Polyurethane Loaded with Vegetable Activated Carbon for Heavy Metals Removal from Water

• Autorzy: El Malti Wassim , Hamieh Mostafa , Noaman Amer , El-Dine Rim Nasser , Hijazi Akram , Al-Khatib Wassef

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/141362

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The heavy metals pollutants resulting from industrial wastewater are a major environmental problem due to their toxicity and non-biodegradability. Their removal became a trending environmental subject. The preparation of low-cost and eco-friendly adsorbents for industrial wastewater treatment has been widely investigated. Furthermore, the use of polymeric material for this purpose is highly increasing. In this study, banana stem agro-waste was valorized by preparing and characterizing its derived activated carbon used as a filler to improve the adsorption performance of polyurethane foams. The loaded polyurethane was synthesized in the shape of pellets, characterized by SEM, and tested in removing Pb₂⁺ and Cu₂⁺ from aqueous solutions. The effects of activated carbon filler concentration, number of filtering passes, and pH were examined. The loaded polyurethane demonstrated a good adsorption capacity that was enormously improved compared to the unloaded polymer. 77% Pb₂⁺ and 40% Cu₂⁺ removal were reached after one filtering pass only. The optimum pH was determined to be 4. After the 10th pass, and at any pH, almost 100% of the studied metals were eliminated. Rapid and straightforward selectivity and seawater deionization tests were carried out and confirmed the capacity performance of the prepared pellets in removing different aqueous ions.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

activated carbon; adsorption; banana stem; heavy metals; polyurethane

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 22, nr 9
• Strony: 99--110
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

El Malti Wassim

• College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0212-3939

autor

Hamieh Mostafa

• Research Platform for Environmental Science (PRASE), Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

autor

Noaman Amer

• Baghdad University, College of Science, Biotechnology Department, Baghdad, Iraq

autor

El-Dine Rim Nasser

• Research Platform for Environmental Science (PRASE), Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

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Hijazi Akram

• Research Platform for Environmental Science (PRASE), Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

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Al-Khatib Wassef

• Research Platform for Environmental Science (PRASE), Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

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