scholarly journals Biosorption of hexavalent chromium (chromium (VI) ion from industrial tannery effluent using filamentous fungi on modified rice husk medium/potato dextrose medium (MRHM/PDM)

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 1143-1150
Author(s):  
D Emmanuel S ◽  
K Adamu I ◽  
Ejila A ◽  
I Ja afaru M ◽  
Amos Y ◽  
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Author(s):  
Soumyajit Guha ◽  
Sampa Debnath ◽  
Saswati Gayen

The main objective of this study was to isolate, characterize, and determine chromium (VI) tolerance capacities of fungal strains from tannery effluent of the Kolkata Leather Complex area. Chromium (VI) is a heavy metal that is known to be toxic as well as carcinogenic. It is an important heavy metal widely used in various industries of which the tanning industry deserves special mention. The majority of Cr (VI) waste is discharged into the environment annually as a consequence of industrial and manufacturing activities. Kolkata Leather Complex is an industrial complex intended to serve as a central leather-tanning complex for Kolkata located at Bantala, near East Kolkata, India. Samples (tannery effluent) were collected in sterile capped tubes from Kolkata Leather Complex Area and brought to the laboratory for analysis. The samples were serially diluted and were plated on Czapekdox agar plates and incubated at 300C. After a few days, a number of morphologically different colonies were selected and sequentially subcultured for pure colony isolation on the same medium. They were preserved in the refrigerator at 40 C. Lactophenol cotton blue staining was done to observe and record the fungal morphological characteristics. They were further assessed for their hexavalent chromium tolerance capacities and subsequently the metal tolerance index was derived for each strain respectively. All 16 fungal strains isolated from the Kolkata Leather Complex tannery area were found to be chromium (VI) tolerant starting at 0.1mg/ml Cr (VI) concentration. Maximum chromium (VI) tolerance was displayed by sample S12 (2mg/ml) which was later identified as having 99.82% similarity with Aspergillus nomius strain.Keywords: effluent, fungi, heavy metal, isolation, hexavalent chromium, tannery, tolerance.


2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
M. J. Uddin ◽  
M. M.R. Khan ◽  
M S. Iftekhar ◽  
M A Islam

Rice husk ash (RHA) was studied as a potential adsorbent for Chromium (VI)removal from wastewater. RHA was able to remove effectively and economically toxic metal from synthetic wastewater. Experiments were done on the removal of Cr(VI) from dichromate solution which is a form of chromium in tannery effluent. The amount of Cr(VI) adsorption increased with the decrease in pH. The optimum parameter was = 2.0 evaluated at pH and the dose rate of the adsorbent was 5 kg RHNm3. The equilibrium data fit well in both the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The study showed that 89.29 x 10-3kg Cr(VI) could be removed by 1 Kg of RHA. Since rice husk (RH) is available and cheap in Bangladesh, it can be used easily as an appropriate adsorbent to remove more than 95% Cr(VI) from tannery wastewater.


2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-347
Author(s):  
Abhinav Sharma ◽  
Aditya Tulsyan ◽  
Srinivas Motamarri

A comparative study on low cost biological adsorbents such as eucalyptus bark and sawdust has analyzed them for their effectiveness in the removal of hexavalent chromium. Batch experiments were carried out on synthetic solutions mimicking bore water collected from an industrial area contaminated with tannery effluent. The analysis on hexavalent chromium removal was carried out by varying experimental parameters such as pH, dosage and contact time. The study reveals that sawdust works best at pH 3 while eucalyptus shows better results at pH 2. Moreover, the optimum dosages determined for the absorbents were in compliance with the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The study highlights the benefits of eucalyptus bark in purification of Cr(VI) contaminated water supply.


2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 661-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Dubey ◽  
K. Gopal

The activated carbon of Eucalyptus globulus was tested for their effectiveness in removing hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution using column experiments. Result revealed that adsorption of chromium(VI) on eucalyptus bark carbon was endothermic in nature. Thermodynamic parameters such as the entropy change, enthalpy change and Gibbs free energy change were found to be 1.39 kJ mol−1 K−1, 1.08 kJ mol−1 and −3.85 kJ mol−1, respectively. Different chromium concentrations were used for the fixed bed adsorption studies. The pre- and post-treated adsorbents were characterized using a FTIR spectroscopic technique. It was concluded that Eucalyptus bark carbon column could be used effectively for removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution at optimal column conditions. This study showed that this biological material is potential adsorbent of Cr(VI) from water.


Author(s):  
Ismael Acosta-Rodriguez ◽  
Juan F. Cardenas-González ◽  
María de Guadalupe Moctezuma-Zárate ◽  
Adriana Rodriguez Perez ◽  
Victor M. Martínez-Juárez

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Pejavara Narayana Gururaj ◽  
Kulathooran Ramalakshmi ◽  
Sureshkumar Sujithra ◽  
Ravichandran Shalini

The objective of this study is to evaluate the different process parameters on adsorption of chromium VI on a packed bed column using Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides) and to examine the effect of pH, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) at a constant contact time of 10 minutes at a temperature of 40 ºC under two experimental conditions namely, tannery effluent with and without microwave treatment. The results revealed that microwave heating process had a higher impact on chromium (VI) adsorption than normal heating process. The pH values of microwave treated sample were found to be 6.65±0.65 when compared to normal heated sample where the pH was 4.62±0.72 when compared to the initial pH of effluent found to be 3.47±0.58. Further, a threefold reduction in BOD and COD values was observed in microwave treated vetiver sample which was around 86.73±1.43 and 107.90±2.82 mg/l respectively when compared to normal heated sample (250±1.45 and 200±2.65 mg/l respectively) and untreated effluent (780±2.53 and 920±3.86 mg/l respectively) which indicated the reduction of chromium VI present in the effluent water. It was also observed that the metal adsorption capacity of the vetiver powder and the adsorption characteristics were positively correlated with the FTIR and SEM analysis which confirmed the presence of chromium (VI) on the surface of vetiver.


2016 ◽  
Vol 721 ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Noureddine ◽  
Samia Benhammadi ◽  
Fouad Kara ◽  
Hakim Aguedal ◽  
Abdelkader Iddou ◽  
...  

A bacterial strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from an uncontaminated soil has been used for the removal of hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)). The experiments were carried out in batch system in a culture broth. The results obtained have shown that 100% of Cr (VI) are removed. Contact time, initial concentration of the hexavalent chromium, temperature, as well as the nature of the culture broth have influenced this elimination. To the initial concentration of 20g/L of Cr (VI) the elimination rates are lower, while the reverse occurs for an initial concentration of 8g/L. This study allows considering the use of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the treatment of water polluted by toxic heavy metals such as Cr (VI).


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