scholarly journals METHYLENE BLUE REMOVAL USING COCONUT SHELL BIOCHAR SYNTHESIZED THROUGH MICROWAVE-ASSISTED PYROLYSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Nuryana ◽  
Muhammad Fahrul Rahman Alim ◽  
Maizatulakmal Yahayu ◽  
Muhammad Abbas Ahmad ◽  
Raja Safazliana Raja Sulong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Thermal Processing ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Coconut Shell ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
Bet Analysis ◽  
Methylene Blue Removal ◽  
Energy Consuming ◽  
Conventional Pyrolysis ◽  
Time And Energy

Indonesia is the world’s second largest producer of coconut. This at the same time resulted in huge generation of coconut shell waste that need to be properly managed to prevent environmental contamination such as water, air and soil pollution. Current techniques of physical and thermal processing are time and energy consuming. This study reports on the conversion of coconut shell biomass into biochar using microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MAP). The MAP processes were carried out at different microwave power (550-650W) and   residence time (15-25 minutes). Two of the highest biochar yields were obtained at 550W with the residence times of 15 minutes (91.31 wt%, termed as S1) and 20 minutes (83.88 wt%, termed as S2), respectively. Both values were higher than biochar yield obtained using conventional pyrolysis process i.e. 30.10 wt%. Both S1 and S2 showed considerable capacity to remove 0.6875 mg.g-1 and 0.5165 mg.g-1 methylene blue which had the initial concentration of 25 mg.L-1. The adsorption efficiencies of S1 and S2 biochars were 55.00% and 41.32%, respectively. Results obtained from the FTIR, FESEM and BET analysis also supported the methylene blue removal properties of both S1 and S2, respectively. As a conclusion, coconut shell showed potential as a useful raw material to produce biochar that can be used for methylene blue removal from solution. Nevertheless, more investigation need to be carried out prior to commercialization venture of the coconut-shell based biochar.

scholarly journals Cotton stalk-derived hydrothermal carbon for methylene blue dye removal: investigation of the raw material plant tissues

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Libo Zhang ◽  
Junyan Tan ◽  
Gangying Xing ◽  
Xintong Dou ◽  
Xuqiang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Plant Tissues ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Cotton Stalk ◽  
Acid Base ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Bet Analysis

AbstractConversion of the abundant agricultural residual cotton stalk (CS) into useful chemicals or functional materials could alleviate the fossil fuels caused energy shortages and environmental crises. Although some advances have been achieved, less attention has been paid to the plant tissues effect. In this study, the plant tissue of CS was changed by part degradation of some components (hemicelluloses and lignin, for example) with the aid of acid/base (or both). The pretreated CS was transformed into hydrochar by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) method. Morphological and chemical compositions of CS hydrochar were analyzed by various techniques, including elemental analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), BET analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Methylene blue (MB) removal of prepared CS hydrochar was used to evaluate CS hydrochar pollutions adsorption capacity. Results reveal acid/base (or both) pretreatment is beneficial for CS raw material to prepare high-quality CS hydrochar. The effects of some parameters, such as initial MB concentration, temperature, pH value and recyclability on the adsorption of MB onto both acid and base-pretreated CS hydrochar (CS-H2SO4 + NaOH-HTC) were studied. The present work exhibits the importance of agricultural waste biomass material plant tissues on its derived materials, which will have a positive effect on the direct utilization of waste biomass.

ZnO Photocatalysts Modified with Eu2O3 and Sm2O3

2020 ◽  
Vol 850 ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Pāvels Rodionovs ◽  
Jānis Grabis
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Hydrothermal Method ◽  
High Photocatalytic Activity ◽  
Solar Light ◽  
Effect Of Ph ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
Bet Analysis

In this study ZnO photocatalysts with different loading of Eu2O3 and Sm2O3 were prepared vie microwave-assisted hydrothermal method. The prepared samples were investigated by using XRD, SEM and BET analysis. The photocatalytic activity was determined by degradation of methylene blue (MB) under Osram Vitalux illumination. Prepared ZnO photocatalysts shown high photocatalytic activity under solar light simulated radiation. After 30 minute of irradiation more than 95 % of initial MB solution was degraded. The effect of pH and photocatalyst dosage was investigated. The reusability of photocatalysts was also studied.

scholarly journals Two-Stage Adsorber Design for Methylene Blue Removal by Coconut Shell Activated Carbon

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 768-775
Author(s):  
Fadina Amran ◽  
Nur Fatiah Zainuddin ◽  
Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Contact Time ◽  
Coconut Shell ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Methylene Blue Removal ◽  
Pseudo Second Order ◽  
Coconut Shell Activated Carbon ◽  
Langmuir Constants ◽  
Insight Into

The present work was aimed at evaluating the performance of two-stage adsorber for methylene blue removal by coconut shell activated carbon in minimizing the adsorbent mass and contact time. The Langmuir constants were used to evaluate the optimum mass, while the pseudo-second-order constants for contact time. Results show that the adsorbent mass can only be minimized by 0.01 % due to the high adsorbent affinity towards methylene blue, while the contact time has been optimized to 12.2 min at the studied conditions. The effect of adsorbent affinity in two-stage adsorber was analyzed to shed some light about its importance in the design of two-stage adsorber. The performance evaluation was also discussed to bring insight into wastewater treatment applications.

Elaboration of novel adsorbent from Moroccan oil shale using Plackett–Burman design

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chem Int
Keyword(s):  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Oil Shale ◽  
Screening Method ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Processing Temperature ◽  
Acid Pretreatment ◽  
Experimental Data Processing ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
Maximal Capacity

The new adsorbents were prepared from Moroccan oil shale by chemical and physical process .In this study, experimental Plackett-Burman has been used as a screening method to study six factors for the development of materials to adsorbent basis of oil shale Moroccan. The factors have been identified by two levels, To Know temperature (°C), Processing time (min), mass ratio (m precursor/m acid), Pretreatment mixture the precursor with acid, origin of the raw material and type of the activating agent (H2SO4, H3PO4).And it was chosen as a response The maximum quantity of adsorption of the molecule of Methylene blue (Qads in mg/g) and the specific surface measure by the method bet (Sbet in m2/g), The predicted values were in agreement with the experimental values with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.98. The model has been validated by experiments subsequent to optimized conditions. The experimental data processing by software JMP 7 showed that the processing temperature The report of oil shale on the acid and activation time were the important effect on the maximal capacity of adsorption of methylene blue. The sample prepared at 237 °C during 215 min with pre-processing has a maximal capacity of adsorption equal to 54mg/g according to model of adsorption of Langmuir and SBET equal to 143 m2/g.

scholarly journals Preparation and application of carbon and hollow TiO2 microspheres by microwave heating at a low temperature

e-Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-209
Author(s):  
Caiyun Zhang ◽  
Chunhong Li ◽  
Bolin Ji ◽  
Zhaohui Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Microwave Heating ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Carbon Microspheres ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
The Core ◽  
Good Crystallinity ◽  
Carbon Core ◽  
Microwave Assisted Method ◽  
Uniform Particle Size

Abstract A fast, simple, and energy-saving microwave-assisted approach was successfully developed to prepare carbon microspheres. The carbon microspheres with a uniform particle size and good dispersity were prepared using glucose as the raw material and HCl as the dehydrating agent at low temperature (90°C) in an open system with the assistance of microwave heating. The carbon microspheres were characterized by elemental analysis, XRD, SEM, FTIR, TG, and Raman. The results showed that the carbon microspheres prepared under the condition of 18.5% (v/v) HCl and heating for 30 min by microwave had a narrow size distribution. The core–shell structure of the carbon core and TiO2 shell was prepared with (NH4)2TiF6, H3BO3 using the microwave-assisted method. The hollow TiO2 microspheres with good crystallinity and high photocatalytic properties were successfully prepared by sacrificing the carbon microspheres.

Enhanced methylene blue removal efficiency of SnO2 thin film using sono-photocatalytic processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 111116
Author(s):  
Mohamed Amine Bezzerrouk ◽  
Mohamed Bousmaha ◽  
Madani Hassan ◽  
Ahmed Akriche ◽  
Bachir Kharroubi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Sno2 Thin Film ◽  
Methylene Blue Removal ◽  
Photocatalytic Processes
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