TY  - JOUR
VL  - 186
Y1  - 2014///
AV  - none
A1  - Salihi, I.U.
A1  - Kutty, S.R.M.
A1  - Isa, M.H.
A1  - Aminu, N.
A1  - Ezerie, H.
PB  - WITPress
SP  - 281
KW  - adsorption; aqueous solution; ash; heavy metal; incineration; sugar cane; wastewater; zinc
EP  - 290
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84926490277&doi=10.2495%2fESUS140241&partnerID=40&md5=69c563d3f998612b0476a33b569896a5
ID  - scholars4570
N2  - In this particular research, microwave incinerated sugarcane bagasse ash (MISCBA) obtained by incinerating the sugarcane bagasse was utilized as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of ZnCl2 metal ion from synthetic wastewater through the batch adsorption approach. It was realized that the thermal incineration of the sugarcane bagasse changed the morphological structure of the bagasse. In addition, the surface structure of the sugarcane bagasse has changed from non-porous to a porous surface after incineration. The effect of pH and contact time, adsorbent dosage and initial metal concentration was investigated in this study. A pH value of 6 was found to be optimum. Furthermore, the percentage of adsorption improves with an increase in contact time and a contact time of 180 mins was found to be optimum after attaining equilibrium with a removal efficiency of 96.3. The equilibrium data was well described by Freudlich as well as the Langmuir model with a correlation coefficient of 0.997 and 0.984. The kinetic data fitted well into the pseudo-second order model. © 2014 WIT Press.
TI  - Microwave incinerated sugarcane bagasse ash (MISCBA) as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of zinc in aqueous solution
N1  - cited By 2; Conference of 5th International Conference on Energy and Sustainability, 2014 ; Conference Date: 16 December 2014 Through 18 December 2014; Conference Code:115959
SN  - 17433541
JF  - WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
ER  -