Copper and Zinc Removal from Contaminated Water Using Coffee Waste
Lovell Odili E. Agwaramgbo, Renata Fraga Cardoso, Taynara Simão Matos
Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · pp. 1–9 · Published 24 Jan 2017
10.9734/JSRR/2016/31118Abstract
Aim: The aim of this research is to evaluate the selectivity in metal removal by coffee waste from binary-metal polluted water from contaminated water. Place: The work was done at Dillard University in New Orleans, LA, USA. Duration: The project was carried out between November and December 2014. There are reports that suggest that there is a steady increase in industrial effluents containing heavy metals that are being dumped into the water. The presence of these heavy metals in water is harmful for the environment, human health, and aquatic life. It is necessary to develop cheap and friendly method such as agricultural waste to remove these metals. These industrial effluents are known to contain more than one heavy metal; thus, the paper presented here examines the effects of dose of adsorbent, metal type, and the presence of another metal on heavy metal removal by coffee waste. Results showed that (1) increasing the dose of coffee waste increases the removal of heavy metal from the samples. As the adsorbent dose increased from 1 g - 4 g, the percent metal removal increased from 73-92% for copper and 50-74% for zinc from single-metal solutions and from 26-78% for copper and 18-58% for zinc from binary-metal solutions (2) there is selectivity in favor of copper removal from the binary metal mixture by the coffee waste as shown above (3) ion type effect was observed in that more copper was adsorbed from both mono and binary metal samples (4) the presence of another metal as impurity increased metal adsorption hence, more adsorption occurred from binary metal solution than from the single metal solution.
Cited by 8
Aydeniz Demir Delil, Olcay Gülçiçek, Nazım Gören · International Journal of Environmental Research · 2019
Ali Farsi, Majid Aghasi, Abbas Esmaeili · Desalination and Water Treatment · 2020
Lovell Agwaramgbo, Jailen Doyle, Corneisja Harrison · Journal of Environmental Protection · 2021
Patra Vasundhara Devi, M. Suneetha, K. Ravindhranath · Asian Journal of Chemistry · 2019
B. Jagadeeswara Reddy, Sneha Latha Pala, Wondwosen Kebede Biftu · Water Practice and Technology · 2021
Teguh Wirawan, Noor Hindryawati, Nanang Tri Widodo · AIP Conference Proceedings · 2022
Mohd. Kamil Hussain, Shahnaaz Khatoon, Gulrez Nizami · Journal of Water Process Engineering · 2024
Teguh Wirawan, Soerja Koesnarpadi, Nanang Tri Widodo · AIP Conference Proceedings · 2020
Related research
- Serum Lead and Micronutrients Levels in Public Transport Drivers in Osogbo, Nigeria — shares topic coverage
- Evaluation of Serum Copper and Zinc Concentrations in Relation to Clinical Status among Adult People Living with HIV/AIDS in North-West Ethiopia — shares topic coverage
- Dietary Intake and Micronutrient Status of School Children in Enugu-South L.G.A., Enugu State, Nigeria — shares topic coverage
- Effect of Integrated Approach on Growth and Yield Attributes of Maize — shares topic coverage
- Effect of Micronutrients on Growth of Onion (Allium cepa L.) — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
0
Page views
0
PDF downloads
0
Outbound clicks
8
Citations
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
No views recorded yet.
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
No traffic recorded yet.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.