Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method
In this study, oil-entrapped sodium alginate beads were developed and their effectiveness in treating oil and grease (O&G) from wastewater was investigated. The effect of polymer concentration and pH on the O&G entrapment efficiency (OEE) as well as the biodegradability of gel beads were inv...
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| author | Jami, Mohammed Saedi Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Abd Kadir, Zarith Elda Tanaka, Takanori Iwata, Masashi |
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| description | In this study, oil-entrapped sodium alginate beads were developed and their effectiveness in treating oil and grease (O&G) from wastewater was investigated. The effect of polymer concentration and pH on the O&G entrapment efficiency (OEE) as well as the biodegradability of gel beads were investigated. O&G were immobilized in sodium alginate gels by adding a mixture of alginate and car wax aqueous solution into a calcium chloride aqueous solution, resulting in sodium alginate gels. The gel suspensions were dehydrated gravitationally, followed by mechanical expression of gel particles. During the expression, the O&G remain in the gels. The expressed cake is then discarded. Results showed that OEE increased by increasing sodium alginate concentration from 17 g/l to 50 g/l. Further inspection of the results found that increasing pH of sodium alginate from 1.8 to 7 also increased the OEE in the beads. It was observed that sodium alginate beads experienced complete biodegradation in phosphate buffer pH 8.0. |
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| spelling | iium-354092021-06-29T03:17:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35409/ Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method Jami, Mohammed Saedi Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Abd Kadir, Zarith Elda Tanaka, Takanori Iwata, Masashi TP155 Chemical engineering In this study, oil-entrapped sodium alginate beads were developed and their effectiveness in treating oil and grease (O&G) from wastewater was investigated. The effect of polymer concentration and pH on the O&G entrapment efficiency (OEE) as well as the biodegradability of gel beads were investigated. O&G were immobilized in sodium alginate gels by adding a mixture of alginate and car wax aqueous solution into a calcium chloride aqueous solution, resulting in sodium alginate gels. The gel suspensions were dehydrated gravitationally, followed by mechanical expression of gel particles. During the expression, the O&G remain in the gels. The expressed cake is then discarded. Results showed that OEE increased by increasing sodium alginate concentration from 17 g/l to 50 g/l. Further inspection of the results found that increasing pH of sodium alginate from 1.8 to 7 also increased the OEE in the beads. It was observed that sodium alginate beads experienced complete biodegradation in phosphate buffer pH 8.0. 2013-07 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35409/1/1030C_with_cover.pdf Jami, Mohammed Saedi and Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah and Abd Kadir, Zarith Elda and Tanaka, Takanori and Iwata, Masashi (2013) Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method. In: 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBIoE 2013), 2-4 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.iium.edu.my/icbioe/2013/ |
| spellingShingle | TP155 Chemical engineering Jami, Mohammed Saedi Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Abd Kadir, Zarith Elda Tanaka, Takanori Iwata, Masashi Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method |
| title | Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method |
| title_full | Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method |
| title_fullStr | Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method |
| title_short | Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method |
| title_sort | immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method |
| topic | TP155 Chemical engineering |
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