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Regeneration of spent bleaching clay by ultrasonic irradiation and its application in methylene blue adsorption

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2020

Xiaoyu Liang ,
Chao Yang ,
Xintai Su  and
Xiaogang Xue
Xiaoyu Liang
Affiliation:
College of Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan450001, China The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters (Ministry of Education), School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510006, China
Chao Yang
Affiliation:
Ministry Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi830046, China
Xintai Su*
Affiliation:
The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters (Ministry of Education), School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou510006, China
Xiaogang Xue
Affiliation:
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou350002, China
*
*Email: suxintai827@163.com
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Abstract

An effective method that combines solvent extraction with ultrasonic irradiation was developed to recycle spent bleaching clay (SBC) from modern oil refinery plants. The principle of ‘waste to treasure’ was used to achieve the regenerated SBC. Various characterization techniques were applied to analyse and compare regenerated SBC and commercial bleaching clay (CBC). The structure of the regenerated SBC did not show any obvious change compared with that of CBC, but the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller-specific surface area (SBET) and pore-volume values of the regenerated SBC increased. At the same time, the parameters of the regenerated SBC reached national standards. In addition, the samples were used as low-cost adsorbents for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) from water. The regenerated SBC had greater adsorption efficiency and cycle performance for MB than CBC. Hence, the SBC may be treated by ultrasonic radiation combined with extraction, and the regenerated SBC has better properties than CBC. This work opens up a new approach to the regeneration and utilization of SBC and raises the potential of ultrasonic irradiation as an environmentally friendly method to be applied to various regeneration systems.

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acid treatmentadsorption performanceregenerated bleaching clayultrasonic irradiation

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Clay Minerals , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , March 2020 , pp. 24 - 30
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2020

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Associate Editor: Chun-Hui Zhou

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