Removal of ammonium from aqueous solutions using zeolite synthesized from fly ash by a fusion method英文文献.pdfVIP

Desalination 271 (2011) 111–121 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Desalination journal homepage: www.el sevier.c om/l oc ate/de sal Removal of ammonium from aqueous solutions using zeolite synthesized from fly ash by a fusion method Mulan Zhang a, Huayong Zhang a,⁎, Dan Xu a, Lu Han b, Dongxiao Niu c, Binghui Tian d, Jian Zhang e, Luyi Zhang a, Wensi Wu a a Research Center for Ecological Engineering and Nonlinear Science, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China b Industrial Systems Engineering, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada c School of Business and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China d State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China e School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This article investigates the removal of ammonium from aqueous solutions using zeolite synthesized from fly ash Received 10 September 2010 by a fusion method, which combines alkaline fusion followed by hydrothermal treatment. The cation exchange Received in revised form 6 December 2010 capacity increases from 0.03 to 2.79 meq/g during the synthesis process. The effects of contact time, pH, initial Accepted 7 December 2010 ammonium concentration, adsorbent dosage, and the presence of other cations and anions are ex