Kinetic and equilibrium modeling of chromium (VI) biosorption on fresh and spent Spirulina platensis/Chlorella vulgaris biomass.
Bioresour Technol
; 99(9): 3600-8, 2008 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17900893
ABSTRACT
Biosorption of chromium (VI) was studied using both fresh and spent algal biomass of Spirulina platensis and Chlorella vulgaris. Both showed comparable behavior suggesting that biosorption is primarily a surface phenomenon. Biosorption rate was very fast during the first five minutes, in which almost 50% of the chromium (VI) was adsorbed. Two step kinetic model was proposed for biosorption. Equilibrium data obeyed Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms. Fresh algal biomass of S. platensis gave maximum of 73.6% biosorption of chromium (VI) in 100 ppm solution at 1 g l(-1) cell loading. For improved economics, beta-carotene was extracted from S. platensis and the spent biomass was used for chromium (VI) biosorption. The maximum biosorption by spent biomass was increased to 86.2%. Thus, this two step process not only showed improved efficiency in biosorption ( approximately 17% increase) but also gave valuable byproduct, namely beta-carotene.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Chromium
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Biomass
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Chlorella vulgaris
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Spirulina
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Models, Chemical
Language:
En
Journal:
Bioresour Technol
Journal subject:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India