Abstract
Micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) is a powerful treatment developed to remove heavy metals from wastewater. Efficient removal of Cd 2+/Zn 2+ from wastewater was performed by MEUF using a polysulfone hollow ultrafiltration membrane, with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as the surfactant. The adsorption of surfactant micelles and Cd 2+/Zn 2+ in MEUF was studied by changing the surfactant dosage and the Cd 2+/Zn 2+ concentration in the feed. In addition, kinetics, adsorption isotherms, and thermodynamic rules were analyzed, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was conducted. It was found that when the Cd 2+/Zn 2+ feed concentration was 50 mg/L, and the SDS dosage reached 2.15 g/L, the concentration of heavy metal ions in the permeate stabilized at around 1–4 mg/L, and the adsorption of Cd 2+/Zn 2+ on SDS micelles followed second-order kinetics and the Langmuir isotherm laws. Adsorption is a spontaneous endothermic process in which the adsorption force is principally the attraction of opposite electrical charges.
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