Application of low-cost fabricated column model for the adsorption analysis of pollutants from river water using coconut coir

AbstractA simple fabricated column model of coconut coir was used to adsorb pollutants from polluted river water. This study proposes the application of this model that applied coconut coir to remove organic matter (OM), phosphate (), and ammonia (NH3) present in river Desa Bakti water. A mathematical model is also developed based on the experimental data as a prerequisite analysis to find out the affinity of adsorbent/adsorbate. The obtained mass transfer for OM was faster when compared to NH3 and . Resistance of mass transfer was verified based on the concentration of contaminant which usually depends on its environmental driving forces. The maximum growth rate observed for bacteria is 4.7756 g new cells/g cells·d, which proved that OM in water had contributed as food source for the growth of micro-organisms in the model. Thus, the developed treatment technology using coconut coir is able to be applied for effective adsorption of OM, NH3, and .

[1]  Shan Wang,et al.  Biosorption of Cr(VI) by coconut coir: spectroscopic investigation on the reaction mechanism of Cr(VI) with lignocellulosic material. , 2010, Journal of hazardous materials.

[2]  T. Berman.  Transparent exopolymer particles as critical agents in aquatic biofilm formation: implications for desalination and water treatment , 2013 .

[3]  R. Sooknah.  A review of the mechanisms of pollutant removal in water hyacinth systems , 2000 .

[4]  M. A. Fulazzaky.  Determining the resistance of mass transfer for adsorption of the surfactants onto granular activated carbons from hydrodynamic column , 2011 .

[5]  S. Paria,et al.  A review on experimental studies of surfactant adsorption at the hydrophilic solid-water interface. , 2004, Advances in colloid and interface science.

[6]  C. Namasivayam,et al.  Anionic dye adsorption characteristics of surfactant‐modified coir pith, a ‘waste’ lignocellulosic polymer , 2006 .

[7]  J. Moreno-Piraján,et al.  Thermodynamics - Interaction Studies - Solids, Liquids and Gases , 2011 .

[8]  M. Jisha,et al.  Anaerobic degradation of coconut husk leachate using UASB-reactor. , 2007, Journal of environmental biology.

[9]  Majid Ali,et al.  Coconut Fibre - A Versatile Material and its Applications in Engineering , 2011 .

[10]  N. Vasudevan,et al.  Removal of nutrients in denitrification system using coconut coir fibre for the biological treatment of aquaculture wastewater. , 2012, Journal of environmental biology.

[11]  T. Ezeji,et al.  Biofilm reactors for industrial bioconversion processes: employing potential of enhanced reaction rates , 2005, Microbial cell factories.

[12]  C. Hopkinson,et al.  Issues in ecology: Nutrient pollution of coastal rivers, bays, and seas , 2000 .

[13]  A. Mounteer,et al.  Thermophilic treatment of paper machine white water in laboratory-scale membrane bioreactors , 2011 .

[14]  Idris Mushrifah,et al.  Water Quality Changes in Chini Lake, Pahang, West Malaysia , 2007, Environmental monitoring and assessment.

[15]  M. A. Fulazzaky.  Analysis of global and sequential mass transfers for the adsorption of atrazine and simazine onto granular activated carbons from a hydrodynamic column , 2012 .

[16]  A. E. Greenberg,et al.  Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater : supplement to the sixteenth edition , 1988 .

[17]  C. Namasivayam,et al.  Adsorption behavior of Direct Red 12B and Rhodamine B from water onto surfactant-modified coconut coir pith , 2008 .

[18]  A. W. Zularisam,et al.  Behaviours of natural organic matter in membrane filtration for surface water treatment — a review , 2006 .

[19]  Haluk Beyenal,et al.  Fundamentals of biofilm research , 2007 .

[20]  S. Patil,et al.  Kinetics of adsorption of crystal violet from aqueous solutions using different natural materials , 2011 .

[21]  J. Monod.  The Growth of Bacterial Cultures , 1949 .