Abstract
The huge annual output of coal fly ash is harmful to the environment, but it is widely used because of its good adsorption potential. In this study, using coal fly ash as a raw material and sodium hydroxide as an activator, a novel adsorbent was synthesized at 300 °C and used to adsorb low concentrations of ammonia nitrogen from water. In this study, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and a surface area and porosity analyzer were used to analyze the adsorbent’s physicochemical properties. The results showed that after alkali modification, the activity of the adsorbent had greatly enhanced. The impacts of solution pH, adsorbent dosage, adsorption time, and initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen on the adsorption capacity and removal efficiency were evaluated through a series of adsorption experiments. Moreover, the adsorption data were better fitted to the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir model, indicating that the adsorption process was mainly chemical adsorption and monolayer uniform adsorption. As a result, the new adsorbent is inexpensive and effective, and it could be used to remove low-concentration ammonia nitrogen from water with a maximum removal efficiency of approximately 89%.
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