Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology

Textile wastewater contains different colors which are harmful to the environment. Activated carbon can be used for the decolorization of textile wastewater. Most of the textile plants in Bangladesh do not use the activated carbon due to its expensive cost and still it is classified as imported item...

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Main Authors: Rahman, Md. Mahmudur, Bari, Quazi Hamidul, Mohammad, Noor, Ahsan, Amimul, Sobuz, Habibur Rahman, Uddin, Md. Alhaz
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Language:English
Published: World Academic Publishing 2013
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author Rahman, Md. Mahmudur
Bari, Quazi Hamidul
Mohammad, Noor
Ahsan, Amimul
Sobuz, Habibur Rahman
Uddin, Md. Alhaz
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Ahsan, Amimul
Sobuz, Habibur Rahman
Uddin, Md. Alhaz
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description Textile wastewater contains different colors which are harmful to the environment. Activated carbon can be used for the decolorization of textile wastewater. Most of the textile plants in Bangladesh do not use the activated carbon due to its expensive cost and still it is classified as imported item. Low-cost activated carbon produced from locally available materials can solve this problem. This paper describes the color removal of textile wastewater by adsorption process using activated carbon derived from rice husk in a low-cost method. Thermal activation system was applied for the preparation of carbon. The maximum adsorption of color was found at an optimum temperature of 400C with the retention time of 60 minutes. Thus this study demonstrated encouraging performance of activated carbon produced from rice husk compared to the industrial grade activated carbon for decolorization of textile wastewater in the analysis.
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spelling upm-286582017-10-30T04:14:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28658/ Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology Rahman, Md. Mahmudur Bari, Quazi Hamidul Mohammad, Noor Ahsan, Amimul Sobuz, Habibur Rahman Uddin, Md. Alhaz Textile wastewater contains different colors which are harmful to the environment. Activated carbon can be used for the decolorization of textile wastewater. Most of the textile plants in Bangladesh do not use the activated carbon due to its expensive cost and still it is classified as imported item. Low-cost activated carbon produced from locally available materials can solve this problem. This paper describes the color removal of textile wastewater by adsorption process using activated carbon derived from rice husk in a low-cost method. Thermal activation system was applied for the preparation of carbon. The maximum adsorption of color was found at an optimum temperature of 400C with the retention time of 60 minutes. Thus this study demonstrated encouraging performance of activated carbon produced from rice husk compared to the industrial grade activated carbon for decolorization of textile wastewater in the analysis. World Academic Publishing 2013-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28658/1/Characterization%20of%20rice%20husk%20carbon%20produced%20through%20simple%20technology.pdf Rahman, Md. Mahmudur and Bari, Quazi Hamidul and Mohammad, Noor and Ahsan, Amimul and Sobuz, Habibur Rahman and Uddin, Md. Alhaz (2013) Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology. Advances in Materials Science and Applications, 2 (1). pp. 25-30. ISSN 2306-9325; ESSN: 2306-9317 http://www.academicpub.org/amsa/paperInfo.aspx?paperid=11944 10.5963/AMSA0201003
spellingShingle Rahman, Md. Mahmudur
Bari, Quazi Hamidul
Mohammad, Noor
Ahsan, Amimul
Sobuz, Habibur Rahman
Uddin, Md. Alhaz
Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology
title Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology
title_full Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology
title_fullStr Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology
title_short Characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology
title_sort characterization of rice husk carbon produced through simple technology
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