What is it about?
The work involves the use of Dwarf and Tall-tree varieties of coconut shells for the production of activated carbon which is suitable for absorbing methylene blue dye (a poisonous substance/contaminant) from waste water effluents especially from the textile industries. Optimum concentrations of the best activating agent was used to determine the most suitable absorbent. The optimum pH, and temperature were also determined from the experiments conducted. Statistical analyses of a model (DRT) was also carried out in order to establish the confidence level of the model predictions.
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Why is it important?
The activated carbon produced can be used in screening effluent streams of industrial equipment used in the production of textile products
Perspectives
Writing this article was quite challenging but tasking because, it involved sending the samples out for analyses and the mathematical modelling of the process was a mile stone that was not so easy to achieve.
Dr Samuel Eshorame Sanni
Covenant University
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This page is a summary of: Determination of Optimum Conditions for the Production of Activated Carbon Derived from Separate Varieties of Coconut Shells, International Journal of Chemical Engineering, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
DOI: 10.1155/2017/2801359.
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