Background: The adsorptive removal of anionic dye (Bromocresol green) from aqueous solution was investigated using activated carbon prepared from rice husk. Place of Study: The research work took place at Nnamdi Azikiwe Univeristy Awka, Nigeria. Methods: The rice husk which was o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2020/v7i119011
The effectiveness of the bleaching of crude palm oil was carried out using alkaline-activated Amansea clay. The clay sample was sun-dried, ground, sieved and activated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and Potassium hydroxide (KOH). The raw and alkaline-activated clay (AAMC) samples w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2023/v13i1234
This work focused on the removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution using modified clay from Ngbo clay deposit in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The clay was modified to zeolite by alkaline activation at a high temperature. Characterization of the clay was used to determine the...
Acid hydrolysis of Cowpea seed husk was carried out using sulphuric acid with the concentrations of 0.1 M and 0.5 M at a reaction time of 10 to 90 minutes and temperatures of 130ºC to 170ºC. The substrates were characterised using proximate analysis. The effects of process parame...
Aim: The determination of optimum process parameters in the production of activated carbon from rice husk for the uptake of phenol from aqueous solution was the focus of this work. Study Design: The optimization was designed using response surface methodology. Methodology: Centra...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v36i630264
This work presents the treatment of Restaurant wastewater using anaerobic digestion technique. The physicochemical analysis revealed that most of the wastewater parameters were reduced after digestion to an acceptable level. The bio-kinetics of the anaerobic digestion was well de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2017/33397
This work presents the results of sorption studies of orange G and phenol Red dyes onto palm kernel shell activated carbon (PKS-AC). The adsorbent was prepared by chemical activation using zinc chloride. The effect of various parameters such pH, initial ion concentration, contact...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/39338
The application of response surface methodology in phenol red adsorption using kola nut shell activated carbon was studied. Chemical method of activation using zinc chloride (ZnCl2) was used to prepare the carbon. The impregnated samples were kept in an oven at 383K for 24 hours....
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/39421