Volume 14, Issue 2, January 2016, Pages 483–488
Kalyani Gorre1, Srinivas Yenumula2, and V. Himabindu3
1 Research scholar, Centre for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad-85, Telangana, India
2 Research scholar, Centre for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad-85, Telangana, India
3 Associate professor, Centre for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad-85, Telangana, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In this paper, the optimum conditions for the activation of Heulandite for the most effective parameters such as sodium concentration, stirring time and temperature was determined. The most efficient conditions was selected according to the highest ammonium removal capacity. The Activated Heulandite were investigated and compared with that of Natural Heulandite. The Activated Heulandite revealed the highest ammonium removal efficiency based on stirring time, zeolites loading, initial ammonium concentration, temperature and pH.The parameters revealed that the exchange of ammonium ion by Activated Heulandite occurred spontaneously at ambient conditions (270C). It was concluded that when Heulandite is activated under the condition of 1M NaCl, 600C and stirring time of 20 minutes, an excellent removal of ammonium was obtained.
Author Keywords: Heulandite, Ammonium adsorption, Activated zeolite, Ammonium removal.
Kalyani Gorre1, Srinivas Yenumula2, and V. Himabindu3
1 Research scholar, Centre for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad-85, Telangana, India
2 Research scholar, Centre for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad-85, Telangana, India
3 Associate professor, Centre for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad-85, Telangana, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In this paper, the optimum conditions for the activation of Heulandite for the most effective parameters such as sodium concentration, stirring time and temperature was determined. The most efficient conditions was selected according to the highest ammonium removal capacity. The Activated Heulandite were investigated and compared with that of Natural Heulandite. The Activated Heulandite revealed the highest ammonium removal efficiency based on stirring time, zeolites loading, initial ammonium concentration, temperature and pH.The parameters revealed that the exchange of ammonium ion by Activated Heulandite occurred spontaneously at ambient conditions (270C). It was concluded that when Heulandite is activated under the condition of 1M NaCl, 600C and stirring time of 20 minutes, an excellent removal of ammonium was obtained.
Author Keywords: Heulandite, Ammonium adsorption, Activated zeolite, Ammonium removal.
How to Cite this Article
Kalyani Gorre, Srinivas Yenumula, and V. Himabindu, “A Study on the Ammonium Adsorption by using Natural Heulandite and Salt Activated Heulandite,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 483–488, January 2016.
