Removal of acetaminophen from synthetic wastewater in a fixed-bed column adsorption using low-cost coconut shell waste pretreated with NaOH, HNO3, ozone, and/or chitosan

• Main Authors: Lin, Yanyan, Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Zhu, Mengting, Tong, Ouyang, Avtar, Ram, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Mohammad, Balsam T., Albadarin, Ahmad B.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2018
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/85435/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.032

Acetaminophen (Ace) is a trace pollutant widely found in sewage treatment plant (STP) wastewater. We test the feasibility of coconut shell waste, a low cost adsorbent from coconut industry, for removing Ace from synthetic solution in a fixed-bed column adsorption. To enhance its performance, the sur...