Constants | Initial dye concentration (mg/L) | Temperature (°C) | ||||
50 | 100 | 150 | 25 | 40 | 60 | |
qe exp., mg/g | 18.8 | 20.4 | 22.4 | 23.41 | 23.92 | 28.31 |
Pseudo-first-order kinetics | ||||||
K1, min−1 | 0.0129 | 0.0297 | 0.0166 | 0.0288 | 0.0216 | 0.02 |
qecal, mg/g | 5.04 | 18.59 | 18.59 | 18.22 | 12.78 | 13.092 |
R2 | 0.9031 | 0.8642 | 0.9044 | 0.901 | 0.909 | 0.924 |
Pseudo-second-order kinetics | ||||||
k2, g/mg min | 0.019 | 0.012 | 2.3 × 10−3 | 0.0027 | 0.0065 | 0.0073 |
H | 7.22 | 6.18 | 1.75 | 1.88 | 4.1 | 6.24 |
qecal, mg/g | 19.49 | 22.68 | 27.55 | 26.39 | 25.126 | 29.24 |
R2 | 0.9985 | 0.9994 | 0.9809 | 0.9712 | 0.9938 | 0.998 |
Elovich Constant | ||||||
Α | 19.94 × 104 | 142.6 | 5.69 | 5.66 | 33.29 | 40.8 |
Β | 0.882 | 0.412 | 0.2 | 0.1994 | 0.275 | 0.2278 |
R2 | 0.8524 | 0.8686 | 0.832 | 0.8357 | 0.900 | 0.9083 |
Bingham’s Constant | ||||||
Α | 0.0046 | 0.0052 | 0.0066 | 0.01 | 0.0071 | 0.0087 |
K0 | 487.2 | 469.35 | 460.74 | 460.8 | 468.1 | 470 |
R2 | 0.904 | 0.902 | 0.9182 | 0.917 | 0.9227 | 0.9274 |
Intra-particle diffusion model | ||||||
kdiff1 | 0.479 | 1.65 | 1.660 | 1.664 | 1.574 | 2.634 |
R2 | 0.8955 | 0.8928 | 0.6531 | 0.6531 | 0.8256 | 0.9319 |
kdiff2 | 0.4915 | 0.6128 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.35 | 1.46 |
R2 | 0.9004 | 0.8903 | 0.8519 | 0.8519 | 0.9398 | 0.689 |