PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AGROINDUSTRIAL WASTE BIOSORBENT FOR BISPHENOL-A REMOVAL IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

Autores

  • Arthur Hoffmann dos Santos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Resumo

This study aims the evaluation of the use of peanut shell (PS) biomass from an agroindustrial waste as a low cost alternative adsorbent for the removal of bisphenol-A (BPA) from aqueous solutions. The effect of operating parameters such as adsorbent granulometry and adsorbent dosage were studied on a laboratory scale and the removal analysis was determined by UV-Visible spectrophotometry. The optimum conditions for BPA removal was obtained in granulometry above 60 mesh using 1.5 g of adsorbent. The result of maximum removal efficiency in these conditions was 83.6%. The data obtained with this study shows that the PS adsorbent was effective for BPA removal in aqueous solutions. 

Biografia do Autor

Arthur Hoffmann dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Arthur Hoffmann dos Santos1 (arthurhoffs@hotmail.com), Samuel Santos2 (e-mail), Diana Fernanda Caicedo1, Michael dos Santos1, Luís Antonio Mazzini-Fontoura2 (e-mail), Irineu Brum3 (e-mail)

1 Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Graduate Program, School of Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2 Product Research and Development Center, School of Industrial Chemistry, ULBRA, Brazil

3 Metallurgy Department, School of Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil