TY - JOUR
T1 - Boron removal from seawater using date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) seed ash
AU - Al.Haddabi, Mansour
AU - Ahmed, Mushtaque
AU - Al.Jebri, Zainab
AU - Vuthaluru, Hari
AU - Znad, Hussein
AU - Al.Kindi, Mohammed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/3/2
Y1 - 2016/3/2
N2 - The feasibility of date seed ash, a low-cost agricultural by-product in Oman, for the removal of boron from aqueous solution was investigated. The aim of this study was to understand the mechanism that governs boron removal from seawater using date seed ash as an adsorbent in batch adsorption experiments. The effects of adsorbent dose, contact time, and temperature on boron removal were tested. A surface study of the date seed ash was investigated using scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared. Thermogravimetric-analysis, specific area using Brunauer, Emmett and Teller method, and particle density were also obtained. The maximum removal efficiency of boron was around 47% at neutral pH. The application of date seed ash is a promising adsorbent for boron removal where it can be used as pretreatment before reverse osmosis desalination process. This will increase the stability of membranes, minimize the membrane scaling, and ultimately reduce the operating cost.
AB - The feasibility of date seed ash, a low-cost agricultural by-product in Oman, for the removal of boron from aqueous solution was investigated. The aim of this study was to understand the mechanism that governs boron removal from seawater using date seed ash as an adsorbent in batch adsorption experiments. The effects of adsorbent dose, contact time, and temperature on boron removal were tested. A surface study of the date seed ash was investigated using scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared. Thermogravimetric-analysis, specific area using Brunauer, Emmett and Teller method, and particle density were also obtained. The maximum removal efficiency of boron was around 47% at neutral pH. The application of date seed ash is a promising adsorbent for boron removal where it can be used as pretreatment before reverse osmosis desalination process. This will increase the stability of membranes, minimize the membrane scaling, and ultimately reduce the operating cost.
KW - Adsorbent
KW - Boron
KW - Date seed ash
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U2 - 10.1080/19443994.2014.1000385
DO - 10.1080/19443994.2014.1000385
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954298038
SN - 1944-3994
VL - 57
SP - 5130
EP - 5137
JO - Desalination and Water Treatment
JF - Desalination and Water Treatment
IS - 11
ER -