Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 2011 Volume 76, Issue 3, Pages: 363-373
https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC100527032T
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Application of immobilized waste brewery yeast cells for Cd2+ removal: Equilibrium and kinetics
Tonk Szende (Sapientia University, Science and Art Faculty, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Măicăneanu Andrada (”Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Indolean Cerasella (”Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Burca Silvia (”Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Majdik Cornelia (”Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
In this investigation, the removal of Cd2+ ions by a brewery waste biomass in
immobilized (Ca-alginate beads) form was studied. The removal process was
conducted at room temperature under batch conditions (magnetic stirring)
using different initial cadmium concentrations. The equilibrium of
biosorption was reached in 150 minutes for all employed initial
concentrations. The maximum biosorption capacity was calculated to be 5.96 mg
Cd2+ g-1 yeast for an initial Cd2+ concentration of 169 mg L-1. Langmuir and
Freundlich adsorption isotherms were used to correlate the equilibrium
adsorption data. Based on the correlation coefficients, it was concluded that
the Langmuir isotherm is more suitable for describing the equilibrium data of
cadmium biosorption. In addition, first and pseudo-second order kinetic
models were applied to describe the biosorption process. The kinetic
parameters for the pseudo-second order kinetics were determined.
Keywords: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, immobilization, cadmium biosorption, Freundlich and Langmuir models, kinetic models