| dc.description.abstract | this study, the potential use of Nypa fruticans (NF) frond as the biosorbent for
the removal of Methylene Blue (MB) (basic dye), Brilliant Green (BG) (basic dye) and mixture of Methylene Blue and Brilliant Green (MIX) was investigated. The effects of adsorption time, adsorbent dosage, particle size and initial dye concentration on NF frond adsorption for MB, BG and MIX dyes were investigated during the batch adsorption study. The results indicated that the amount of dye adsorbed on the NF frond increased with increasing initial dye concentration, adsorbent dosage and adsorption time. For MB, BG and MIX adsorption rate is optimal at adsorbent size 150 μm,
adsorption period as long as 120 min, adsorbent dose and 600 mg/L initial dye
concentration. The Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were used to evaluate
the isotherm constants. The equilibrium data for all dye fitted very well with Langmuir
Isotherm equation giving maximum monolayer adsorption capacity as high as 150.29
mg/g, 101.85 mg/g and 73.16 mg/g for MB, BG and MIX dyes, respectively. The
modeling of the kinetics of dyes adsorption onto NF frond was investigated using
pseudo-first order model and pseudo-second order model. The MB, BG and MIX dyes
fitted well with the pseudo-second order. For column adsorption for MB and BG
removal, the potential use of NF frond was investigated. The effect of flow rate, initial
dye concentration and bed height on NF frond adsorption of MB and BG dye, were
investigated during the column adsorption study. The results indicate that the column adsorption capacity of MB and BG removal decreased with increasing of dye concentration and flow rate. For MB and BG adsorption rate is most optimal in 5 mL/min flow rate, 12 cm bed height and 500 mg/L initial dye concentration. The
column adsorption capacity is recorded as high as 492.00 mg/g for MB removal and
396.00 mg/g for BG removal. | en_US |
