Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile Wastewater

The textile industry produces enormous volumes of wastewater which must be treated effectively. In this study, biosorbent from the agricultural waste of potato peels (PP), which is environmentally friendly and easy to find everywhere, was used for the treatment of real textile wastewater. Physical m...

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Main Author: Zehra SAPCI-AYAS
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description The textile industry produces enormous volumes of wastewater which must be treated effectively. In this study, biosorbent from the agricultural waste of potato peels (PP), which is environmentally friendly and easy to find everywhere, was used for the treatment of real textile wastewater. Physical modification, chemical activation, bio-hybrid and high-pressure modification processes were applied to PP to investigate the organic pollutant removal (chemical oxygen demand (COD)) and inorganic (Fe<sup>2+</sup>, Ni<sup>2+</sup>, Cu<sup>2+</sup> and Cd<sup>2+</sup>) from original textile wastewater. Additionally, the effects of contact time (5, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 1440 min) and particle sizes (1.5–1.0 mm, 1.0–0.5 mm, and smaller than 0.5 mm in diameter) were investigated in a batch treatment system. Application of the physical modification process to PP presented an attractive solution for COD removal efficiency (69.50%) and removal efficiencies for four divalent metal ions; 78.6% for Cu<sup>2+</sup>, 63.6% for Ni<sup>2+</sup>, 40% for Fe<sup>2+</sup>, and 34.6% for Cd<sup>2+</sup>. FT-IR, SEM, and EDX analysis were performed to reveal the adsorption mechanism of the modified adsorbents. The FT-IR results indicate that the adsorption process fits the chemical and physical removal mechanisms, which were also supported by SEM images and EDX results.
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spelling doaj.art-0cbfe2626c1d433681a7663f0cac3a7f2023-11-21T19:33:28ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-05-011310135410.3390/w13101354Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile WastewaterZehra SAPCI-AYAS0Department of Environmental Engineering, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, 65080 Van, TurkeyThe textile industry produces enormous volumes of wastewater which must be treated effectively. In this study, biosorbent from the agricultural waste of potato peels (PP), which is environmentally friendly and easy to find everywhere, was used for the treatment of real textile wastewater. Physical modification, chemical activation, bio-hybrid and high-pressure modification processes were applied to PP to investigate the organic pollutant removal (chemical oxygen demand (COD)) and inorganic (Fe<sup>2+</sup>, Ni<sup>2+</sup>, Cu<sup>2+</sup> and Cd<sup>2+</sup>) from original textile wastewater. Additionally, the effects of contact time (5, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 1440 min) and particle sizes (1.5–1.0 mm, 1.0–0.5 mm, and smaller than 0.5 mm in diameter) were investigated in a batch treatment system. Application of the physical modification process to PP presented an attractive solution for COD removal efficiency (69.50%) and removal efficiencies for four divalent metal ions; 78.6% for Cu<sup>2+</sup>, 63.6% for Ni<sup>2+</sup>, 40% for Fe<sup>2+</sup>, and 34.6% for Cd<sup>2+</sup>. FT-IR, SEM, and EDX analysis were performed to reveal the adsorption mechanism of the modified adsorbents. The FT-IR results indicate that the adsorption process fits the chemical and physical removal mechanisms, which were also supported by SEM images and EDX results.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/10/1354modification methodsbio-hybrid biosorbentagro-wastewastewater
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Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile Wastewater
Water
modification methods
bio-hybrid biosorbent
agro-waste
wastewater
title Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile Wastewater
title_full Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile Wastewater
title_fullStr Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile Wastewater
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile Wastewater
title_short Investigation of Direct Applicability of Modified Agricultural Waste for Contaminant Removal from Real Textile Wastewater
title_sort investigation of direct applicability of modified agricultural waste for contaminant removal from real textile wastewater
topic modification methods
bio-hybrid biosorbent
agro-waste
wastewater
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/10/1354
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