title: Reduction of COD and color of dyeing effluent from a cotton textile mill by adsorption onto bamboo-based activated carbon.
abstract: In this work, activated carbon was prepared from bamboo waste by chemical activation method using phosphoric acid as activating agent. The activated carbon was evaluated for chemical oxygen demand (COD) and color reduction of a real textile mill effluent. A maximum reduction in color and COD of 91.84% and 75.21%, respectively was achieved. As a result, the standard B discharge limit of color and COD under the Malaysian Environmental Quality act 1974 was met. The Freundlich isotherm model was found best to describe the obtained equilibrium adsorption data at 30 degrees C. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, total pore volume and the average pore diameter were 988.23 m(2)/g, 0.69 cm(3)/g and 2.82 nm, respectively. Various functional groups on the prepared bamboo activated carbon (BAC) were determined from the FTIR results.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Hameed
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D031723:Bambusa / Q000737:chemistry*; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000517:prevention & control; D008296:Malaysia; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen; D013784:Textiles
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007220:Industrial Waste; D002606:Charcoal; D010100:Oxygen