Removal of boron and arsenic from petrochemical wastewater using zeolite as adsorbent

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Siajam, Shamsul Izhar and Ismail, Mohd Halim Shah and Lee, Yuan Chuan (2013) Removal of boron and arsenic from petrochemical wastewater using zeolite as adsorbent. In: International Conference on Environmental Forensics 2013, 11-14 Nov. 2013, Marriot Hotel, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (pp. 439-443).

Abstract

Petrochemical wastewater is one of the major industrial concerns due to the toxicity of heavy metals such as boron and arsenic. These metals must be progressively treated before discharged into receiving water. In this research, adsorption of boron and arsenic was conducted using natural zeolite (clinoptilolite). The arsenic and boron removal efficiencies using natural zeolite as adsorbents are 66 and 52 %, respectively, at its optimum conditions (pH 8, contact time 240 min and adsorbent dosage 480 g/L). Compared to various adsorbents, the adsorption using natural zeolite showed excellent boron and arsenic removal, thus has a great potential to be applied in industrial wastewater treatment plant.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-70-2_79
Publisher:	Springer
Keywords:	Zeolite; Adsorbent; Wastewater; Heavy metal adsorption
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2017 09:42
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2017 09:42
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55790
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