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Chitosan-coated coconut shell composite: A solution for treatment of Cr(III)-contaminated tannery wastewater
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Tannery industry generates a large amount of Cr(III)-contaminated wastewater daily. Unless properly treated, not only this effluent contaminates the water body, but also damages the environment and threatens public health. This batch study investigates the feasibility of chitosan-coated coconut shells as a low-cost material for removing Cr(III) from tannery wastewater. Both chitosan and coconut shell (CS) waste are abundantly available from local agricultural and fishery industries. To enhance its treatment performance for Cr(III) removal, the CS was coated with chitosan as a composite. To sustain its cost-effectiveness, the saturated composite was regenerated with HNO3. Its performance for Cr(III) removal was evaluated and compared to other low-cost adsorbents in previous work. At the same initial concentration of 20 mg/L, it was found that the composite had a higher Cr(III) removal (97%) than the chitosan alone under the optimized conditions of 4 g/L of dose, pH 6.5, 200 rpm of agitation speed, and 1 h of reaction time. The isotherm of Cr(III) removal by the adsorbents followed the Langmuir model, while the pseudo-second order reaction was representative to simulate the adsorption data. The Cr(III) removal by the composite was based on attractive columbic forces between the negative charge of the adsorbent's surface and the positive charge of the metal cation. The negative value of ΔG thermodynamic parameter suggests the spontaneous nature of adsorption. The efficiency of machine learning regression (MLR) model was assessed in predicting the experimental data of adsorption. In spite of promising results, treated effluents still could not comply with the required limit of discharge standards of less than 0.5 mg/L mandated by local legislation. Therefore, a subsequent treatment using activated sludge is required. Overall, this work reveals a contribution of unused resources from the coconut and shrimp industries in the form of composite for protecting the aquatic environment.
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Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan
- Xiamen University
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Fatima Batool
- University of Management and Technology
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Ayesha Mohyuddin
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Hui Hwang Goh
- Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
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Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Faissal Aziz
- Cadi Ayyad University
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Abdelkader Anouzla
- University Hassan II of Casablanca, Mohammedia, Morocco
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Kit Wayne Chew
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuły w czasopismach dostępnych w wersji elektronicznej [także online]
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Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
ISSN: 1876-1070 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2024
- Bibliographic description:
- Kurniawan T. A., Batool F., Mohyuddin A., Goh H. H., Othman M. H. D., Aziz F., Anouzla A., Al-Hazmi H., Chew K. W., Chitosan-coated coconut shell composite: A solution for treatment of Cr(III)-contaminated tannery wastewater, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2024,10.1016/j.jtice.2024.105478
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.jtice.2024.105478
- Sources of funding:
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- Free publication
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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