Biosorption of nickel by ground fallen waste coffee plant leaves powder: Equilibrium, kinetics, Thermodynamics and Optimization (RSM)

Department of Chemical Engineering, Colleg of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

^* Corresponding Author: dr.mtbai@andhrauniversity.edu.in

Abstract

This study reports the biosorption of nickel using powdered fallen coffee leaves. BET, SEM, FTIR, and XRD characterize the biosorbents. We go over the findings from thermodynamic, kinetic, and equilibrium biosorption experiments. Here are some of the factors that were studied: agitation duration (t), biosorbent size, pH of the aqueous solution (ranging from 1 to 8), initial nickel concentration (C0), pH (ranging from 5 to 150), temperature (ranging from 283 to 323), and so on. Coffee leaf powder is best when the pH is 4. This biosorbent pair works best when dosed at 18 g/L for nickel biosorption. Nitrogen absorption is 4.219 mg/g when coffee leaf powder is used. For nickel biosorption, CCD has optimized four parameters. The data on nickel biosorption are tightly matched to the biosorbent model of pseudo-second-order. The negative sign of the free energy change (ΔG) for coffee leaf powder (-1546 J/mol) reflects both the practicality and spontaneous nature of the biosorbent-material. Powdered coffee leaves are predicted to undergo enthalpy changes of 62.99 J/mol K and entropy changes of 51.08 J/mol K. When the value of ΔS is positive, it indicates that the randomness is increasing, and when the value of enthalpy change is positive, it indicates that the process is endothermic.