title: A laboratory study for the treatment of arsenic, iron, and manganese bearing ground water using Fe(3+) impregnated activated carbon: effects of shaking time, pH and temperature.
abstract: This paper deals with the experimental investigation related to removal of arsenic from a simulated contaminated ground water by the adsorption onto Fe(3+) impregnated granular activated carbon (GAC-Fe) in presence of Fe(2+), Fe(3+), and Mn(2+). Similar study has also been done with granular activated carbon (GAC) for comparison. The effects of shaking time, pH, and temperature on the percentage removal of As(T), As(III), As(V), Fe(2+), Fe(3+), and Mn have been discussed. The shaking time for optimum removal of arsenic species has been noted as 8h for GAC-Fe and 12h for GAC, respectively. As(T) removal was less affected by the change in pH within the pH range of 2-11. Maximum removal of As(V) and As(III) was observed in the pH range of 5-7 and 9-11, respectively, for both the adsorbents. Under the experimental conditions at 30 degrees C, the optimum removal of As(T), As(III), As(V), Fe, and Mn are 95.5%, 93%, 98%, 100%, and 41%, respectively, when GAC-Fe is used. For GAC these values are 56%, 41%, 71%, 99%, and 98%. The adsorbent dose (AD) and its particle size (PS) for both GAC and GAC-Fe were 30 g/l and 125-150 mum, respectively. The initial arsenic concentration in the synthetic water sample was 200 ppb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttranchal, India.
authors.forename: Prasenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Chandrajit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balomajumder
authors.forename: Bikash
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mohanty
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008345:Manganese; D002244:Carbon; D007501:Iron; D001151:Arsenic