Assessing the Efficiency of Green Absorbent in Treating Nutrients and Heavy Metal in Wastewater

• Main Authors: Chow M.F., Bahruddin A.S., Chua K.H.
• Other Authors: 57214146115
• Format: Article
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2024
• Subjects: nitrogen; phosphorus; wastewater treatment; water hyacinth; zeolite; adsorption; aquatic plant; heavy metal; optimization

This study is aimed to determine the performances of zeolite-water hyacinth ash (WHA)-clay (ZWC) pellets on removing nutrients (nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)) and heavy metal (HM). In this study, the adsorption experiments were conducted for various pellet compositions and sizes, the application o...