| Title |
Sargassum macroalgae from Quintana Roo as raw material for the preparation of high-performance phosphate adsorbent from aqueous solutions |
| ID_Doc |
27145 |
| Authors |
Hernández-Navarro, C; Pérez, S; Flórez, E; Acelas, N; Muñoz-Saldaña, J |
| Title |
Sargassum macroalgae from Quintana Roo as raw material for the preparation of high-performance phosphate adsorbent from aqueous solutions |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118312 |
| Abstract |
Currently, the large volumes of Sargassum biomass (Sgs) arriving on Caribbean coasts are a problem that must be solved quickly. One alternative is to obtain value-added products from Sgs. In this work, Sgs is demonstrated to be a high-performance Ca -bioadsorbent for phosphate removal by a heat pretreatment at 800 degrees C that produces biochar. According to XRD analysis, calcined Sgs (CSgs) have a composition of 43.68%, 40.51%, and 8.69% of Ca (OH)2, CaCO3, and CaO, making CSgs a promising material for phosphate removal and recovery. Results demonstrated that CSgs have a high capacity to adsorb P over a wide range of concentrations (25-1000 mg P/L). After P removal, at low P concentration, the adsorbent material is rich in apatite (Ca5(PO4)3OH), and at high P concentration, brushite (CaHPO4 & BULL;2H2O) was the main P compound. The CSg reached a Qmaxof 224.58 mg P/g, which is higher than other high-performance adsorbents reported in the literature. The phosphate adsorption mechanism was dominated by chemisorption, followed by precipitation according to the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The solubility of P (74.5 wt%) in formic acid solution and the water-soluble P (24.8 wt%) for CSgs after P adsorption indicated that the final product presents the potential to be used as fertilizer for acid soils. This biomass's processability and high phosphate adsorption performance for P removal make CSgs a potential material for wastewater treatment, and subsequent use of these residues as fertilizer offers a circular economy solution to this problem. |
| Author Keywords |
Adsorption; Sargassum macroalgae; Wastewater; Calcium phosphate; Circular economy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001015335700001 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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