Batch and fixed-bed column biosorption of manganese ion by Sargassum filipendula
Author
Henriques,Cristiane Assumpção
da Costa,Antonio Carlos Augusto
dos Reis,Marcelo Martins
Costa,André Luiz Hemerly
Luna,Aderval Severino
Abstract
This paper presents experimental data of the biosorption of manganese onto Sargassum filipendula in both batch and fixed-bed column systems. Batch equilibrium data were used for nonlinear fittings of the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. A mathematical model based on mass balances in the fluid and in the sorbent was applied to represent the experimental fixed-bed column data. The utilization of isotherm parameters from the batch experiments in the breakthrough model implied a significant mismatch in relation to the laboratory data. Alternatively, additional fixed-bed column data provided new parameters for the isotherm evaluation, and the corresponding simulated profile of the breakthrough curve reached better agreement to the experimental results.