Dye-adsorption capacity of bituminous fly ash and its pozzolanic property after used as dye-adsorbent

• Main Author: Penpolcharoen, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prince of Songkla University 2004-02-01
• Series: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)
• Subjects: fly ash; adsorption; pozzolan; compressive strength; leachability; textile-dye wastewater
• Online Access: http://www.sjst.psu.ac.th/journal/envi/09-bituminous-fly-ash.pdf

Bituminous fly ash, which is an industrial waste, was used as an adsorbent to remove dyestuff from the textile-dye wastewater. The batch kinetic and isotherm experiments of the synthetic wastewater were firstly conducted to determine the adsorption behavior and optimal conditions for adsorption. The optimal conditions were then applied to the actual textile-dye wastewater. Under the original conditions of fly ash and wastewater, the results indicated that the color could be removed up to 86.65% by 12 g of the fly ash /L of the wastewater within 30 min. Its adsorption was described by the Freundlich isotherm. The dye-adsorbed fly ash was further studied on its pozzolanic property in terms of compressive strength by using it as a partial substitute to Portland cement type I to produce mortar. The result revealed that the highest compressive strength was of the sample containing 10% by weight of the dye-adsorbed fly ash in replacement of cement. It possessed 215 kg/cm2 at 28 days, which is 92.67% of the sample containing 10% by weight of the original fly ash in replacement of cement, or 83.33 of the cement mortar. For the environmental concern, leachabilities of lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) from all mortars were also carried out. No leaching of the heavy metals from any samples could be detected. Hence, the dye-adsorbed fly ash can be used as an environmental friendly construction material.