scholarly journals Cesium Removal from Wastewater Using Banana Peel

Author(s):  
Mohammed Nsaif Abbas ◽  
Firas Saeed Abbas ◽  
Ishraq Khudhair Abass

The potential of banana peel (BP) on the cesium removal from aqueous solutions is study by using different design parameters by adsorption process. The design parameters studied to adsorb cesium using BP as an adsorbent material were initial concentration of cesium , absorbance material packing height which was BP, pH of cesium feed inlet, treatment time, feed flow rate and feed temperature, results show that the higher removal efficiency was 97.50 % for cesium from aquatic solution and this efficiency was decreased with increasing of initial concentration and flow rate while the removal efficiency increased with increasing pH, sorption media bed height and feeding temperature. By this way we can possess different benefits which are: remove the hazard and toxic cesium contaminated the water and get rid of waste BP.

2011 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Zai Fang Deng ◽  
Xue Gang Luo ◽  
Xiao Yan Lin

The performance of expanding rice husk (ERH) fixed bed column in removing Zn (II) from aqueous solution were studied in this work. Different column design parameters like bed height, flow rate and initial concentration were calculated. It was found that ERH was found to be an effective adsorbent for removal of Zn (II); and when conducted with Zn (II) concentration 12.8 mg L-1and flow rate 10 ml min-1with different bed depths such as 3, 6 and 9 cm, the equilibrium uptake was decreased from 5.181 to 4.33 mg g-1; the equilibrium uptake also decreased from 4.51 to 3.807 mg g-1with increasing of flow rate from 5 to 15 ml min-1and increased from 4.447 to 5.752 mg g-1when initial concentration increased from 12.8 to 35 mg L-1. The dynamics of adsorption process was modeled by bed depth service time (BDST), and indicating the validity of BDST model when applied to the continuous column studies.


2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 1507-1512
Author(s):  
Baker M. Abod ◽  
Ramy Mohamed Jebir Al-Alawy ◽  
Firas Hashim Kamar ◽  
Gheorghe Nechifor

The aim of this study is to use the dry fibers of date palm as low-cost biosorbent for the removal of Cd(II), and Ni(II) ions from aqueous solution by fluidized bed column. The effects of many operating conditions such as superficial velocity, static bed height, and initial concentration on the removal efficiency of metal ions were investigated. FTIR analyses clarified that hydroxyl, amine and carboxyl groups could be very effective for bio-sorption of these heavy metal ions. SEM images showed that dry fibers of date palm have a high porosity and that metal ions can be trapped and sorbed into pores. The results show that a bed height of 6 cm, velocity of 1.1Umf and initial concentration for each heavy metal ions of 50 mg/L are most feasible and give high removal efficiency. The fluidized bed reactor was modeled using ideal plug flow and this model was solved numerically by utilizing the MATLAB software for fitting the measured breakthrough results. The breakthrough curves for metal ions gave the order of bio-sorption capacity as follow: Cd(II)]Ni(II).


2021 ◽  
Vol 235 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-294
Author(s):  
Abida Kausar ◽  
Haq Nawaz Bhatti ◽  
Munawar Iqbal

Abstract Sugarcane bagasse waste biomass (SBWB) efficacy for the adsorption of Zr(IV) was investigated in batch and column modes. The process variables i.e. pH 1–4 (A), adsorbent dosage 0.0–0.3 g (B), and Zr(IV) ions initial concentration 25–200 mg/L (C) were studied. The experiments were run under central composite design (CCD) and data was analysed by response surface methodology (RSM) methodology. The factor A, B, C, AB interaction and square factor A2, C2 affected the Zr(IV) ions adsorption onto SBWB. The quadratic model fitted well to the adsorption data with high R2 values. The effect of bed height, flow rate and Zr(IV) ions initial concentration was also studied for column mode adsorption and efficiency was evaluated by breakthrough curves as well as Bed Depth Service and Thomas models. Bed height and Zr(IV) ions initial concentration enhanced the adsorption of capacity of Zr(IV) ions, whereas flow rate reduced the column efficiency.


2013 ◽  
Vol 781-784 ◽  
pp. 1637-1645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Jun Ma ◽  
Yi Qing Xu

The degradation effectiveness and reaction kinetics of representative organophosphorus (OP) pesticide in a packed-bed plasma reactor have been studied. Important parameters, including peak voltage, pulse frequency, gas-flow rate, initial concentration, diameter of catalyst particles, and thickness of catalyst bed which influences the removal efficiency, were investigated. Experimental results indicated that rogor removal efficiency as high as 80% can be achieved at 35 kV with the gas flow rate of 800 mL/min and initial concentration of 11.2 mg/m3.The removal efficiency increased with the increase of pulsed high voltage, and pulse frequency, the decrease of the diameter of catalyst particles and the thickness of catalyst bed. Finally, a model was established to predict the degradation of the rogor, which generally can simulate the experimental measurements to some degree.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatin Abdul_kareem Ashoor ◽  
Amer D. Zmat ◽  
Muthanna H. AlDahhan

A lab scale pellet reactor (PR) was designed and fabricated to carry out extensive investigations on the removal efficiency of the hardness of groundwater.  The groundwater of 2200 – 2600 mg/L hardness was collected from Abdulla Ibnalhassan wells area located at the west desert of Al-Shinafiyah district (70 km to the southwest of Al-Dewaniyah city, Iraq). Both hydrodynamic parameters of the pellet reactor (porosity and fluidized bed height) and the parameters of calcium carbonate crystallization process (calcium carbonate equilibrium, pellet size, and density) were modeled and compared with the experimental results of the lab scale pellet reactor. The comparison showed that fair agreement between modeled and measured results was observed. The removal efficiency of both calcium and magnesium ions were 62.5-99% and 83-99% respectively. The removal efficiency was found to be strongly dependent on pH and the ratio of NaOH solution flow rate to the groundwater flow rate in the pellet reactor.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Himanshu Patel

Abstract The present investigate was intended for adsorption of heavy metals i.e. Pb, Cu, Cr, Zn, Ni and Cd onto activated charcoal prepared from neem leaf powder (AC-NLP) using batch and column studies. Batch adsorption was performed using different variables like adsorbent dose, temperature and contact duration. Thermodynamic analysis of batch treatment concluded that adsorption is thermodynamically feasible and endothermic. This adsorption followed the Pseudo second-order kinetic model derived from correlation coefficient values of chemical kinetic studies. For column study, interpretation of breakthrough curves and parameters were conducted by varying flow rate, initial concentration and bed height; and reveal that optimum conditions were lower flow rate (5 mL/min) and lower initial concentration (5 mg/L) and higher bed height (20 cm). Comparisons of batch and column study through isotherm models were evaluated and column study is more preferred than batch treatment. Maximum Thomas adsorption capacity was achieved upto 205.6, 185.8, 154.5, 133.3, 120.6, 110.9 mg/g for Pb, Cu, Cd, Zn, Ni and Cr respectively. This removal pattern is elucidated by metal ionic properties. Various adsorbing agents such as acids and bases were utilized for adsorption–desorption of AC-NLP.


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-104
Author(s):  
Rozaimi Abu Samah

The main objective of this work was to design and model fixed bed adsorption column for the adsorption of vanillin from aqueous solution. Three parameters were evaluated for identifying the performance of vanillin adsorption in fixed-bed mode, which were bed height, vanillin initial concentration, and feed flow rate. The maximum adsorption capacity was increased more than threefold to 314.96 mg vanillin/g resin when the bed height was increased from 5 cm to 15 cm. Bohart-Adams model and Belter equation were used for designing fixed-bed column and predicting the performance of the adsorption process. A high value of determination coefficient (R2) of 0.9672 was obtained for the modelling of vanillin adsorption onto resin H103.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-131
Author(s):  
Laith Hamdan Hawal

 In this study, a comparison between using activated carbon prepared from bitter orange peels (BOAC) and a common commercially activated carbon (CAC), which is brought from the market, as adsorbent materials. This study was designed to find out which of these two activated carbons is more effective in the removal of zinc from waste water. This work examines the use of bitter orange peels, which are available as waste in local markets and in household garbage as an alternative presage to prepare an activated carbon by using (H2SO4) as activating reagent. The effects of pH, initial zinc concentrations, treatment time, adsorbent media bed height and the flow rate of simulated synthetic aqueous solution (SSAS) on the removal efficiency of zinc were all studied under 24oC The results indicated that the removal efficiency of zinc increases with decreasing in pH of SSAS. When the initial concentration of zinc increases in SSAS, the removal efficiency of zinc was decreased. The study proved that the increasing of contact time leads to greater removal efficiency. When the height of adsorbent media in fixed column increases, the removal efficiency was increased. The experiments also showed that the removal efficiency of zinc from the SSAS increased, when the flow rate decreased. It could be concluded from this work that (BOAC) is better than (CAC) as an adsorbent materials in the removal of zinc; with a removal efficiency of (90%, 86%), respectively


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
Nur Azza Azyan Muin ◽  
Hawaiah Imam Maarof ◽  
Nur Alwani Ali Bashah ◽  
Nor Aida Zubir ◽  
Rasyidah Alrozi ◽  
...  

In this work, coconut shell activated carbon (CSAC) electrode was evaluated to remove copper ion via electrochemical processes. CSAC electrode and graphite were applied as the cathode and the anode, respectively. The reusability of the electrode, the effects of initial pH, applied voltage and initial concentration were studied. The electrochemical process was carried out for 3 h of treatment time, and the electrodes (anode and cathode) were separated by 1 cm. The results revealed that CSAC is proven as a reusable electrode to remove copper ion, up to 99% of removal efficiency from an initial concentration of 50 ppm after it had been used three times. From the observation, the removal efficiency was optimum at an initial pH of 4.33 (without any initial pH adjustment). The applied voltage at 8 V showed a higher removal efficiency of copper ion compared to at 5 V.


2022 ◽  
Vol 2148 (1) ◽  
pp. 012037
Author(s):  
Shuqin Wang ◽  
Zhiqiang Zhang ◽  
Ning Wang ◽  
Wenqi Zhao ◽  
Chungang Yuan

Abstract In this paper, a small biological aerated filter for experimental use was designed, and a method was explored to optimize the nitrogen removal efficiency by using FLUENT software to simulate the particle size of the filler, the amount of the filler, the initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and other operating parameters. Through the simulation experiment, the optimal design parameters of the particle size of filler, the amount of filler, the initial concentration of ammonia nitrogen and the dissolved oxygen of the biological aerated filter are 4mm, 60%, 15% and 1.5%, respectively, when the removal efficiency of ammonia nitrogen exceeds 30% reported in the literature. It provides a reference for the experimental research and practical application of biological aerated filter (BAF) denitrification.


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