Development of Composite Adsorbent for Waste Water Treatment Using Adsorption and Electrochemical Regeneration

A unique combination of adsorption and electrochemical regeneration with a proprietary adsorbent material called Nyex 100 was introduced at the University of Manchester for waste water treatment applications. Nyex 100 is based on graphite intercalation compound. It is non porous and electrically conducing adsorbent material. This material exhibited very small BET surface area i.e. 2.75 m2g-1, in consequence, small adsorptive capacities for the adsorption of various organic pollutants were obtained. This work aims to develop composite adsorbent material essentially capable of electrochemical regeneration coupled with improved adsorption characteristics. An organic dye, acid violet 17 was used as standard organic pollutant. The developed composite material was successfully electrochemically regenerated using a DC current of 1 A for 60 minutes. Regeneration efficiency was maintained at around 100% for five adsorption-regeneration cycles.

Authors:

• H. M. A. Asghar
• S. N. Hussain
• E. P. L. Roberts
• N. W. Brown
• H. Sattar

Keywords:

• Adsorption
• electrically conducting adsorbent material
• electrochemical regeneration
• waste water.

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