Synergic Adsorption in Multi-Component Effluent: Leeds University

This report presents a study on the synergistic adsorption of heavy metals (Cu, Cr, Pb) and Remazol Navy Blue dye from multi-component effluent using zeolite clinoptilolite powder. The research, conducted at the University of Leeds School of Chemical and Process Engineering, investigates the potential of clinoptilolite as an adsorbent for wastewater treatment. The study includes characterization of the clinoptilolite, activation with NaCl and HCl, and analysis of adsorption kinetics, equilibrium, and isotherm models. The results show that the natural clinoptilolite has a particle size of 11 with the potential to remove the heavy metals and the adsorption of the heavy metals suited well with Freundlich isotherm model while the adsorption data fitted to the second-order kinetic model. The report also explores the application of the adsorbent, discusses the materials and methodology used, and presents the results and discussion, including isotherm and kinetic modeling. The report concludes with findings and suggestions for future work, like combination of dye and heavy metals in the future study.