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Phenol Removal Using Walnut Shell Carbon

This research investigates the use of activated carbon derived from walnut shells for the removal of phenol from wastewater using a fixed-green bed column adsorption system. The study found that the optimal conditions for phenol removal were at pH 7, with a removal efficiency of 86.2% at a specific concentration and flow rate. The results suggest that walnut shell-based activated carbon is an effective and environmentally friendly adsorbent for phenol removal.

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Phenol Removal Using Walnut Shell Carbon

This research investigates the use of activated carbon derived from walnut shells for the removal of phenol from wastewater using a fixed-green bed column adsorption system. The study found that the optimal conditions for phenol removal were at pH 7, with a removal efficiency of 86.2% at a specific concentration and flow rate. The results suggest that walnut shell-based activated carbon is an effective and environmentally friendly adsorbent for phenol removal.

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2nd International Scientific Conference of Al-Ayen University (ISCAU-2020) IOP Publishing

IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 928 (2020) 022050 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/928/2/022050

Continuous flow adsorption for phenol removal using


environmentally friendly naturally derived bed

Ibtisam Kamal1*, Firas Albadran2, Hammen Jaafar3, Diyar Ali4,Mustafa


Alfaize5
1, 3, 4
Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Soran University, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
2
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering, College of Oil and Gas Engineering, Basrah
University for Oil and Gas, Basrah, Iraq
5
College of Petroleum Engineering, University of Alayen, Thi-Qar, Iraq
*Corresponding Author, E-mail: [Link]@[Link]
Abstract
Phenol is one of the common contaminants observed in many wastewater
industries. It is toxic, hazardous, carcinogenic and listed as a priority pollutant by
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This research aimed to establish the
efficacy of activated carbon derived from walnut shell in extracting phenol from
aqueous solutions using a fixed-green bed column adsorption system. The effect of
parameters affecting the adsorption process including the initial concentration of
phenol, bed ratio, and flow rate, was studied. The results showed that the highest
percentage of phenol removal by the activated carbon is 86.2% at pH 7, initial
concentration of phenol 0.001M, bed ratio 1:3 sand/activated carbon, and flow rate
10 ml/min. The breakthrough behavior of the fixed-bed adsorption process was
studied. It was observed that the adsorption process equilibrium is practically
reached after 105 minutes. The adsorption column dynamic behavior was
investigated using three numerical models. The results confirmed that Thomas and
Yoon-Nelson models are found more fitted to the adsorption experimental results.
Moreover, modeling and interpretation of the column adsorption isotherms
predicted that the Freundlich isotherm model is better than Langmuir isotherm
model to describe the column adsorption data indicating that the phenol adsorbed
molecules are not restricted to monolayer formation and the mechanism of
adsorption is chemo-sorption. Briefly, the results of this study pointed out that the
activated carbon derived from the walnut shell is not only a low-cost green
adsorbent but also has high performance in the removal of phenol from aqueous
solutions.

Keywords: Walnut Shell; Activated Carbon; Phenol Removal; Fixed-green bed column
Adsorption

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