presence of heavy metals in the aquatic systems has become a serious problem. as a result, therehas been a great deal of attention given to new technologies for removal of heavy metal ions from contaminated waters. adsorption is one of the effective methods for removal of toxic heavy metal such as chromium (vi). in the present study, adsorbent is prepared from rice husk, a low cost by product f...

conclusions results indicated that annular fluidized bed reactor’s adsorbers are useful techniques for vocs adsorption. comparison of two particle ranges indicates that in all concentrations and all flow rates of the experiments, smaller particle size adsorption are better. in superficial velocity above the minimum fluidization velocity, pressure drop of fluidized beds are less than the pressur...

Background: Metoprolol (MTP) with its low biodegradability is one of the most dominant micropollutant in the effluent of wastewater treatment plants. The aim of this study was to investigate the removal of metoprolol from aqueous solutions by the activated carbon prepared from pine cones. Methods: The pine cones were activated using thermal activation method. Characteristics of the adsorbent w...

the removal of cd2+ and pb2+ ions from wastewater using p-tert-butyl-calix[4] arene was investigated in terms of initial ph, initial concentration, adsorbent dosage, contact time and temperature. the maximum adsorption occurred at the ph value of 6. the adsorbent studied exhibits high efficiency for cd (ii)and pb (ii) adsorption and the equilibrium states could be achieved in 10 min. adsorption...

the adsorption of pyrazolone(hpmsp), calix[4]-arene,cu and cs, on carbon nanotube(cnt) atroom temperature has been investigated using spectroscopy.uv spectroscopy indicated that pyrazolone molecules adsorbed on carbon nanotube at roomtemperature in compared calix[4]- arene molecules adsorbed approximately same.the amount ofpyrazolone(hpmsp) adsorb 3.8. le mol/g and amount calix[4]-arene adsorbe...

This paper presents a comparative study of the efficiency of biodegradation, adsorption and simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation (SAB) process for the remediation of industrial wastewaters containing both cyanide and phenol. Adsorption was carried out using granular activated carbon (GAC), while biodegradation was achieved by co-fermentation with Pseudomonas putida and Azotobacter chrooco...

The renewable pine needles was used as an adsorbent to remove phosphorus from aqueous solutions. Using batch experiments, pine needles pretreated with alkali-isopropanol (AI) failed to effectively remove phosphorus, while pine needles modified with lanthanum hydroxide (LH) showed relatively high removal efficiency. LH pine needles were effective at a wide pH ranges, with the highest removal eff...

This research article deals with an electrosynthesis of hydrous titanium dioxide by anodic dissolution of titanium sacrificial anodes and their application for the adsorption of manganese from aqueous solution. Titanium sheet was used as the sacrificial anode and galvanized iron sheet was used as the cathode. The optimization of different experimental parameters like initial ion concentration, ...