Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent

Hydrogel biochar composite (HBC) showed a great potential as effective organic contaminant removal in various wastewater and gas treatment. The effectiveness is depending upon quality of biochar used during the preparation of the HBC. In this work, pre-treatment of the biochar samples (EFB in this c...

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Main Authors: Meri, Nor Hidayah, Alias, Azil Bahari, Talib, Norhayati, Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli, Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
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Published: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering 2017
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author Meri, Nor Hidayah
Alias, Azil Bahari
Talib, Norhayati
Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli
Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
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Alias, Azil Bahari
Talib, Norhayati
Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli
Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
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description Hydrogel biochar composite (HBC) showed a great potential as effective organic contaminant removal in various wastewater and gas treatment. The effectiveness is depending upon quality of biochar used during the preparation of the HBC. In this work, pre-treatment of the biochar samples (EFB in this case) through washing was investigated. The raw EFB biochar was prepared using microwave assisted pyrolysis under 1,000 W for 30 min under N2 flow with 150 mL/min. The prepared biochar is chemically treated using either acid solution (HCl) or oxidising agent (H2O2) to enlarge the pores and remove impurities. The biochar is then polymerised by using acrylamide (AAm) as monomer, N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as crosslinker and ammonium persulfate (APS) as initiator to form the treated hydrogel biochar composite (EFB-HBC). The H2O2 treated biochar [EFB-HBC (P100)] shows better porosity compared to HCl treated biochar [EFB-HBC (H100)] where EFB-HBC (P100) has higher surface area (1.5997 m2 /g) compared to EFB-HBC (H100) (1.2562 m2 /g). The HBC is porous and carbonaceous material with 21 % and 31 % of carbon content in EFB-HBC (P100) and EFB-HBC (H100) which have potential as an adsorbent in wastewater and gas treatment.
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spelling upm-616162022-05-24T02:30:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61616/ Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent Meri, Nor Hidayah Alias, Azil Bahari Talib, Norhayati Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina Hydrogel biochar composite (HBC) showed a great potential as effective organic contaminant removal in various wastewater and gas treatment. The effectiveness is depending upon quality of biochar used during the preparation of the HBC. In this work, pre-treatment of the biochar samples (EFB in this case) through washing was investigated. The raw EFB biochar was prepared using microwave assisted pyrolysis under 1,000 W for 30 min under N2 flow with 150 mL/min. The prepared biochar is chemically treated using either acid solution (HCl) or oxidising agent (H2O2) to enlarge the pores and remove impurities. The biochar is then polymerised by using acrylamide (AAm) as monomer, N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as crosslinker and ammonium persulfate (APS) as initiator to form the treated hydrogel biochar composite (EFB-HBC). The H2O2 treated biochar [EFB-HBC (P100)] shows better porosity compared to HCl treated biochar [EFB-HBC (H100)] where EFB-HBC (P100) has higher surface area (1.5997 m2 /g) compared to EFB-HBC (H100) (1.2562 m2 /g). The HBC is porous and carbonaceous material with 21 % and 31 % of carbon content in EFB-HBC (P100) and EFB-HBC (H100) which have potential as an adsorbent in wastewater and gas treatment. Italian Association of Chemical Engineering 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61616/1/Effect%20of%20washing%20pre-treatment%20of%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20hydrogel%20biochar%20composite%20properties%20as%20potential%20adsorbent.pdf Meri, Nor Hidayah and Alias, Azil Bahari and Talib, Norhayati and Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli and Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina (2017) Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 56. 1255 - 1260. ISSN 1974-9791; ESSN: 2283-9216 https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/CET1756210 10.3303/CET1756210
spellingShingle Meri, Nor Hidayah
Alias, Azil Bahari
Talib, Norhayati
Abdul Rashid, Zulkifli
Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina
Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent
title Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent
title_full Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent
title_fullStr Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent
title_full_unstemmed Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent
title_short Effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent
title_sort effect of washing pre-treatment of empty fruit bunch hydrogel biochar composite properties as potential adsorbent
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