Recent advances in applications of activated carbon from biowaste for wastewater treatment: a short review

S Wong, N Ngadi, IM Inuwa, O Hassan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid population growth and the resultant pollution of freshwater sources are expected to
create water stress conditions on the world in the near future. Adsorption technique is a …

An empirical literature analysis of adsorbent performance for methylene blue uptake from aqueous media

KO Iwuozor, JO Ighalo, LA Ogunfowora… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Methylene blue (MB) is a heterocyclic aromatic compound used as a medication or as a
synthetic dye for textiles. Due to its ecotoxicity, researchers have been investigating its …

Verification of pore size effect on aqueous-phase adsorption kinetics: A case study of methylene blue

JO Ighalo, KO Iwuozor, CA Igwegbe… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the negative environmental effect of methylene blue (MB), researchers have been
investigating several aspects of its adsorption. The kinetics/rapidity is an important aspect of …

Ultrasonic enhanced adsorption of methylene blue onto the optimized surface area of activated carbon: Adsorption isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics

TC Egbosiuba, AS Abdulkareem, AS Kovo… - … research and design, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the influence of pyrolysis time and temperature on yield, fixed carbon and
physicochemical properties of the biochar produced from Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) were …

Novel nano-ferromagnetic activated graphene adsorbent extracted from waste for dye decolonization

K Mensah, H Mahmoud, M Fujii, H Shokry - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste was converted into graphene by pyrolysis, and the
synthesized graphene (SG) was modified into activated graphene (AG) by potassium …

Methylene blue removal using grape leaves waste: optimization and modeling

SA Mousavi, A Mahmoudi, S Amiri, P Darvishi… - Applied Water …, 2022 - Springer
The present study focuses on the preparation of activated carbon (AC) from grape leaves as
a low cost, non-toxic, efficient and available adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue …

Batch and continuous column adsorption of indigo carmine onto activated carbon derived from date palm petiole

N Khadhri, MEK Saad, M ben Mosbah… - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the date palm petiole was transformed into activated carbon implying sodium
hydroxide as the activating agent. The carbon obtained was exerted for the adsorption of …

Adsorption of dye by waste black tea powder: parameters, kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies

D Lin, F Wu, Y Hu, T Zhang, C Liu, Q Hu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Waste black tea powder was used as a potential adsorbent to remove methylene blue (MB)
from aqueous solution. Several operating factors in adsorption of MB onto waste black tea …

A green and low-cost hollow gangue microsphere/geopolymer adsorbent for the effective removal of heavy metals from wastewaters

S Yan, F Zhang, L Wang, Y Rong, P He, D Jia… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, hollow gangue microspheres (GM) were introduced into a geopolymer matrix
through a geopolymeric method; our aim was to synthesize a green and low-cost adsorbent …

Adsorption ability of activated carbons from Phoenix dactylifera rachis and Ziziphus jujube stones for the removal of commercial dye and the treatment of dyestuff …

M Daoud, O Benturki, P Girods, A Donnot… - Microchemical journal, 2019 - Elsevier
The activated carbons were prepared from Phoenix dactylifera rachis (PRAC) and Ziziphus
jujuba stones (JSAC) using chemical activation by H 3 PO 4. Then, they applied to eliminate …