REMOVAL OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER BY ACTIVATED CARBON PREPARED FROM DATES STONES OF SOUTHERN ALGERIA

Authors

  • D. Atia Department of Chemistry, Faculty of exact sciences, University of Echahid hamma lakhdar, 39000 El-Oued, Algeria
  • A. Kamarchou Laboratory of Water and Environmental Engineering in the Saharan Region, Kasdi Merbah University, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria
  • A. Zobeidi Laboratory of Water and Environmental Engineering in the Saharan Region, Kasdi Merbah University, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/jfas.v12i1.16

Keywords:

Date palm, Activated carbon, Wastewater, El-Oued, Purification

Abstract

The aim of this work is to prepare activated carbon from date seeds to treat wastewater. The study of the characteristics of activated carbon from El-Oued dates gave the following results: surface area (125.86m2/g), pore volume (0.039cc/g), pore size (16.25mm), microspores surface area (92.28 m2/g), the external surface (33.57 m2/g), methylene blue index (13.6 mg/g), iodine number (735.2 mg/g) and amount of functional groups (4.10-2 mol/g).

The best conditions for the removal of organic pollutants are: contact time (5 min), stirring speed between 200 and 300 rpm and a pH below 5 or above 8.

The removal of organic pollutants in wastewater from El-Oued region prepared by the charcoal has led to very significant abatement rate: COD (86.9%) and BOD5 (87.55%).

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Published

2019-11-05

How to Cite

ATIA, D.; KAMARCHOU, A.; ZOBEIDI, A. REMOVAL OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER BY ACTIVATED CARBON PREPARED FROM DATES STONES OF SOUTHERN ALGERIA. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 1, p. 230–241, 2019. DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v12i1.16. Disponível em: https://jfas.info/index.php/JFAS/article/view/256. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2025.

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020)

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