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 …

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 …

Jujube stones based highly efficient activated carbon for methylene blue adsorption: Kinetics and isotherms modeling, thermodynamics and mechanism study …

N Bouchelkia, H Tahraoui, A Amrane… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water contaminated by methylene blue (MB) dye was treated with activated carbon based
on locally collected jujube stones. This activated carbon was characterized by physico …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of cationic methylene blue dye using microwave-assisted activated carbon derived from acacia wood: optimization and batch studies

MFM Yusop, MA Ahmad, NA Rosli… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study assesses the performance of optimized acacia wood-based activated carbon
(AWAC) as an adsorbent for methylene blue (MB) dye removal in aqueous solution. AWAC …

Engineering pyrolysis biochar via single-step microwave steam activation for hazardous landfill leachate treatment

SS Lam, PNY Yek, YS Ok, CC Chong, RK Liew… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of biochar production is crucial to meet
increased global market demand. Here, we developed a single-step microwave steam …

Optimized preparation of activated carbon from coconut shell and municipal sludge

Q Liang, Y Liu, M Chen, L Ma, B Yang, L Li… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A low-cost and well-developed type of activated carbon (AC) was synthesized from coconut
shell and municipal sludge via two-stage co-pyrolysis. It not only reused disposed sewage …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization and mass transfer simulation of remazol brilliant blue R dye adsorption onto meranti wood based activated carbon

MFM Yusop, MAT Jaya, I Idris, AZ Abdullah… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Remazol brilliant blue R dye (RBBR) brings toxicity to living organisms once it enters the
environment. This study utilized response surface methodology (RSM) and Polymath …

High-pressure carbon dioxide-hydrothermal enhance yield and methylene blue adsorption performance of banana pseudo-stem activated carbon

F Jiang, D Cao, S Hu, Y Wang, Y Zhang, X Huang… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to reduce environmental risks and fungus disease spread of banana waste, the high-
pressure CO 2-hydrothermal treatment was developed to produce hydrochar as a precursor …

Application of magnetic adsorbents for removal of heavy metals from wastewater: a review study

S Tamjidi, H Esmaeili… - Materials Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Currently, heavy metals exist in most of the industrial wastewaters and water supplies are
among the most severe environmental contaminants. As such, removal of these metals from …

A comprehensive investigation of toxicity and pollution potential of municipal solid waste landfill leachate

N Anand, SG Palani - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
It is evident from the literature that research on the treatment of leachate generated from
municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills has been a focus area of environmental management …