Abstract—In this study, Reactive Blue-13 (RB-13) dye removed by solvent impregnated resin (SIR: Amberlite XAD-7 impregnated with Aliquat-336) at different operation conditions. Batch adsorption studies were dispensed out to gauge the effect of solution pH, dosages, kinetic, temperature, concentration and NaCl salt on the adsorption capacity of the adsorbents. Three kinetic models were chosen to suit the kinetic data; pseudo first order, second order, and intraparticle. diffusion. It had been determined that RB-13 dye adsorption followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. Adsorbent SIR was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and EDX. Solvent impregnated resin (SIR) was regenerated with 80% (v/v) ethanol aqueous solution for reuse. Index Terms—Adsorption, aliquat-336, reactive blue-13, XAD-7. I. INTRODUCTION In textile industries, its reported that commonly more than 100,000 dyes with over 7×10 5 tones of dyestuffs ( a soluble substance used for coloring that contain various raw materials that remain after dying process, spin-off, diluting agent, etc.) produced yearly [1]. It also found that unexpended dyestuffs are indestructible, non-biodegradable, toxicant and contain various mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. These have an effect on the ecosystem, individuals, aquatic plant and mammal causes various diseases [2]-[4]. A number of studies have pointed out that occurrences of several disease among textile industries staff such as Bladder cancer, Cancer mortality, Breast cancer, Lung cancer, Oral cavity, and pharynx cancer, nephrosis, skin eruption [5]-[20]. Industrial effluent containing dyes additionally causes such disorders. So removal of such dyes from industrial effluent could be a challenge to each the textile trade and wastewater treatment facility for treating this effluent. It is compulsory that unused dyes must be removed before discharging the effluent water to the surroundings to evade health hazards and destruction of the scheme. Major categories for dyes removal are biological, chemical, and physical methods. These methods contain several Manuscript received February 25, 2019; revised April 22, 2019. This Work was supported by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India for financial support under Early Career Research Award (EC Engineering Sciences). Removal of Reactive Dye using Solvent Impregnated Resin. The authors are with the Department of Chemical Engineering Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan-302017 (anjaliawasthi33@gmail.com, sakshibatra07@gmail.com, Dipaloy@gmail.com). techniques, Flocculation-Coagulation, adsorption, membrane separation, electrochemical, reverses osmosis, ozone oxidation, sand biological treatment etc. Flocculation-coagulation method is not so effective because the dye was produced a multiplex with the flocculant, so removal and recycle of dye causes trouble. Membrane separation and reverse osmosis method are expensive for the economic point of view. Adsorption is one of the best cheap processes for removal of dyes. The large portion of dyes is Azo Dyes (i.e contain aromatic hydrocarbons). Other classifications done according to the structure of dyes are anionic and cationic dyes. Today reactive dyes are popular among textile industries due to its give permanent coloration to cellulose textile substrates and also color did not fade or discolor on laundering. Various types of reactive dyes used in textile industries depends upon the medium temperature (i.e. Cold brand dye: Dyeing process is carried out at room temperature, Hot brand dye: Dying occurs at 60 o C, High Exhaust brand reactive dyes: Dyeing process is carried out around 80-90ºC). In dying process 80% of reactive dye participates for dying the fiber, i.e. 20% remains within the effluent; this is often the hydrolyzed dye that can't be reused for coloring. This unused dye remains within the effluent treatment plant. Dye concentrations range 10 – 25 mg/L are cited as being present in dye section effluents [21]. After combining with different effluent streams, the concentration of dyes is more insipid. The limit of the concentration of some cyanogenic dyes in water is 1.0 ng/L. In this investigation, AmberliteXAD-7 Resin impregnated with Aliquat-336 was prepared for removal of Reactive Blue-13 dye. The effecting parameters such as adsorbent dose, dye concentration, pH, time, temperature and salt concentration on the performance of the adsorption process were also studied. Effect of Concentration was studied and therefore the pseudo-first-order, the pseudo-second-order, and Elovich models were usable to describe adsorption dynamics. Regeneration of SIR was done by 80% (v/v) ethanol aqueous solution, and then reused it up to several times. The purpose of this study is to shows that the un-used reactive dyes will be removed from the effluent by adsorption process using solvent impregnated resin. II. MATERIALS AND METHODS A. Materials Amberlite XAD-7 resin (20-60 mesh) was equipped by Sigma-Aldrich (Merck, Germany). This nonionic, porous Removal of Reactive Dye Using Solvent Impregnated Resin Anjali Awasthi, Sakshi Batra, and Dipaloy Datta International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 2019 40 doi: 10.18178/ijcea.2019.10.2.737