in this work, styrene removal from wastewater by using sugarcane waste (bagasse) as an adsorbent was studied. equilibrium isotherms and kinetics were determined; the effects of bagasse particle size and concentration, solutions ph, and temperature on the biosorption of styrene were studied in batch experiments. adsorption equilibrium data was successfully fitted to langmuir isotherms (r2=0.986)...

background: recently, there has been a great concern about the consumption of dyes because of their toxicity, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, and persistence in the aquatic environment. therefore aim of this study were determining the feasibility of using lemna minor in removing acid blue 292 (ab292) dye from aqueous solution and determining the optimal conditions. methods: this experimental stu...

in the present investigation the biosorption potential of rosa gruss an teplitz (red rose) waste biomass (rrwb) for the removal of pb(ii) and co(ii) from aqueous solutions was studied. the effect of different process parameters such as ph, biosorbent dose, biosorbent size, temperature, contact time, initial metal concentration and pretreatments on the biosorption capacity of this waste biomass ...

gooseberry seed (phyllanthus acidus) was used as an adsorbent to determine its feasibility for the removal of cr(vi). various parameters such as ph, temperature, contact time, initial metal concentration and adsorbent dosage were investigated to determine the biosorption performance. equilibrium was attained within 60 minutes and maximum removal of 96% was achieved under the optimum conditions ...

Ability of Cr (VI) biosorption with immobilized Trichoderma viride biomass and cell free Ca-alginate beads was studied in the present study. Biosorption efficiency in the powdered fungal biomass entrapped in polymeric matric of calcium alginate compared with cell free calcium alginate beads. Effect of pH, initial metal ion concentration, time and biomass dose on the Cr (VI) removal by immobiliz...

The biosorption of As(V) from aqueous solutions by pine sawdust chemically modified with iron in batch systems was investigated. The loading process of Fe in this biomaterial was achieved by hydrolysis of two different ferric salts. This modification of sawdust is an attempt to improve As(V) biosorption for practical applications. The kinetics and maximum biosorption capacities of the unmodifie...

In the present work, the usefulness of dried activated sludge has been investigated for the removal of copper ions from synthetic aqueous solutions. Kinetic data and equilibrium sorption isotherm were measured in batch conditions. The influence of some parameters such as: contact time, initial copper concentration, initial pH of solution and copper salt nature on copper biosorption kinetics has...

The potential of Pleurotus ostreatus spent mushroom compost (PSMC) as a green biosorbent for nickel (II) biosorption was investigated in this study. A novel approach of using the half-saturation concentration of biosorbent to rapidly determine the uptake, kinetics and mechanism of biosorption was employed together with cost per unit uptake analysis to determine the potential of this biosorbent....

Arsenic contamination in water poses a serious threat on human health. The tea fungus known as Kombucha is a waste produced during black tea fermentation. The objective of this study was to examine the main aspect of a possible strategy for the removal of arsenates employing tea fungal biomass. The pretreatment of biomass with FeCl3 was found to improve the biosorption efficiency. Arsenics upta...

in this study, the potential of biosorbent obtained from silk maze, was investigated for the batch biosorption of direct red 81 (dr 81) in aqueous solution. the effects of temperature, biosorbent amount, contact time, initial dye concentration and ultrasonic irradiation were also evaluated. furthermore, experimental equilibrium and kinetics data were fitted by langmuir and freundlich isotherms ...