TY - JOUR
T1 - Removal of phenol from aqueous solution and resin manufacturing industry wastewater using an agricultural waste
T2 - Rubber seed coat
AU - Rengaraj, S.
AU - Moon, Seung Hyeon
AU - Sivabalan, R.
AU - Arabindoo, Banumathi
AU - Murugesan, V.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Madras, India for financial support to carry out this research work. One of the authors (S. Rengaraj) gratefully acknowledge the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi for the award of senior research fellow.
PY - 2002/1/28
Y1 - 2002/1/28
N2 - Activated carbon prepared from rubber seed coat (RSCC), an agricultural waste by-product, has been used for the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution. In this work, adsorption of phenol on rubber seed coat activated carbon has been studied by using batch and column studies. The equilibrium adsorption level was determined to be a function of the solution pH, adsorbent dosage and contact time. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of rubber seed coat activated carbon for phenol removal was obtained by using linear Freundlich isotherm. The adsorption of phenol on rubber seed coat activated carbon follows first order reversible kinetics. The suitability of RSCC for treating phenol based resin manufacturing industry wastewater was also tested. A comparative study with a commercial activated carbon (CAC) showed that RSCC is 2.25 times more efficient compared to CAC based on column adsorption study for phenolic wastewater treatment.
AB - Activated carbon prepared from rubber seed coat (RSCC), an agricultural waste by-product, has been used for the adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution. In this work, adsorption of phenol on rubber seed coat activated carbon has been studied by using batch and column studies. The equilibrium adsorption level was determined to be a function of the solution pH, adsorbent dosage and contact time. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of rubber seed coat activated carbon for phenol removal was obtained by using linear Freundlich isotherm. The adsorption of phenol on rubber seed coat activated carbon follows first order reversible kinetics. The suitability of RSCC for treating phenol based resin manufacturing industry wastewater was also tested. A comparative study with a commercial activated carbon (CAC) showed that RSCC is 2.25 times more efficient compared to CAC based on column adsorption study for phenolic wastewater treatment.
KW - Activated carbon
KW - Adsorption
KW - Phenol
KW - Rubber seed coat
KW - Wastewater
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U2 - 10.1016/S0304-3894(01)00308-9
DO - 10.1016/S0304-3894(01)00308-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 11744204
AN - SCOPUS:0037185250
SN - 0304-3894
VL - 89
SP - 185
EP - 196
JO - Journal of Hazardous Materials
JF - Journal of Hazardous Materials
IS - 2-3
ER -