- Tytuł:
- Polyurethane Loaded with Vegetable Activated Carbon for Heavy Metals Removal from Water
- Autorzy:
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El Malti, Wassim
Hamieh, Mostafa
Noaman, Amer
El-Dine, Rim Nasser
Hijazi, Akram
Al-Khatib, Wassef - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1955582.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021
- Wydawca:
- Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej
- Tematy:
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activated carbon
adsorption
banana stem
heavy metals
polyurethane - Opis:
- The heavy metals pollutants resulting from industrial wastewater are a major environmental problem due to their toxicity and non-biodegradability. Their removal became a trending environmental subject. The preparation of low-cost and eco-friendly adsorbents for industrial wastewater treatment has been widely investigated. Furthermore, the use of polymeric material for this purpose is highly increasing. In this study, banana stem agro-waste was valorized by preparing and characterizing its derived activated carbon used as a filler to improve the adsorption performance of polyurethane foams. The loaded polyurethane was synthesized in the shape of pellets, characterized by SEM, and tested in removing Pb2+ and Cu2+ from aqueous solutions. The effects of activated carbon filler concentration, number of filtering passes, and pH were examined. The loaded polyurethane demonstrated a good adsorption capacity that was enormously improved compared to the unloaded polymer. 77% Pb2+ and 40% Cu2+ removal were reached after one filtering pass only. The optimum pH was determined to be 4. After the 10th pass, and at any pH, almost 100% of the studied metals were eliminated. Rapid and straightforward selectivity and seawater deionization tests were carried out and confirmed the capacity performance of the prepared pellets in removing different aqueous ions.
- Źródło:
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Journal of Ecological Engineering; 2021, 22, 9; 99-110
2299-8993 - Pojawia się w:
- Journal of Ecological Engineering
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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