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Modified sunflower seed husks for metal ions removal from wastewater

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2017

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22839216

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10.3303/CET1757042

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Chemical Engineering Transactions. Vol 57, (2017), p.247-252

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Srisorrachatr S. Modified sunflower seed husks for metal ions removal from wastewater. Chemical Engineering Transactions. Vol 57, (2017), p.247-252. doi:10.3303/CET1757042 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/4385

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Modified sunflower seed husks for metal ions removal from wastewater

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Srisorrachatr S.

Abstract

Metal ion contaminated wastewater from small factory are interested. Finding of new and cheap adsorbent for wastewater treatment can increase the quality of the environment in the effected localities and thus prevent adverse effect on environment and human being. Adsorption techniques belong to a cost effective methods that are able to effectively remove metal ion from solution. For the overall understanding of adsorptive removal, factors affecting removal capacity is necessary examined. This study aimed to evaluate the removal efficiency of heavy metal ions in aqueous solution by modified sunflower seed husk (MSSH) for industrial wastewater treatment. Removal of lead (Pb(II)), nickel (Ni(II)), zinc (Zn(II)), and cadmium (Cd(II)) from aqueous solution using activated carbon prepared from sunflower seed husks (SSH), an agricultural waste was studied in batch experiment. Sunflower seed husks were modified by chemical activation with potassium carbonate (K2CO3) and zinc chloride (ZnCl2) solution followed by carbonization. The concentration of both chemicals was varied between 0.4 and 1.2 M, and the temperature was ranged from 400 °C to 700 °C. The initial concentration of each metal ion used in this experiment was 200 mg/g. The experimental data showed that the 0.8 M K2CO3 and ZnCl2 gave the optimum metal ions removal. The maximum removal of Pb(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) ions occurred using 400°C-K2CO3 modified husks with 99.61, 98.07, 98.75, and 92.99 percent, respectively. Furthermore in ZnCl2 activation, 400°C-ZnCl2 modified husks showed the maximum removal of Pb(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) ions with the values of 75.68, 51.79, 28.07, and 50.33 percent, respectively. The adsorption process conformed to Langmuir adsorption isotherm with the maximum adsorption (qm) of Pb(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) of 19.92, 18.56, 19.76, and 19.62 mg/g, respectively and KL of 0.1640, 0.1585, 0.1005 and 0.1918 L/mg, respectively. The results indicated that the 400°C-K2CO3 MSSH could be employed as a promising biosorption for industrial wastewater treatment. © Copyright 2017, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.

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Activated carbon
 Activated carbon treatment
 Adsorption
 Agricultural wastes
 Cadmium compounds
 Carbon
 Carbonization
 Chemical activation
 Heavy metals
 Industrial water treatment
 Lead
 Metal ions
 Metals
 Nickel
 Reclamation
 Solutions
 Wastewater treatment
 Zinc
 Zinc chloride
 Zinc compounds
 Adsorptive removal
 Contaminated wastewater
 Cost-effective methods
 Industrial wastewater treatment
 Initial concentration
 Langmuir adsorption isotherms
 Metal ions removal
 Removal efficiencies
 Chemicals removal (water treatment)

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