화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.98, 383-388, June, 2021
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.03.026  Export Citation
Iron-impregnated spent coffee ground biochar for enhanced degradation of methylene blue during cold plasma application
Jae-Cheol Lee1, 2, Hee-Jun Kim2, Hyun-Woo Kim2, †, and Hankwon Lim1, †
  • 1School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Environmental Engineering, Division of Civil, Environmental, Mineral Resource and Energy Engineering, Soil Environment Research Center, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
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This study investigates feasibility in the technical convergence of cold plasma and Fe-impregnated biochar to remove slowly-biodegradable methylene blue (MB) as a model contaminant. A problematic biowastes, spent coffee ground, was reused as a renewable source of biochar, and it impregnates Fe to enhance adsorption performance. Results verify that the cold plasma’s advanced oxidation coupled with the biochar increases overall MB removal efficiency and accelerates degradation kinetics. Experimental data regression verifies that the impregnated Fe significantly enhances the kinetic constants for total organic carbon (0.019.0.045 min-1) and MB (0.050.0.065 min-1). Also, it was confirmed that Fe-impregnation clearly shortens the periods required for almost complete MB degradation to within 1 h. In addition, the higher Fe was impregnated, the stronger synergistic effects on MB degradation rates was observed. The analyses of nitrate, nitrite, and sulfate supports that the MB could be lower down to detection limit by the suggested combination. These results provide useful information about the synergistic combination of physicochemical processes as a viable option to effectively manage slowly- biodegradable pollutants.
Keywords:Biochar;Advanced oxidation process;Spent coffee grounds;Methylene blue;Cold plasma
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