Adsorption of Heavy Metal Ions from Wastewater

1Dhananjay Chaturvedi and *2Omprakash Sahu

Abstract

 

Water is a source of life and energy, although millions of people worldwide are suffering with the shortage of fresh and clean drinking water. Rapid pace of industrialization, population expansion, and unplanned urbanization have largely contributed to the severe water pollution and surrounding. The main sources of freshwater pollution can be attributed to discharge of untreated sanitary and toxic industrial wastes, dumping of industrial effluent, and runoff from agricultural fields. Adsorption process has been proven one of the best water treatment technologies around the world. Therefore attempt has been made to use the low cost method. The objective of present investigation shows that the agricultural by-products like bengal gram husk, tur dal husk, and tamarind husk can be used as an effective adsorbent for the treatment of wastewaters containing metals like chromium (VI), iron (III), nickel (II) and mercury (II). Adsorption dynamics, isotherms, pH effect and adsorbent dosage on the removal of metals for all the adsorbate were examined. In addition desorption of the metals from the loaded adsorbents was also carried out.

 

Keywords: Agriculture waste; bioadsorption; metal ions; organic; treatment

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