Banana waste as low cost material for heavy metal removal in greywater

Che Rohani, Mohamad Afik (2017) Banana waste as low cost material for heavy metal removal in greywater. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Greywater comes from the bath, showers, hand basin, washing machines, dishwater, kitchen sink .Office building, household and school are among the producer for this type of grey water. Greywater generates based on the function in the household. It can be influenced by some factors such as age distribution, number of household member, water supply services and infrastructure, lifestyle, typical water usage and others. Greywater is one of the major sources of pollution that discharged from residential into river without undergo any treatment, thereby leading to negative impact on public health, local enemy, and living condition Objectives: To study the potential of banana stem waste as activated carbon as low cost heavy metal removal in greywater. Methodology: This study involve three stages starting from material preparation, activated carbon, and adsorption of greywater on the selected activated carbon (artificial greywater preparation and conventional batch studies for optimal adsorption process. For heavy metal detection Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Ni, Ag, and Zn was analyzed using ICPMS Perkin Elmer ELAN e-DRC. Results and Discussion: The results in this study shows significance difference for the heavy metal Mn and Ni at the percentage of 60% but difference in ratio and time. This due to the impregnation of ZnCl2 of the activated carbon Conclusion: Based on the result for the best activated carbon, it indicated that, the best percentage for heavy metal removal is at percentage 60% for the heavy metal Manganese and Nickel. For the heavy metal removal percentage, Argentum was the highest removal percentage which is a 95.84% due to the availability of the uncovered surface at the absorbent. Keywords: Greywater, Heavy metal, activated carbon, banana stem waste

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2024 07:52
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2024 07:52
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2051

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