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Anantha RK, Kota S. An evaluation of the major factors influencing the removal of copper ions using the egg shell (Dromaius novaehollandiae): chitosan (Agaricus bisporus) composite. 3 Biotech. 2016;6(1):83doi: 10.1007/s13205-016-0381-2.
Anantha, R. K., & Kota, S. (2016). An evaluation of the major factors influencing the removal of copper ions using the egg shell (Dromaius novaehollandiae): chitosan (Agaricus bisporus) composite. 3 Biotech, 6(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0381-2
Anantha, R K, and Kota, S. "An evaluation of the major factors influencing the removal of copper ions using the egg shell (Dromaius novaehollandiae): chitosan (Agaricus bisporus) composite." 3 Biotech vol. 6,1 (2016): 83. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-016-0381-2
Anantha RK, Kota S. An evaluation of the major factors influencing the removal of copper ions using the egg shell (Dromaius novaehollandiae): chitosan (Agaricus bisporus) composite. 3 Biotech. 2016 Jun;6(1):83. doi: 10.1007/s13205-016-0381-2. Epub 2016 Feb 23. PMID: 28330153; PMCID: PMC4764609.
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3 Biotech. 2016 Jun;6(1):83. doi: 10.1007/s13205-016-0381-2. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

An evaluation of the major factors influencing the removal of copper ions using the egg shell (Dromaius novaehollandiae): chitosan (Agaricus bisporus) composite.

3 Biotech

R K Anantha, S Kota

Affiliations

  1. Centre for Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur, 522 510, Andhra Pradesh, India. [email protected].
  2. Department of Biotechnology, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, 522 101, Andhra Pradesh, India. [email protected].
  3. Department of Biotechnology, RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur, 522 019, Andhra Pradesh, India.

PMID: 28330153 PMCID: PMC4764609 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-016-0381-2

Abstract

Rapid industrialisation, technological development, urbanization and increase in population in the recent past coupled with unplanned and unscientific disposal methods led to increased heavy metal levels in water. Realizing the need for development of eco-friendly and cost effective methods, the present investigation was done for the adsorptive removal of copper from aqueous solutions with Dromaius novaehollandiae eggshell and chitosan composite. By one variable at a time method, the optimum contact time was found to be 60 min with an adsorbent dosage of 8 g/L at pH 6, initial adsorbate concentration of 20 mg/L and temperature 30 °C. The equilibrium data followed Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models and pseudo second-order kinetics. The equilibrium adsorption capacity determined from Langmuir isotherm was 48.3 mg/g. From the Van't Hoff equation, thermodynamic parameters such as enthalpy (ΔH°), entropy (ΔS°) and Gibb's free energy (ΔG°) were calculated and inferred that the process was spontaneous, irreversible and endothermic. To know the cumulative effects of operating parameters, a three level full factorial design of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was applied and the suggested optimum conditions were 7.90 g/L of adsorbent dosage, 20.2651 mg/L of initial adsorbate concentration and 5.9 pH. Maximum percentage of copper adsorption attained was 95.25 % (19.05 mg/L) and the residual concentration of the metal after sorption corresponded to 0.95 mg/L, which is below the permissible limits (1.3 mg/L) of copper in drinking water. The adsorbent was characterized before and after adsorption by SEM-EDS, FTIR and XRD. The FTIR analysis showed the involvement of carboxyl, hydroxyl and amino groups while XRD analysis revealed the predominantly amorphous nature of the composite post-adsorption and the peaks at 2θ angles characteristic for copper and copper oxide. The mechanisms involved in the adsorption of copper onto the adsorbent are chemisorption, complexation and ion exchange.

Keywords: Adsorption; Chitosan (CH); Copper; DNES–CH composite; Dromaius novaehollandiae eggshells (DNES); Full factorial design

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