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Adsorption of Cibacron Yellow F-4G dye onto activated carbons obtained from peanut hull and rice husk: kinetics and equilibrium studies

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The use of biomass residues from agricultural processes for the production of cheap and competitive activated carbon (AC) is an excellent option to minimize the costs of existing procedures to remove dyes from wastewater. In this study, the potential use of AC obtained from peanut hulls and rice husks for adsorption of Cibacron Yellow F-4G (CYF-4G) is examined. The activated peanut hull (PHAC) and rice husk (RHAC) were characterized by TGA, FTIR, BET and elemental analysis. The effects of different process variables as well as the dose of adsorbent, dye concentration and pH were evaluated. A decrease in amount of dye adsorbed per unit adsorbent mass was observed when increasing CYF-4G concentration. The results showed an optimal dye adsorption value at a pH of 2.0. The adsorption kinetics of CYF-4G are governed by the pseudo-second-order model. In addition, adsorption fits the Langmuir isotherm better than Freundlich’s. Adsorption capacities of AC prepared from agricultural waste show that PHAC performs better than RHAC to remove CYF-4G.

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Authors want to thank the VLIR-UOS project (Flemish Inter University Council Cooperation for Development) in the context of the Institutional University Cooperation Program with Universidad de Oriente, especially by means of the P-5 project “Energy, Biofuel and Clean Technologies for sustainable development in the eastern of Cuba”.

Elsy Thijssen and Martine Vanhamel are acknowledged for FTIR measurements and Guy Reggers for TGA measurements.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Universidad de Oriente, Patricio Lumumba s/n, CU-90 100, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

    R. Machado Garcia & M. Arada Pérez

  2. Research group of Applied and Analytical Chemistry, University Hasselt, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, BE-3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium

    R. Carleer, J. Maggen, T. Haeldermans & J. Yperman

  3. Department of Polymer and Carbonaceous Material, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Gdanska 7/9, 50-344, Wroclaw, Poland

    G. Gryglewicz

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Machado Garcia, R., Carleer, R., Arada Pérez, M. et al. Adsorption of Cibacron Yellow F-4G dye onto activated carbons obtained from peanut hull and rice husk: kinetics and equilibrium studies. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 12, 323–339 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00699-w

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