COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF REMOVAL OF FAST GREEN AND REACTIVE ORANGE BY LOW-COST ADSORBENT |
Author(s): |
Preethi.T.N |
Keywords: |
Adsorption, Banana Pith, Reactive Orange and Fast Green. |
Abstract |
The survival of human beings on earth is menaced by various environmental issues. The foremost modification from previous years to present, when the things started to change, was the invention of synthetic dyes. The characteristics of synthetic dyes are brighter, fast and easy to be applied on fabrics and cheaper to generate. Scientists have discovered many gorgeous colors and synthetic dyes which are useful for many applications. Synthetic dyes from wastewater cannot be removed by ordinary wastewater treatment systems because they are not degradable. Adsorption techniques have the high efficiency in decolorizing the industrial effluents. Bench scale studies were carried out to evaluate the color adsorption potential of banana pith under various experimental conditions viz Flow rate, Color intensity and pH. The removal potential sequence by Banana Pith was observed and is Fast Green < Reactive Orange, and the removal efficiencies were found to be 74.2% and 90.7% respectively, at optimum experimental conditions of pH-6, Co- 25mg/l, flow rate-20ml/min and particle size of the adsorbent- 150-300μ. |
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Paper ID: IJSARTV Published in: Volume : 2, Issue : 9 Publication Date: 9/5/2016 |
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