Evaluation of Utilizing Sulfonated Barely Straw and Coconut Shell Bio-Adsorbents in Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Aqueous Solutions | ||
| Port-Said Engineering Research Journal | ||
| Article 18, Volume 25, Issue 2, September 2021, Pages 187-192 PDF (907.11 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/pserj.2021.67521.1100 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sabah Mohamed Farouk1; Nagat Abdalla Mostafa2; Shereen Abdelhamid1; Aliaa Mohammad Monazie* 3 | ||
| 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Egyptian Academy for Engineering and Advanced Technology, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, El Minya, Egypt | ||
| 3fayoum university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this study, bio-adsorbent from barley straw and coconut shell were used as bio-adsorbent to remove methylene blue (MB) from wastewater, which were prepared by refluxing barely straw (BS) and coconut shell (CS) in concentrated sulfuric acid, and have a specific surface area 1.165 and 11.759 m2/g for BS-SO3H and CS-SO3H respectively. Several parameters are studied such as pH and initial concentration of dye in wastewater, and it is found that the adsorption capacity is improved in the basic medium; also it is directly proportional to the initial concentration. The results from the adsorption process were found to be more fitted with Langmuir isotherm than the Freundlich isotherm for both adsorbents, so it confirmed that the adsorption process is monolayer. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 256.4, and 344.8 mg/g for barley straw and coconut shell respectively, and the design parameters of packed bed column were calculated for batch adsorption process. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Adsorption; Bio-adsorbent; Waste water treatment; Agricultural wastes | ||
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