ADSORPTION OF COPPER(II) BY PEANUT HULLS IN A FIXED-BED, CONTINUOUS FLOW COLUMN Tyler Stephen Cook, Masters of Science in Chemistry Western Carolina University (April 2017) Advisor: Dr. Carmen L. Huffman Heavy metal pollution is an important concern due to its adverse health and environmental effects. Biosorption is a way to remove heavy metals from aqueous systems with the use of biomaterials....

In the bacterial processes involved in the mitigation of nitrogen pollution, an adequately high carbon-to-nitrogen (C : N) ratio is key to sustain denitrification. We evaluated three natural materials (woodchips, barley grains, and peanut shells) as carbon sources for low C : N wastewater. The amount of organic matter released from these materials to aqueous media was evaluated, as well as thei...

peanut shelles as a waste of cultivated peanuts are produced in a considerable amount in guilan province, iran, that its compost can be used as an available resource in replacement of peat as growth medium of ornamental plants.this experiment was carried out to determine the possibility using of peanut shells compost as an appropriate medium of dracaena. the control treatment was a medium of pe...

Objectives: To explore the use of natural composites as environmentallyfriendly alternatives to plastic. investigate effects varying ratios peanut shells and Styrene Diluted Unsaturated Polyester resin (SDUPR) on mechanical properties assess biodegradability composites. Method: Composites were prepared using manual layup method. Utilized SDUPR as: 50:50, 55:45, 60:40, 65:35 cured with a curing ...

Although cutting flow peanut-picking is the main peanut harvesting method, it has problems of a large harvest loss and high damage rate shells. The analysis impact-friction contact characteristics during fruit picking crucial to illustrate damage. A typical variety, “Dabaisha”, was considered in this study. were studied using test bench under different conditions. An orthogonal with three facto...

The management of agricultural waste is an important issue related to environment protection, as the inappropriate disposal this yields negative effects on environment. Proper industrial effluents totally aligned with sustainable development goal (SDG) number six “clean water and sanitation”, well partially other several SDG. In work, two materials were used for vanillic acid recovery from wast...

Nutrients were extracted from corn stalks, peanut shells, de-oiled peanut meal, chicken manure, and sewage sludge by a subcritical water (SCW) hydrolysis reaction. Compared with the other feedstock, the aqueous phases extracted from de-oiled peanut meal showed the highest watersoluble organic carbon, amino acid, total nitrogen, and phosphorus contents. The effects of solution pH, final hydrothe...