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Utilisation Of Bagasse Fly Ash And Carbon Waste From Fertiliser Plant For Treatment Of Pyridine And 3-Picoline Bearing Wastewater, Indra Deo Mall, Sanjay Tewari, Nripendra Singh, Indra Mani Mishra Mar 2003

Utilisation Of Bagasse Fly Ash And Carbon Waste From Fertiliser Plant For Treatment Of Pyridine And 3-Picoline Bearing Wastewater, Indra Deo Mall, Sanjay Tewari, Nripendra Singh, Indra Mani Mishra

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The present work explores the possibility of utilizing sugarcane bagasse fly ash and carbon waste obtained from sugar mills and nitrogenous fertilizer plants, respectively for the removal of pyridine and 3-picoline from waste water. The adsorbing capacity of both adsorbents has been compared with that of activated carbon. Batch studies were conducted to see the effect of contact time, adsorbent dose, initial concentration and pH on the removal of pyridine and 3-picoline. Equilibrium data were fitted with Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. Adsorptive capacities were found to be in the order: activated carbon > carbon waste > bagasse fly ash. Adsorption was found …


Studies On The Use Of Carbon Waste Generated From Fertiliser Plant In Waste Water Treatment, Indra Deo Mall, Sanjay Tewari, Nripendra Singh Mar 2003

Studies On The Use Of Carbon Waste Generated From Fertiliser Plant In Waste Water Treatment, Indra Deo Mall, Sanjay Tewari, Nripendra Singh

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Carbon waste generated from fertiliser plant has been used for adsorption studies for the removal of chromium, zinc and nickel and COD from industrial effluent from phenol formaldehyde plant, polyester plant, sugar plant. Removal to the extent of 91.40, 86.8, 93.8 percent was achieved at the initial concentration of 10 mg/1 for Cr(VI), Ni(TI) and Zn(II) respectively using carbon waste as adsorbent Removal of these metals were found to be in order of Zn(II) > Cr(VI) > Ni(II). In a multi cationic solution containing these three metals, Cr(VI) adsorbed preferentially over Ni(II) and Zn(II). COD removal of 67.51%, and 86.4 % was …


Modeling Heavy Metal Uptake By Sludge Particulates In The Presense Of Dissolved Organic Matter, Jianmin Wang, C. P. Huang, H. E. Allen Jan 2003

Modeling Heavy Metal Uptake By Sludge Particulates In The Presense Of Dissolved Organic Matter, Jianmin Wang, C. P. Huang, H. E. Allen

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The uptake of the seven heavy metal ions Cd(II), Co(II), Cr(III), Cu(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), and Zn(II) by sludge particulates in single-metal systems was investigated. Results showed that under acidic and neutral pH conditions, the uptake of all heavy metals by sludge particulates increases with the increase of pH. However, in the alkaline pH region, the uptake of Cu(II), Ni(II), and Co(II) decreases with the increase of pH, primarily due to the high dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration in high pH conditions. Based on chemical reactions among heavy metal, sludge solids, and DOM, a mathematical model describing metal uptake as functions …


Rapid Measurement Of Indoor Mass-Transfer Coefficients, Glenn Morrison, Zhao Ping, Deborah J. Wiseman, Maneerat Ongwandee, Hong Chang, Julie Portman, Shekhar Regmi Jan 2003

Rapid Measurement Of Indoor Mass-Transfer Coefficients, Glenn Morrison, Zhao Ping, Deborah J. Wiseman, Maneerat Ongwandee, Hong Chang, Julie Portman, Shekhar Regmi

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Indoor air pollutant concentrations can be influenced by how rapidly species are transported to and from surfaces. Consequently, a greater understanding of indoor transport phenomena to surfaces improves estimates of human exposure to indoor air pollutants. Here, we introduce two methods of rapidly and directly measuring species fluxes at indoor surfaces, allowing us to evaluate the transport-limited deposition velocity, vt (a mass-transfer coefficient). The deposition velocity sensor (DeVS) method employs a small microbalance coated with a pure hydrocarbon, preferably octadecane. We quantify flux (or evaporation rate) of the hydrocarbon into a room by observing the rate of mass loss …