Construction wastes were selected as the adsorbents and static and dynamic adsorption batch experiments were carried out to investigate the adsorption of Pb to construction wastes with different particle size gradations in the simulated stormwater runoff system.The experimental results show that the pseudo-second-order kinetics model can better characterize the adsorption process of Pb than the pseudo-first-order kinetics model.The adsorption equilibrium data can be well fitted by the Freundlich isotherm model. The construction wastes with different tested size gradations can greatly remove Pb from stormwater runoff and their average removal rate can reach up to 99%.The construction wastes with narrow size distribution can better remove Pb but with worse permeability than those with wide size distribution. The particle size gradation of construction wastes greatly influences the equilibrium time rate and the capacity of Pb adsorption.The equilibrium adsorption rate and capacity are 18.1 μg/min and 5.5 μg/g respectively for the construction wastes with the size of 2.36 to 4.75 mm which are the greatest among the different size gradations.The present study provides a scientific basis for effectively controlling Pb pollution from stormwater runoff and the construction wastes resource utilization.
