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Biosorption, isotherm and kinetic properties of common textile dye by Phormidium animale
Water and Wastewater Treatment
In this study, the potential textile dye biosorption capacity of a low-cost biosorbent (P. animale) was tested as functions of pH, biosorbent type, initial dye concentration, temperature, contact time and biosorbent dosage at batch scale level. The optimal conditions are 2, dried biosorbent, 93.16...
Combustion of biofuels-diesel blends in an isothermal oven
Sustainable Energy
In this work, combustion process of diesel and biofuel blends is studied experimentally in an isothermal oven. Blends with respectively 20%, 40% and 60% of Ethanol (E20, E40, E60), 20%, 40% and 60% of Methanol (M20, M40, M60), and 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% of Biodiesel (B20, B40, B60, B80, B100)...
Adsorption of UV254 in Kerian River water onto ZeliacTM: Analysis using linear and non-linear forms of isotherm models
Water Resources Management
The composite media, Zeliac TM was developed with the initial aim to provide low cost adsorbent with promising adsorption capacity. This study was conducted to investigate the removal of UV absorbance at 254 nm (UV 254) in Kerian river water using Zeliac TM as the media. Batch experiments study was...
Biosorption of Methylene Blue dye by Ligustrum lucidum fruits biomass: Equilibrium, isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
.In this work, biomass from Ligustrum lucidum fruits (LF) was used for the first time as a novel adsorbent to remove the Methylene Blue dye (MB) from aqueous solutions. The adsorption equilibrium was attained after 60 min, and the adsorption followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The rise...
Investigation of Copper Ion adsorption using Activated Sawdust Powder: Isotherm, Kinetic and Thermodynamic studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The batch adsorption technique investigated the efficiency of sawdust adsorbent for removing copper ions from synthetic solutions. A chemical synthesis process prepared the activated sawdust powder, and its surface area and pore volume were obtained by BET isotherm analysis. The ability of copper...
Synthesis of Magnetic Multiwalled Carbon Nano Tubes and Investigation of isotherm and kinetic models for cleanup of Carbaryl pesticide
Abstract: Water is the main factor of movement and transport of pesticides and contamination of water by these pollutants is one of the most important challenges due to their widespread use and increased concentrations. Moreover, these compounds are on the U.S.EPA Priority Pollutant list because of...
Kinetic and isotherm modeling of adsorption of dyes onto rice husk carbon
General
Rice husk carbon (RHC) has the ability to adsorb the dyestuff from aqueous solution. It may be useful low cost adsorbent for the treatment of effluents, discharged from textile industries. The effectiveness of RHC have been tested for the removal of colour from the wastewater samples containing...
Magnetic peanut hulls for methylene blue dye removal: Isotherm and kinetic study
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Biosorption is an emerging technique for water treatment utilizing abundantly available biomaterials.The potential feasibility of magnetic peanut hulls particle for removal of cationic dye (methylene blue) from aqueous solution was investigated. The effects of various experimental parameters were...
Adsorption of cadmium and copper onto natural clay: isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Clay of the Middle Atlas Mountains region, Morocco, was used to investigate the removal of heavy metals ions (Cadmium and Copper) from aqueous solutions with respect to several experimental conditions including pH, contact time, initial solute concentrations, temperature and ionic strength. Kinetic...
Adsorption of lead (II) ions onto diatomite from aqueous solution: Mechanism, isotherm and kinetic studies
Pollution Control Technology
This study presents an evaluation of diatomite as a low cost adsorbent for Pb (II) removal from aqueous solutions under various conditions. The results demonstrate that adsorption of Pb (II) is strongly dependent on the pH of the solution. The effect of pH on adsorption of Pb (II) on diatomite was...
Ziziphus Jujube Seeds derived Biomass as Cost-Effective Biosorbent for the removal of Cr6+ from Aqueous solutions: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Biosorption of hexavalent chromium ions from the synthetic solution was performed using activated Ziziphus jujube seeds powder as an adsorbent material. A chemical synthesis process prepared the adsorbent, and various methods have evaluated its characteristics. FTIR, SEM and EDX analysis was...
Batch and Packed Bed Column Studies of Azo Dyes Adsorption from the Aqueous Solutions Using Activated Sugarcane Bagasse Charcoal Adsorbent: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Biosorption of azo dyes (RO-16, RB-120 & RB-19) from the aqueous solutions was investigated using the activated sugarcane bagasse charcoal adsorbent. The characteristics of the prepared adsorbent were analyzed by SEM, EDX, FTIR, XRD, TG & DT analysis, and the BET surface area of the sugarcane...
Sorption-desorption isotherms of dyes from aqueous solutions and wastewaters with different sorbent meterials
General
The ability of activated carbon and different low-cost by-products and waste material as sorbents to remove various reactive dyes from aqueous solutions and wastewaters was investigated. All aqueous dye solutions contained 2,000 mg l-1 NaCl, to mimic real dye wastewater. Batch kinetic and isotherm...
Calcined sugar scum as a low-cost adsorbent for dye removal from aqueous solution: Equilibrium, kinetic and modeling
Solid Waste Management
Batch adsorption experiments have been conducted to investigate the adsorption properties of the calcined sugar scum powder for methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) as models for cationic and anionic dyes. The kinetic and equilibrium adsorption have been investigated to determine the...
Kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic investigations of nitrite (NO2–) removal from water by anion exchange resins
Water and Wastewater Treatment
This study presents the evaluation of a strong base (Purolite A200) and weak base (Purolite PFA847) polymeric anion exchange resins for nitrite removal. The different parameters on the removal of NO2– were investigated in batch sorption mode. Common isotherm models; Langmuir and Freundlich, were...
Dinitrobutylphenol Removal from aqueous Environments by Synthesized magnetic particles from walnut hard-shell ash
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Dinitrobutylphenol is a toxic and resistant pollutant that pollutes the environment by producing toxins and chemical wastewater. Present paper aims to study the efficiency of the magnetic particles of walnut hard shell ash as a cheap and bi-compatible adsorbent for the removable of DNBP from aqueous...
Adsorption feasibility in the cr(total) ions removal from waste printing developer
General
In this article, the technical feasibility of various commercial adsorbents (activated carbon, clinoptilolite, and their mixture) for removal of Cr(total) ions from waste printing developer has been represent. Experimental tests were performed in laboratory batch mode. The adsorption data were...
Removal of methylene blue by using biosolid
General
The mechanism of Methylene Blue adsorption on biosolid (waste sludge) has been studied through batch experiments. The effects of various experimental parameters, such as pH (3- 11), biosolid dosage (1-10 g l-1), contact time (5-1440 min) and initial dye concentration were investigated. The results...
Cationic Dye Removal By Sugarcane Bagasse Activated Carbon From Aqueous Solution
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Low cost agricultural waste adsorbents can be viable alternatives to activated carbon for the treatment of contaminated wastewater. Sugarcane Bagasse, an abundant agriculture waste in Egypt, was used in the present study to prepare activated carbon. Batch adsorption experiments were conducted to...
Biosorption of methylene blue from aqueous solutions by modified mesoporous Simarouba glauca seed shell powder
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The present study investigates the ability of formaldehyde treated Simarouba glauca seed shell powder for removal of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions. Batch adsorption studies were carried out under various experimental conditions such as agitation time, dye concentration, adsorbent dose...
Investigation of antibiotic clarithromycin adsorption potential on microplastics
Chemicals in the environment
A In this study, it was aimed to investigate the potential of microplastics (MPs) to adsorb antibiotic clarithromycin (CLAR) in the water media. For this purpose, two of the most common used plastics; polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene (PE) were selected. Batch adsorption experiments...
Biosorption of manganese (II) and aluminium (III) ions from aqueous solution by immobilized Trichoderma asperellum BHU216
Water Quality
Removal of Al 3+ and Mn 2+ from solution by Trichoderma asperellum BHU216 immobilized on Irvingia gabonensis matrix in a batch system was investigated. Effect of biosorption conditions contact time, pH, bead size and spore load were studied. Equilibrium isotherms and re-usability of biosorbent were...
Removal of Mn(II) and Fe(II) by Aspergillus Sp. TU-GM14 immobilized on Detarium Microcarpum matrix
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Removal of Fe(II) and Mn(II) ions from aqueous solution by fungal biosorbent Aspergillus sp. TU-GM14immobilized on Detarium microcarpum matrix was investigated in this study. Effects of biosorption parameters pH, biosorbent concentration, bead size and equilibrium time on Fe(II) and Mn(II) ions...
Investigation of mechanism of metal ion adsorption from aqueous solutions using Prosopis julyflora roots: Batch and fixed bed column studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Adsorption of heavy metal ions (Cr, Pb & Zn) using prosopis julyflora roots has been investigated by batch adsorption and fixed bed column process. The various properties of adsorbent were analysed and the FT-IR spectra & SEM studies of prosopis julyflora powder, before and after adsorption of metal...
Investigation of Biosorption Behavior of Red-254, a Textile Waste Paint on Activated Sugar Beet Pulp
Water and Wastewater Treatment
In this study, activated sugar beet pulp as a biosorbent was used to remove Red-254 dye from aqueous solutions. The contact time, pH, biosorbent dosage and temperature were chosen as the parameters affecting the biosorption process. In the experiments, the batch adsorption technique was used. The...
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