Cocoyam powder extracted from Colocasia antiquorum as a novel plant-based bioflocculant for industrial wastewater treatment: Flocculation performance and mechanism

In the current investigation, the comparative study of cocoyam bioflocculant (CYBF) and chemical flocculant for the removal of heavy metals, COD, BOD, TDS, TSS, sulphate and nitrate from tannery effluent, and dyes from synthetic dye wastewater were examined. Different analytical techniques, includin...

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Main Authors: Ashwini Prabhakar Shende, Ramalingam Chidambaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023024350