1. The effect of aging time on silica Xerogel-PEG6000 from geothermal waste for methylene blue adsorption.
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Pardoyo, Pardoyo, Sriyanti, Sriyanti, Meinar, R. H., Suhartana, Suhartana, and Djunaidi, M. C.
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GEOTHERMAL power plants , *POLYETHYLENE glycol , *PARTICLE size distribution , *XEROGELS , *WAVENUMBER - Abstract
The Dieng Geothermal Power Plant generates nearly more than 150 tons of waste every month and most of it has not been treated further. However, the silica content of the waste is more than 78% which can be used as raw material for the manufacture of silica xerogels. This study aims to produce xerogels with the addition of PEG(Polyethylene Glycol) through the sol-gel process in varying aging times for methylene blue adsorption. The aging times were carried out for 3, 8, 18, and 24 hours. Xerogels analysis was performed by FTIR and PSA. The adsorption ability of methylene blue was measured by UVvis. The result showed that Si-OH and Si-O-Si groups were indicated at wave numbers 963cm−1 and 1090 cm−1. The ratio of Si-OH/Si-O-Si in xerogels at 3 hours of aging was the highest compared to other variations in aging time, namely 0.58. The average particle size of xerogels at 3, 8, 18 and 24 hours of aging were 101.65 μm; 519.78 μm; 658.8 μm; and 265.42 μm. The distribution of particle size at 3 hours of aging is still wide and not uniform, but with increasing aging time the distribution of particle size is narrower and more homogeneous. The optimum adsorption ability of methylene blue with the xerogels aging time, respectively 91.9%; 73.75%; 78.75 %; and 82.5% with an optimum contact time of 10 minutes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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