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The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater

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Main Authors: Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr., Azi Zatika, Puade
Other Authors: aeslina@uthm.edu.my
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Language:English
Published: AENSI Publisher All rights reserved. 2014
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Activated carbon
Adsorption
Heavy metals
Palm shell
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/32386
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spelling my.unimap-323862014-04-08T08:39:35Z The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr. Azi Zatika, Puade aeslina@uthm.edu.my Activated carbon Adsorption Heavy metals Palm shell Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.aensiweb.com/ Heavy metals are widely used in textile industries and significant losses occur during the manufacturing and processing of textiles, and these lost heavy metals are eventually discharged in the effluent. Activated carbon (AC) is preferred adsorbent for removal of pollutants from aqueous and liquid phase. In this study, adsorbent from palm kernel shell (PSAC), an agricultural waste product were used to remove selected heavy metals which are copper, iron and zinc from textile wastewater. To investigate the effectiveness of palm shell activated carbon in removing heavy metals in textile wastewater, three reactors have been used for textile wastewater treatment. Reactor A treats textile wastewater using commercial activated carbon (PAC), Reactor B treats textile wastewater using activated carbon from palm shell (PSAC), while Reactor C acts as a control. The three reactors were tested against time with textile wastewater samples taken from a textile factory, RAMATEX Industries. The effectiveness of both activated carbon was obtained from the quality of effluent. The laboratory assay revealed that Reactor B was found to be better than Reactor A in removing all selected parameters. Reactor B had achieved 17.2% copper removal, 99% iron removal, and 50% zinc removal thus proving its ability to adsorb heavy metals more economically. Therefore it is concluded that PSAC have a potential to be an alternative low cost adsorbent to replace the conventional AC by optimizing the activation procedures, considering the contaminants to be removed. 2014-03-06T03:49:16Z 2014-03-06T03:49:16Z 2013-10 Article Advances in Environmental Biology, vol. 7(SPEC. ISSUE 12), 2013, pages 3621-3627 1995-0756 http://www.aensiweb.com/aeb_October-special_2013.html http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/32386 en AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.
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topic Activated carbon
Adsorption
Heavy metals
Palm shell
spellingShingle Activated carbon
Adsorption
Heavy metals
Palm shell
Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
Azi Zatika, Puade
The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater
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Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
Azi Zatika, Puade
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author Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
Azi Zatika, Puade
author_sort Aeslina, Abdul Kadir, Dr.
title The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater
title_short The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater
title_full The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater
title_fullStr The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater
title_full_unstemmed The utilisation of activated carbon (AC) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater
title_sort utilisation of activated carbon (ac) from palm shell waste to treat textile wastewater
publisher AENSI Publisher All rights reserved.
publishDate 2014
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/32386
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