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A. Simeonova, S. Petkova
Technical University - Varna, Bulgaria
BIOSORPTION OF HEAVY METALS BY MARINE ALGAE ULVA RIGIDA, CYSTOSEIRA BARBATA AND C. CRINITA
Adsorption properties of three different marine algae (Ulva rigida (green algae); Cystoseira barbata (brown algae) and Cystoseira crinita (brown algae)) were investigated. They were collected from the Black Sea coastal area in Varna region, Bulgaria. Kinetics were studied to evaluate the ability of the three algae to sequester Cu (II), Zn (II), Pb (II), Ni (II), Cd (II) from aqueous solution. The maximum biosorption capacity obtained was 2.84 mgeq Ni2+/g for Cystoseira crinita and 2.28 mgeq Cu2+/g for Cystoseira barbata at a solution pH of 5 ± 0.5. The influence of pH of the solution and algae mass on the heavy metal sorption was investigated either. Desorption using 0.05 M HNO3 was carried out and was determined that regeneration of biomass for use in multiple cycles of Cd (II) biosorption -desorption should be feasible.
Вивчали адсорбційні властивості трьох морських водоростей (Ulva rigida (зелені), Cystoseira barbata (бурі) та Cystoseira crinita (бурі)), вплив pH і маси водорості на сорбцію важких металів. Оцінювали здатність водоростей зв’язувати мідь (II), цинк (II), свинець (II), нікель (II) і кадмій (II). Максимальна визначена біосорбція становила 2,84 мг-екв. Ni2+k для Cystoseira crinita і 2,28 мг-екв. Cu2+/г для C. barbata при pH = 5 ± 0,5. Десорбція з використанням 0,05 М HNO3 показала, що регенерація біомаси та багаторазові цикли “біосорбції - десорбції” кадмію цілком можливі.
Introduction
Heavy metal contamination exists in aqueous waste streams of many industries, such as metal plating facilities, mining operations, and tanneries. Heavy metals are not
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biodegradable and tend to accumulate in living organisms. To curtail heavy metal pollution problems, many processes have been developed for the treatment of metal containing waste waters.
The need for economical, effective and safe methods for removing heavy metals from waste waters has resulted in the search for unconventional materials that may be useful in reducing the levels of heavy metals in the environment. In this light, biological materials have emerged as an ecofriendly and economic option. Biosorption, which uses the ability of biological materials to remove and accumulate heavy metals from aqueous solutions, has received considerable attention in recent years because of few advantages compared to traditional methods. Biosorption uses cheaper materials such as naturally abundant algae or byproducts of fermentation industries as biosorbents [4; 11; 15-17].
Among the biological materials investigated for heavy metal removal, the biomass of marine algae otherwise known as seaweeds has been reported to have high uptake capacities for a number of heavy metal ions [1; 18]. Numerous studies of metal biosorption by brown algae such as Sargassum have been reported in literature [5; 8; 9; 12]. The role of the cellular structure, storage polysaccharides, cell wall has been evaluated in terms of their potential for metal sequestration.
The brown seaweeds Sargassum hemiphyllum, Petalinia fascia and Colpomenia si-nusa has been characterized by their number of binding sites [13]. Due to their high number of binding sites Sargassum and Petalinia has been determined to be the most promising for biosorption application.
Many investigations have been carried out for biosorption of heavy metals by the other important divisions of algae Green algae (Chlorophyta) and Red algae (Rhodophyta) [7; 14]. Ulva reticulate was the focus of the study of Kuppusamy Vijayaraghavan et al. The influence of several factors such as pH, initial metal concentration and contact time were analyzed [3]. Green algae Cladophora fascicularis was determined by Liping Dend et al to be an effective and economical biosorbent material for the removal of heavy metal ions [2].
In the present study, the biosorption of heavy metal ions such as Cu (II), Zn (II), Pb (II), Ni (II), Cd (II) by three different marine algae Ulva rigida (green algae), Cystoseira barbata (brown algae) and Cystoseira crinita (brown algae) was investigated. The effect of contact time, concentration of algal biomass, pH and regeneration were studied.
Materials and methods
Green algae Ulva rigida and brown algae Cystoseira barbata and Cystoseira crinita are used for investigation of heavy metal ion sorption. They were collected from the Black Sea coastal area in Varna region, Bulgaria. Heavy metal solutions ware prepared by solving of Pb(NO3)2, Cu(NO3)2.3H2O, Ni(NO3)2.6H2O, Zn(NO3)2 and Cd(NO3)2 in deionized water. All reagents were analytical grade. Ulva rigida, Cystoseira barbata and Cystoseira crinita were harvested from Black Sea and were washed several times using deionized water to remove the sand particles and salts. They were then dried at room temperature to constant weight. Dry biomass was chopped to 1,5 cm particles which were used for biosorption experiments.
All batch biosorption experiments were carried out by adding 1g of dried biomass to 50 cm3 of heavy metal ion solutions in Erlenmeyer flasks. The flasks were agitated at 250 rpm for 60 min. The experiments were conducted at room temperature (20oC) at pH 5 ± 0.5. Samples were taken at regular intervals till equilibrium was reached. The residual metal concentration in the solution was determined by EDTA titration. The metal uptake was calculated by the following equation:
(o - C, )V
[mg/ g]
1000. m
where V - volume of the solution in the contact batch flask (cm3), C0 - initial concentration of the metal ions (mg/dm3), C, - equilibrium concentration (mg/dm3), m - weight of the sorbent (g).
Algal mass quantity was varied from 0,1 to 1 g to study its influence upon sorption. For studying the influence of pH on the biosorption, experiments were conducted at various initial metal solution pH values of 2-8. To avoid hydroxide precipitation at high pH, ammonium acetate was added [8]. All experiments were carried out in triplicate to check the reproducibility of results. The desorption of heavy metal ions was carried out using 0,05 M HNO3. The biosorbents were eluted for 60 min. After acid elution, deionized water was used to rinse the biomass until the pH of the wash effluent exceeded 6.0. The regenerated biosorbents then were used for next sorption. The effect of regeneration was determined by the following equation:
^ an t ]
where a1 - metal uptake of the fresh biosorbent, an - metal uptake of the regenerated biosorbent.
Results and discussion
In the present study the sorption characteristics of three biosorbents were examined Ulva rigida (green algae), Cystoseira barbata and C. crinita (brown algae) with regard to Pb (II), Cu (II), Ni (II), Cd (II) and Zn (II) ions. The biosorbents were harvested from the Black Sea coastal area in Varna region, Bulgaria during October. For kinetic experiments, 1 g biomass was added in 50 cm3 metal solution at initial pH 5 ± 0.5 and initial concentration of the solution 1 g/dm3. Fig. 1, 2 and 3 shows the kinetics of heavy metal ions uptake onto Ulva rigida, Cystoseira barbata and C. crinita. The plots represent the heavy metal uptake a (mgeq/g) versus time. It was observed that equilibrium was reached for a period of 15-30 min. Significant proportion of metal ions was removed from solution within the first 10 min of agitation and no further significant adsorption was observed beyond that period.
time, min.
Fig. 1. Kinetics of heavy metal ions uptake onto Ulva rigida
Each of the biosorbents showed different affinity toward heavy metals. This could be explained with the difference in cell wall composition and the intra group differences which cause significant differences in the type and amount of metal ion binding to them. The cell wall consists of variety of polysaccharides and proteins which offers a number of active sites capable of bindind metal ions.The highest uptake of the investigated biosorbents is
shown in table 1. Ulva rigida exhibited highest uptake with regard to Zn (II) - 1.25 mgeq/g; Cystoseira barbata to Cu (II) - 2.28 mgeq/g and C. crinita to Ni (II) - 2.84 mg/g. According to the results for biomass batch sorption the following metal order was obtained for each biosorbent:
Ulva rigida - Zn > Cd > Ni > Cu > Pb;
Cystoseira barbata - Cu > Zn > Cd > Ni ~ Pb;
C. crinita - Ni > Cu > Zn > Cd > Pb.
Table 1
Heavy metals maximum uptake (mgeq/g) by Ulva rigida, Cystoseira barbata, C. crinita; initial concentration of metal ions - 1g/dm3, pH 5
Sorbents Cu (II) Cd (II) Ni (II) Pb (II) Zn (II)
Ulva rigida 0.79 1.05 0.95 0.67 1.25
Cystoseira barbata 2.28 1.20 0.80 0.80 1.25
Cystoseira crinita 1.56 1.25 2.84 0.69 1.50
0 5 10 15 30 45 60
time,min.
Fig. 2. Kinetics of heavy metal ions uptake onto Cystoseira barbata
0 5 10 15 30 45 60
time,min.
Fig. 3. Kinetics of heavy metal ions uptake onto Cystoseira crinita
The brown algae Cystoseira barbata and C. crinita exhibited highest uptake with regard to most of the heavy metal ions. In brown algae biomass, alginate in the cell wall is the main component responsible for the metal sorption. It is present in a gel form which appears very porous and easily permeable [6]. This could explain the highest uptake of metal ions.
The exploitation of biosorbents for removal of heavy metals depends on the efficiency of the regeneration after metal sorption. The desorption of metals in this study was investigated using dilute mineral acid 0.05 M HNO3 as desorbing agent. The effect of regeneration (Ep) was calculated and presented in fig. 4, 5 and 6. The three sorbents exhibited effect of regeneration regarding Pb (II), Cu (II), Zn (II) and Ni (II) fewer than 50 % after the II cycle. Good regeneration and high sorption capacity after multiple cycles showed the three biosorbents with regard to Cd (II) .The most effective regeneration with regard to Cd (II) was reached by Ulva rigida (82 % after the IV cycle). During regeneration Cystoseira barbata and
C. crinita showed higher mechanical stability than Ulva rigida where the elution resulted in some changes in the cell structure of the green algae. Thus, regeneration of the biosorbents for use in multiple cycles of Cd (II) biosorption - desorption should be feasible.
100%-
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
100%-
Pb
Cd
Cu
Zn
Ni
Fig. 4. Effect of regeneration of Ulva rigida
■ I cycle
□ II cycle
□ III cycle
□ IV cycle
□ V cycle
□ VI cycle
0%
Pb Cd Cu Zn Ni
Fig. 5. Effect of regeneration of Cystoseira barbata
■ I cycle
□ II cycle
□ III cycle
□ IV cycle
□ V cycle
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
■ I cycle
□ II cycle
□ III cycle
□ IV cycle
Fig. 6. Effect of regeneration of Cystoseira crinita
The effect of Cystoseira barbata and C. crinita mass for the removal of Cu (II) and Ni (II) was studied using algal mass in the range of 100-1000 mg. Batch sorption is carried out till equilibrium was reached and sorption effect was calculated by the following equation:
E = (C-Cf)/C0-100,
where C0 - initial concentration of the metal ions (mg/dm3), Cf - equilibrium concentration (mg/dm3). Results showed an increased uptake of Cu (II) and Ni (II) with the increase of algae quantity (tab. 2, 3). C. barbata exhibited 90 % effect of Cu (II) sorption at about 1000 mg mass.
Table 2
Effect of sorption of Cu (II) by Cystoseira barbata at different algae mass
Mass of the sorbent, mg Co Cf E, %
100 1.9 1.59 16
200 1.9 1.27 33
500 1.9 1.27 33
800 1.9 0.95 50
1000 1.9 0.19 90
Marine algae contain high content of ionizable groups on the cell polysaccharides, which suggests that the biosorption process could be affected by changes in the solution pH [4; 10]. In the present study was investigated the influence of pH on the sorption uptake of Cystoseira crinita with regard to Ni (II) and C. barbata to Cu (II).The experiments were carried out at pH interval 2-8 and the results are presented in fig. 7.
Table 3
Effect of sorption of Ni (II) by Cystoseira crinita at different algae mass
Mass of the sorbent, mg Co Cf E, %
100 2.55 2.43 5
200 2.55 2.32 9
500 2.55 2.08 18
800 2.55 1.90 25
1000 2.55 0.54 79
pH
Fig. 7. Effect of initial pH on heavy metal sorption
The uptake for both sorbents showed a sharp increase with an increase in pH from 2.0 to 5.0. This could be explained with the extend of protonation which is determined by the pH. The amino and carboxyl groups, and nitrogen and oxygen of the peptide bonds are available for coordination bonding with metal ions. Such bond formation could be accompanied by displacement of protons [11]. At lower pH values (pH = 2,3) the concentration of protons (H+) was increased and showed preponderance over that of heavy metal ions which could explain the lower sorption uptake of the algae in this pH range. Both sorbents reached highest uptake at pH 5 (C. crinita - 2.84 mgeq Ni2+/g, C. barbata - 2.28 mgeq Cu2+/g).
Conclusion
The results obtained showed that Cystoseira crinita, C. barbata and Ulva rigida could be used as efficient biosorbent material for treatment of heavy metal ions. Highest uptake was reached by Cystoseira crinita for Ni (II) and C. barbata for Cu (II). The desorption experiments suggested that the regeneration of the biosorbents was possible for repeated use especially with regard to Cd (II). The good sorption characteristics with respect to heavy metals and the availability of the algae in great quantities in nature, makes these biosorbents very perspective for successful purification of industrial waters.
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