Title: Bentonite/carbon composite development for the treatment of agroindustrial effluents

Authors: M.C. Legarto; A. Scian; M.B. Lombardi

Addresses: CETMIC, CIC-CONICET, Camino Centenario y 506, 1897, M.B. Gonnet, La Plata, Argentina ' CETMIC, CIC-CONICET, Camino Centenario y 506, 1897, M.B. Gonnet, La Plata, Argentina; Fac. de Ciencias Exactas, Depto. de Química, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Av.1, 750, 1900 La Plata, Argentina ' CETMIC, CIC-CONICET, Camino Centenario y 506, 1897, M.B. Gonnet, La Plata, Argentina; Fac. de Ciencias Exactas, Depto. de Química, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Av.1, 750, 1900 La Plata, Argentina

Abstract: The diphenylamine antiscale (n-phenylbencenamine) is an agrochemical widely used in the post-harvest treatment of stone fruits in the Upper Rio Negro Valley, Argentina and the discharge exceeds the allowable limits in the water courses. Removal was evaluated using a composite whose matrix allows bentonite to maintain its adsorbent capacity without thereby reducing the porosity of the bed. This was formed in self-supporting, porous and adsorbent monoliths, emulating the operation in fixed bed columns with the advantage over a conventional fixed bed filled column of reducing the packing variables being the pressure drop, bed height, porosity, and others. If we compare with batch operation what is proposed requires less amount of adsorbent material and reduces the generation of liquid waste. Also, removal was evaluated and compared using a bentonite composite with carbon added. The composites had a maximum adsorption capacity of 80% and desorption of 15% in 1 h.

Keywords: composite; bentonite; carbon; sol-gel; TEOS; resin; adsorption; desorption; agrochemical; diphenylamine.

DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2020.115804

International Journal of Environment and Health, 2020 Vol.10 No.2, pp.107 - 115

Received: 14 Mar 2020
Accepted: 20 Aug 2020

Published online: 23 Jun 2021 *

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