Attempts
were made to recover succinic acid from aqueous solution
by macroporous resin adsorption. The adsorption properties of succinic
acid on seven different resins (HPD-300, HPD-400, HPD-450, HPD-500,
HPD-826, AB-8, and NKA-9) were compared systematically. According
to the adsorption capacity, NKA-9 was chosen as the most suitable
resin for succinic acid purification. The influences of solution pH,
initial succinic acid concentration, and temperature were studied
by the static adsorption method. The maximum adsorption capacity for
succinic acid on NKA-9 was 155.9 mg·g–1 and
obtained at pH 2.0, initial concentration 50 mg·mL–1 and 10 °C. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms were used to describe
the interactions between solutes and resins, and the equilibrium experimental
data were well fitted to the two isotherms. The kinetic data were
modeled using pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle
diffusion equations. The experimental data were well described by
the pseudo-second-order kinetic model.