Biological Adsorption and Desorption of Anionic Congo Red Dye by Nano Composite Polymer Sheets

Magdy, Hagar Mohamed; Madian, Hekmat R; Abdelhamid, Ahmed E; Nasser, Notiala; Hegazi, Mahmoud M; Labena, Ahmed

doi:10.21608/ajs.2023.231762.1533

Biological Adsorption and Desorption of Anionic Congo Red Dye by Nano Composite Polymer Sheets

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Nasr City 11727, Cairo, Egypt

² Polymers & Pigments Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Cairo, 12622, Egypt

³ Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shoubra 11241, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/ajs.2023.231762.1533

Abstract

Congo red (CR) is an anionic dye that is released from various industries and demonstrates a negative effect on the environment and human health. Dye`s elimination from the environment is an important challenge; therefore, the aim of this study was the application of unhydrolyzed sugarcane bagasse wastes, after acid hydrolysis, drying, grinding and including cellulose acetate to form different composite sheets. The composite sheets were applied in the 3Rs (Removal of Congo red using the composite sheet, Recover of the Congo red after removal using ethanol, and Reuse of the composite sheet many times) processes. The Congo red removal efficiency by the composite sheets was optimized using two statistical methods, One Factor at A Time (OFAT) and General Factorial Design. Afterward, isotherms models and kinetics studies were investigated; moreover, the reusability was also examined. The results exhibited that, the Congo red removal efficiency of 76.27 % was achieved for 500 ppm of the dye using the composite sheet with a concentration of 7 g/L; at a pH value of 7.0 and a contact time of 240 min. Interestingly, the composite sheets have been applied for 3Rs (Removal, Recovery, Reuse) cycles 5 times.

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