Treatment of Petroleum Refinery Wastewater by Activated Carbon Assisted Electrocoagulation Process

• Autorzy: Atiyah Zainab Y. , Muallah Shatha K. , Sabbar Huda A. , Abbar Ali H.

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DOI

10.12911/22998993/190925

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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The removal of COD from wastewater generated by petroleum refinery has been investigated by adopting electrocoagulation (EC) combined with adsorption using activated carbon (AC) derived from avocado seeds. The process variables influencing COD removal were studied: current density (2–10 mA/cm²), pH (4–9), and AC dosage (0.2–1 g/L). Response surface methodology (RSM) based on Box–Behnken design (BBD) was used to construct a mathematical model of the EC/AC process. Results showed that current density has the major effect on the COD removal with a percent of contribution 32.78% followed by pH while AC dosage has not a remarkable effect due to the good characteristics of AC derived from avocado seeds. Increasing current density gives better results while neutral conditions are suitable for EC/AC. The optimized conditions for higher removal of COD adopting the combined process were a current density of 10 mA/cm², AC dosage of 0.2 g/L, and pH of 6.8 in which a removal efficiency of 81.6% was attained. The combining of EC with adsorption showed that adding a suitable amount of AC derived from avocado seeds resulted in enhancement of COD removal from 63.45% to 81.4%. Based on this high removal efficiency, the EC/AC could be adopted instead of traditional EC.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

avocado; adsorption; wastewater; COD removal; combined process; response surface methodology

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 25, nr 10
• Strony: 239--251
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 52 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Atiyah Zainab Y.

• Department of Biochemical Engineering, Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

autor

Muallah Shatha K.

• Department of Biochemical Engineering, Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

autor

Sabbar Huda A.

• Department of Biochemical Engineering, Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

autor

Abbar Ali H.

• Department of Biochemical Engineering, Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4090-9254

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