Study on the Adsorption of Methylene Blue from Dye Wastewater by Humulus Japonicus Leaves

¹ National Quality Supervision and Inspection Test Center of Architecture Ceramic, Leshan 614000.
² College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059 ;

^* Corresponding author’s e-mail: lszjs2102660@aliyun.com

Abstract

This paper took the objective of preparing high-performance, low-cost biological adsorbent for printing and dyeing wastewater, and the adsorption experiment of dyestuff wastewater with high chromaticity and high biodegradability was studied. The Methylene Blue was adsorbed by the prepared Humulus Japonicus Leaves (HJ), the effects of adsorption time, pH, dosage of adsorbent, initial Methylene Blue concentration and temperature on the adsorption process were investigated, and the adsorption mechanism was described by adsorption isotherm, adsorption thermodynamics and adsorption kinetics, and the results showed that: when HJ was added 0.15g and ph was 7, the temperature was 30°C (303K), adsorption was carried out for 20min, simulated dye wastewater, adsorption efficiency of Methylene Blue of 100mg/l were excellent, adsorption rate reached up to 92%, the equilibrium adsorption rate was positively correlated with the initial concentration of CV dye. Humulus leaves adsorption CV Gibbs free energy of ΔG<0, ΔH>0, ΔS>0 showed spontaneous adsorption process, the adsorption process Methylene Blu was more suitable for the Freundlich isothermal adsorption equation, the adsorption kinetics accorded with the quasi two level kinetic model, the adsorption of the Methylene Blue dye molecule by the HJ was chemically adsorbed as the rate control step, the Methylene Blue molecule was mainly adsorbed on the surface of the Humulus leaves; the model of internal diffusion kinetics showed that there was membrane diffusion and internal diffusion of the HJ in the process of Methylene Blue adsorption. The experimental results showed that HJ as adsorbent can effectively remove Methylene Blue from dye wastewater, and the research results provide a new method and idea for biological treatment of dye wastewater.