Removal of Copper(II) from Aqueous Solutions by Biosorption-Flotation

Stoica, Ligia; Stanescu, Ana-Maria; Constantin, Carolina; Oprea, Ovidiu; Bacioiu, Gabriela

Removal of Copper(II) from Aqueous Solutions by Biosorption-Flotation

2015

Stoica, Ligia | Stanescu, Ana-Maria | Constantin, Carolina | Oprea, Ovidiu | Bacioiu, Gabriela

This study investigates the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions by biosorption-flotation as a function of several parameters, such as collector type, pH, molar ratio, air pressure, time, and initial metal concentration. Dissolved air flotation was applied as a polishing technique for the additional purification of the effluent resulted after biosorption. The obtained results were supported by the physicochemical characteristics of the surfactants used as flotation reagents and suggested that cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB) was the optimum collector for Cu(II) ion removal. Cu(II) removal efficiency exhibited a maximum of 97.09 % in the following operating conditions: biosorption pH 4.5, Cu(II) initial concentration 250 mg/L, biosorbent dosage 0.5 % w/v, agitation rate 200 rpm, temperature 20 °C, biosorption time 30 min, flotation pH 9, air pressure 4.5 × 10⁵ Pa, dilution ratio 3:1, flotation time 10 min, collector CPB 0.01 M, and molar ratio collector/Cu(II) 5 × 10⁻¹:1. The experimental data confirmed that the flotation stage contributed to the optimization of the overall separation process.

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