Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology
Open Access
ISSN: 2157-7048
+44-20-4587-4809
ISSN: 2157-7048
+44-20-4587-4809
Khalid M Mousa
Chemical Engineering, Al-Nahrian University,
Baghdad
Iraq
Research Article
Adsorption of Reactive Blue Dye onto Natural and Modified Wheat Straw
Author(s): Khalid M Mousa and Alla Hussein TahaKhalid M Mousa and Alla Hussein Taha
Conventional treatment of textile wastewater such as biological treatment discharges will no longer be tolerated and identified as non-biodegradable. Advanced processes such as adsorption and advanced oxidation hold great promise to provide alternative for better treatment and protection of environment. In this study, adsorption process is carried out for both batch (kinetic and isotherm) studies using natural wheat straw (NWS) as low cost adsorbent, modified wheat straw (MWS) and Activated Carbon (AC) for comparing the results. Batch adsorption experiments were conducted on a shaker at 200 rpm, room temperature using 250 mL conical flasks contains 100 mL of dye solution to study the effects of adsorption conditions. The effect of pH was determined by adjusting pH values (2.5- 10.5). To study the effect of initial dye concentration, six different concentrations of reactive blue dye (5, 2.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-7048.1000260