Removal of vanadium from industrial wastewater using surface modified eccalite.

M. Tech. Chemical Engineering.Evaluates the use of modified eccalite as an adsorbent for the efficient removal of vanadium from industrial wastewater. The specific objectives of the study are: i. To determine whether modification of eccalite with a surfactant such as (hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide HDTMA-Br, CTAB) will gives an optimal performance in vanadium removal from industrial wastewater; ii. To conduct batch adsorption experiments for modified eccalite for the determination of equilibrium adsorption capacity, kinetics, and thermodynamic parameters; iii. To perform column/dynamic adsorption experiments for modified eccalite in order to determine the dynamic adsorption capacity and breakthrough profiles. iv. Fit the experimental data to existing mathematical model describing the sorption process of vanadium removal from wastewater