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Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon

Para-nitrophenol is one of the organic pollutants found in industrial wastewater treatment. Its toxicity can bring great harm to biological systems, including plants, fish and other organisms. Besides, para-nitrophenol will defect resins when entering the ion exchange unit in Condensate Polishing Pl...

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Main Author: Goh , Hui San
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Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.3782017-01-25T09:42:08Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/378/ Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon Goh , Hui San TP Chemical technology Para-nitrophenol is one of the organic pollutants found in industrial wastewater treatment. Its toxicity can bring great harm to biological systems, including plants, fish and other organisms. Besides, para-nitrophenol will defect resins when entering the ion exchange unit in Condensate Polishing Plant (one part of the wastewater treatment system). Therefore, activated carbon used in the carbon filter installed before the ion exchange unit has to be modified to overcome the resin life problems as a result of fouling due to the organic compounds by adsorbing the organic pollutants more efficiently. For this research, surface modification of activated carbon using acidic solution is applied. The effect of adsorbate concentration, pH and temperature on the adsorption capacity for both unmodified and modified activated carbon are observed as well as analyzed. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is used to study the pore structure of the activated carbon before and after modification, whereas UV-vis Spectrophotometer is used to determine the adsorption capacity of the activated carbon towards organic pollutant. As the concentration of absorbate increases, adsorption capacity increases. The adsorption reaches its highest point around pH 7. When the carbonization temperature increases, the adsorption capacity increases as well. Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2011-05 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/378/1/GHS_FYP_2_Dissertation_%28part_1%29.pdf application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/378/2/GHS_FYP_2_Dissertation_%28part_2%29.pdf Goh , Hui San (2011) Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon. Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Sri Iskandar,Tronoh,Perak. (Unpublished)
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Goh , Hui San
Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon
description Para-nitrophenol is one of the organic pollutants found in industrial wastewater treatment. Its toxicity can bring great harm to biological systems, including plants, fish and other organisms. Besides, para-nitrophenol will defect resins when entering the ion exchange unit in Condensate Polishing Plant (one part of the wastewater treatment system). Therefore, activated carbon used in the carbon filter installed before the ion exchange unit has to be modified to overcome the resin life problems as a result of fouling due to the organic compounds by adsorbing the organic pollutants more efficiently. For this research, surface modification of activated carbon using acidic solution is applied. The effect of adsorbate concentration, pH and temperature on the adsorption capacity for both unmodified and modified activated carbon are observed as well as analyzed. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is used to study the pore structure of the activated carbon before and after modification, whereas UV-vis Spectrophotometer is used to determine the adsorption capacity of the activated carbon towards organic pollutant. As the concentration of absorbate increases, adsorption capacity increases. The adsorption reaches its highest point around pH 7. When the carbonization temperature increases, the adsorption capacity increases as well.
format Final Year Project
author Goh , Hui San
author_facet Goh , Hui San
author_sort Goh , Hui San
title Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon
title_short Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon
title_full Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon
title_fullStr Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon
title_full_unstemmed Removal of Para-nitrophenol from Industrial Waste Water (IWW) by Adsorption using Modified Activated Carbon
title_sort removal of para-nitrophenol from industrial waste water (iww) by adsorption using modified activated carbon
publisher Universiti Teknologi Petronas
publishDate 2011
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