Application of biomass Saccharomyces cerevisiae as adsorption agent of dye Direct Orange 2GL and possible interactions mechanisms adsorbate/adsorbent

ABSTRACT

The textile effluents release large amounts of dye waste in the environment, polluting and altering the whole aquatic ecosystem. Besides the visual pollution compounds have high toxicity, if not treated properly can generate bioaccumulation in biota. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly used as a biocatalyst in industries is a possible adsorbent due to the chemical structure composed of the cell wall containing amino groups, active site location of possible interactions with sulfonic groups belonging to reactive dyes, which marketing worldwide. This way, it was performed to removal study of reactive dye Direct Orange 2GL by adsorption method using a spectrophotometer analysis of UV-Vis to the different biomass concentrations ofS. cerevisiae and pH values in solution. The experiment was analyzed from the adsorption isotherms graphic, aiming at maximum capacity dye adsorption on the cell wall of the yeast by the mathematical treatment using as a model the equations of Langmuir and Freundlich and its linearization. The experiments pointed out the possible mechanisms of chemical interactions between the adsorbate/adsorbent may show forms of monolayers or multilayers by the correlation coefficient concerning on the influence of the pH. The analysis in UV-Vis spectrophotometer, showed efficiency in the decrease in absorbance values relative to the value at of maximum wavelength, with results of the 0.063 absorbance, which is an acceptable value for the standard absorbance allowed the dye disposal. So, the use of biomass S. cerevisiae provides relevant results even at low concentrations since the pH adjusted solution.

Keywords:
Adsorption; textile dye; yeast