Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)

The study was based on the adsorption principle of colour removal from POME using natural bio-sorbents Coconut Shell activated carbon (CS-AC) pre-treated by microwave irradiation. The effect of operating parameters such as pH, adsorbent dosage, and contact time was varied at different ranges: 2-8.5;...

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Main Authors: Abdulsalam, Mohammed, Che Man, Hasfalina, Mohamed, H. A., Abd Karim, S. F., Faiez, M. S.
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Language:English
Published: Rynnye Lyan Resources 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74978/
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author Abdulsalam, Mohammed
Che Man, Hasfalina
Mohamed, H. A.
Abd Karim, S. F.
Faiez, M. S.
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Che Man, Hasfalina
Mohamed, H. A.
Abd Karim, S. F.
Faiez, M. S.
author_sort Abdulsalam, Mohammed
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description The study was based on the adsorption principle of colour removal from POME using natural bio-sorbents Coconut Shell activated carbon (CS-AC) pre-treated by microwave irradiation. The effect of operating parameters such as pH, adsorbent dosage, and contact time was varied at different ranges: 2-8.5; 1-6 g and 1-8 hrs, respectively. It was observed that colour adsorption increased with increase in contact time. The maximum uptake of colour by the adsorbents occurred at pH 2. Also, the maximum percentage of colour removal of 95% was obtained at the optimum conditions for coconut shell-microwave (CS-MW) of 5 g/100 mL dosage, 5 hrs contact time and pH 2. The Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm linear model showed a strong correlation with the experimental data with an R 2 value of 0.9175 and 0.9892 for each of the respective model. This implies that the Langmuir isotherm model gave a better fit as indicated by the R 2 value. It can be concluded that the CSAC has a potential to be used as bio-sorbent for POME decolourization.
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spelling upm-749782020-12-13T17:53:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74978/ Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME) Abdulsalam, Mohammed Che Man, Hasfalina Mohamed, H. A. Abd Karim, S. F. Faiez, M. S. The study was based on the adsorption principle of colour removal from POME using natural bio-sorbents Coconut Shell activated carbon (CS-AC) pre-treated by microwave irradiation. The effect of operating parameters such as pH, adsorbent dosage, and contact time was varied at different ranges: 2-8.5; 1-6 g and 1-8 hrs, respectively. It was observed that colour adsorption increased with increase in contact time. The maximum uptake of colour by the adsorbents occurred at pH 2. Also, the maximum percentage of colour removal of 95% was obtained at the optimum conditions for coconut shell-microwave (CS-MW) of 5 g/100 mL dosage, 5 hrs contact time and pH 2. The Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm linear model showed a strong correlation with the experimental data with an R 2 value of 0.9175 and 0.9892 for each of the respective model. This implies that the Langmuir isotherm model gave a better fit as indicated by the R 2 value. It can be concluded that the CSAC has a potential to be used as bio-sorbent for POME decolourization. Rynnye Lyan Resources 2018-11 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74978/1/Microwave%20irradiated.pdf Abdulsalam, Mohammed and Che Man, Hasfalina and Mohamed, H. A. and Abd Karim, S. F. and Faiez, M. S. (2018) Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME). Food Research, 2 (6). 526 - 534. ISSN ESSN: 2550-2166 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328782718_Microwave_irradiated_coconut_shell-activated_carbon_for_decolourisation_of_palm_oil_mill_effluent_POME 10.26656/fr.2017.2(6).103
spellingShingle Abdulsalam, Mohammed
Che Man, Hasfalina
Mohamed, H. A.
Abd Karim, S. F.
Faiez, M. S.
Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_full Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_fullStr Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_full_unstemmed Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_short Microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (POME)
title_sort microwave irradiated coconut shell-activated carbon for decolourisation of palm oil mill effluent (pome)
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