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http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/10887| Title: | Development of Palm Date Pits Activated Carbon Adsorbent for Textile Effluent Treatment |
| Authors: | Olugbenga, Adeola G. Mohammed, Abubakar Arowosola, Clement B. |
| Keywords: | Palm Date Pits, Activated Carbon Adsorbent, |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (IJAIR) |
| Citation: | A.G. Olugbenga, A. Mohammed, C.B. Arowosola , Development of Palm Date Pits Activated Carbon Adsorbent for Textile Effluent Treatment: / IJAIR Vol. 2 Issue 4 ISSN: 2278-7844 © 2013 IJAIR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1038 Article182 at down load. |
| Series/Report no.: | Vol. 2 Issue 4;Vol. 2 Issue 4 |
| Abstract: | The adsorption of Cr (VI) on palm date pits activated carbon (DPAC) and commercial activated carbon (CAC) has been carried out. Adsorption studies were carried out for contact time and metal ion concentration. The palm-date pits were crushed, dried and sieved to different mesh sizes for moisture content determination. The samples were subjected gradually to pyrolysis reaction in a furnace. Phosphoric acid (H3PO4) was used forthe carbon activation.The study indicated that both adsorbents were effective in removing Cr (VI) from aqueous solution. The percentage removal increased with the increased contact time and reached its peak at 30minutes. The removal of Cr (VI) ions by adsorption from industrial wastewater was done in a batch process. The palm date pits was used as a raw material to develop activated carbon. Palm Date Pits was the choice raw materials because of its availability and suitable to produce activated carbon with reasonably large adsorption capacity at a cheaper production cost. Metal ion concentration, pH, and agitation speed were observed to influence the adsorption of Cr (VI). |
| Description: | The manufacturing process consists of two phases consisting the precursor which is developed into activated carbons using gases. This is generally done by using one or combining the following processes involves material with carbon content is pyrolysed at temperatures in the range 600–900oC in absence of air (usually in inert atmosphere with gases like argon or nitrogen). The carbonization process is complete drying and then heating to separate by-products, including tars and other hydrocarbons from the raw material as well as to drive off any gases generated. The environment in which the carbonization takes place should not support combustion. Raw material or carbonized material is exposed to oxidizing atmospheres (carbon dioxide, oxygen or steam) at temperatures above 250oC, usually in the temperature range of 600oC – 1200oC. The steam burns off the decomposition products from the carbonization phase to develop a porous, three-dimensional graphite lattice structure |
| URI: | http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/10887 |
| ISSN: | ISSN: 2278-7844 |
| Appears in Collections: | Chemical Engineering |
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