Kumar, Sunil. and Gunasekar, V. and Ponnusami, V. (2013) Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Effluent Using Fixed Bed of Groundnut Shell Powder. Journal of Chemistry. pp. 1-5.
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Abstract
Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution using a low-cost adsorbent groundnut shell powder (GNSP) was studied using fixed bed. Bed service depth model and Thomas model were employed to study the adsorption kinetics and to predict break-through curves for the system. Both models fit the experimental data very well with very high R2 values. Percentage color removal increased with increase in bed height. It was found that adsorption potential of GNSP was in the range of 0.238 to 0.272 kg/kg of adsorbent. These results show that the GNSP can be effectively used as low-cost alternate adsorbent for the removal of pollutants from aqueous streams.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thirumalaisamudram 613 401, Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Biochemistry |
| Divisions: | Groundnut |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2012 09:41 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2012 09:42 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/259819 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6691 |
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