TY  - JOUR
EP  - 55
KW  - Ceiba pentandra; Deep-bed; Factorial design; Oily water; Packing density
KW  -  Chemical oxygen demand; Design; Effluents; Environmental engineering; Oxygen; Packed beds; Turbidity
KW  -  Water filtration
KW  -  chemical oxygen demand; effluent; experimental study; filtration; physicochemical property; tree; turbidity
KW  -  Ceiba pentandra
VL  - 266
JF  - Desalination
N2  - A packed-bed column was developed to study the performance of Ceiba pentandra (L). Gaertn. (kapok) for oily water filtration using a three-level, two-factor factorial design. This was based on the effects of packing density and flow rates on chemical oxygen demand (COD) and turbidity of the effluent. COD was significantly affected by the quadratic effects of flow rates. The optimum packing density and flow rate for minimum COD were predicted at 0.07g/cm3 and 1.09L/h, which were within the range tested. About 99 of COD reductions were observed at all packing densities and flow rates. Similarly, more than 87 of turbidity reductions were achieved at all packing densities and flow rates. A deep-bed kapok filtration column constructed in this study had been successful in achieving oily water separation under different packing densities and flow rates. The oil and water front movements were shown to be influenced by the affinity of liquid to kapok fibers. This may suggest the excellent physicochemical property of Malaysian kapok for oil removal from water. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
AV  - none
A1  - Rahmah, A.U.
A1  - Abdullah, M.A.
Y1  - 2011///
TI  - Evaluation of Malaysian Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. for oily water filtration using factorial design
SN  - 00119164
ID  - scholars2261
SP  - 51
IS  - 1-3
N1  - cited By 43
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78649648601&doi=10.1016%2fj.desal.2010.08.001&partnerID=40&md5=eab8406c1b2c8916e6c500083865dd5c
ER  -