Biomass-based adsorbents for removal of dyes from wastewater: a review

TA Aragaw, FM Bogale - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dyes, especially azo dyes contained in wastewaters released from textile, pigment, and
leather industries, are entering into natural waterbodies. This results in environmental …

Cellulose: a review as natural, modified and activated carbon adsorbent

VK Gupta, PJM Carrott, R Singh, M Chaudhary… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cellulose is a biodegradable, renewable, non-meltable polymer which is insoluble in most
solvents due to hydrogen bonding and crystallinity. Natural cellulose shows lower …

Recent advances in new generation dye removal technologies: novel search for approaches to reprocess wastewater

A Ahmad, SH Mohd-Setapar, CS Chuong, A Khatoon… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Dyes are an important class of organic pollutants and are well known for their hazardous
effects on aquatic life in general and human beings in particular. In order to reduce the …

A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system

C Dislich, AC Keyel, J Salecker, Y Kisel… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in recent decades. This large‐scale land‐use
change has had great ecological, economic, and social impacts on both the areas converted …

Prospects of banana waste utilization in wastewater treatment: A review

T Ahmad, M Danish - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
This review article explores utilization of banana waste (fruit peels, pseudo-stem, trunks, and
leaves) as precursor materials to produce an adsorbent, and its application against …

An overview of the oil palm industry in Malaysia and its waste utilization through thermochemical conversion, specifically via liquefaction

MF Awalludin, O Sulaiman, R Hashim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Malaysia is among the top most important palm oil producers in the world. The country is
experiencing a robust development in new oil palm plantations and palm oil mills. This …

Adsorption of Rhodamine B dye from aqueous solution onto acid treated banana peel: Response surface methodology, kinetics and isotherm studies

AA Oyekanmi, A Ahmad, K Hossain, M Rafatullah - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The adsorption of rhodamine B (RhB) using acid modified banana peels has been
examined. Chemical characteristics of the adsorbents were observed in order to determine …

Development, characterization, and utilization of magnetized orange peel waste as a novel adsorbent for the confiscation of crystal violet dye from aqueous solution

M Ahmed, F Mashkoor, A Nasar - Groundwater for sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this investigation, the adsorption performance of orange peel (OP) and magnetized
orange peel (MOP) as adsorbents for the confiscation of crystal violet (CV) dye from …

The use of date palm as a potential adsorbent for wastewater treatment: a review

T Ahmad, M Danish, M Rafatullah, A Ghazali… - … Science and Pollution …, 2012 - Springer
Background In tropical countries, the palm tree is one of the most abundant and important
trees. Date palm is a principal fruit grown in many regions of the world. It is abundant, locally …

Efficient adsorption of methylene blue and lead ions in aqueous solutions by 5-sulfosalicylic acid modified lignin

Y Jin, C Zeng, QF Lü, Y Yu - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
As a kind of biomass that exists widely in plants, lignin shows much diversity as a functional
material. In order to improve the adsorption ability, lignin was chemically modified by 5 …