Adsorption and desorption studies of heavy metals on to coconut shell char

Abesekara, MS; Kosvinna, KNR; Amarasinghe, BMWPK

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dc.contributor.author	Abesekara, MS
dc.contributor.author	Kosvinna, KNR
dc.contributor.author	Amarasinghe, BMWPK
dc.contributor.editor	Rathnasiri, PG
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-30T04:23:26Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-30T04:23:26Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	Abesekara, M.S., Kosvinna, K.N.R., & Amarasinghe, B.M.W.P.K. (2019). Adsorption and desorption studies of heavy metals on to coconut shell char [Extended Abstract]. In P.G. Rathnasiri (Ed.), Undergraduate Research Symposium Chemical and Process Engineering 2019 (pp. 47-49). Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17758
dc.description.abstract	Heavy metals in wastewater can be removed by several methods including adsorption. Activated carbon (AC) is widely used, but expensive adsorbent. Since AC derived from coconut shell (CS) is a good adsorbent, coconut shell char (CSC) as well might be an effective low-cost adsorbent. It was studied the possibilities of using CSC as an adsorbent. Results showed that, CSC has 13% and 12% removal efficiencies for Zn2+ and Ni2+ from solutions of 50 mg/l. Furthermore, desorption abilities of H2SO4, NaOH, Distilled water and NaCl as desorbing agents were analysed and found H2SO4 to be the most effective desorbing agent.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa	en_US
dc.subject	Adsorption	en_US
dc.subject	Desorption	en_US
dc.subject	Coconut shell char	en_US
dc.title	Adsorption and desorption studies of heavy metals on to coconut shell char	en_US
dc.type	Conference-Extended-Abstract	en_US
dc.identifier.faculty	Engineering	en_US
dc.identifier.department	Department of Chemical and Process Engineering	en_US
dc.identifier.year	2019	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	Undergraduate Research Symposium Chemical and Process Engineering 2019	en_US
dc.identifier.place	Katubedda	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	pp. 47-49	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of Undergraduate Research Symposium Chemical and Process Engineering 2019	en_US
dc.identifier.email	padma@cheng.mrt.ac.lk	en_US