Abstract
As a widely used antibiotic, tetracycline has a huge hidden danger to human health. Municipal sludge rich in organic substances has the potential to produce biochar. In this work, the municipal sludge biochar from solid waste was modified by the alkali-acid binding method, and tetracycline was efficiently removed from the aqueous solution, the adsorption removal efficiency reached to 86% at initial concentration of 200 mg/L. The activation energy was determined by analyzing the adsorption kinetics at different temperatures and tetracycline concentrations. The results showed that tetracycline adsorption on modified biochar was endothermic reaction. Presenting the Langmuir-Freundlich model, adsorption site energy distributions was reckoned. The average adsorption site energy and corresponding standard deviation of the adsorption site energy distribution were deduced emphatically to inquiry the strength of tetracycline adsorption on modified biochar and the adsorption site heterogeneity. The method proposed of research further proves that modified biochar from sewage sludge remove tetracycline from contaminated water has great potential, and exploration of tetracycline adsorption mechanisms by quantifying average site energy. The results and methods of this work can be transferred to study water treatment systems.
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