carbonization was carried out by increasing the furnace temperature at a rate of 5 °C/min to a final temperature of 800 °C for 160 minutes. Then, the activated carbon was powdered and sieved, washed with distilled water until the solution pH reached 7.0. Optimization of activated carbon was performed through effects of solution pH, contact time; initial phenol concentration and temperature of the adsorption. The kinetic studies of the adsorption process were achieved by verifying various models and the data obtained was best fitted to pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The isotherms models were analyzed with Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin to validate the adsorption process. It was found that Langmuir model was best fitted to the obtained result for both adsorbents.

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International Letters of Natural Sciences (Volume 54)

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42-57

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILNS.54.42

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K. Dejene et al., "Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Phenol Removal from Water Using Activated Carbon Synthesizes from Avocado Kernel Seed", International Letters of Natural Sciences, Vol. 54, pp. 42-57, 2016

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May 2016

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Kassahun Dejene, Khalid Siraj, Shimeles Addisu Kitte

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Activated Carbon, Adsorption, Carbonization, Chemisorbed, Monolayer

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