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Ann-Assisted Forecasting Of Adsorption Efficiency To Remove Heavy Metals, Magdi Buaisha, Şazi̇ye Balku, Şeni̇z Özalp Yaman
Ann-Assisted Forecasting Of Adsorption Efficiency To Remove Heavy Metals, Magdi Buaisha, Şazi̇ye Balku, Şeni̇z Özalp Yaman
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
In wastewater treatment, scientific and practical models utilizing numerical computational techniques such as artificial neural networks (ANNs) can significantly help to improve the process as a whole through adsorption systems. In the modeling of the adsorption efficiency for heavy metals from wastewater, some kinetic models have been used such as pseudo first-order and second-order. The present work develops an ANN model to forecast the adsorption efficiency of heavy metals such as zinc, nickel, and copper by extracting experimental data from three case studies. To do this, we apply trial-and-error to find the most ideal ANN settings, the efficiency of which …
Preparation And Characterization Of Zno/Mmt Nanocomposite For Photocatalytic Ozonation Of A Disperse Dye, Alireza Khataee, Murat Kiranşan, Semra Karaca, Samira Arefi- Oskoui
Preparation And Characterization Of Zno/Mmt Nanocomposite For Photocatalytic Ozonation Of A Disperse Dye, Alireza Khataee, Murat Kiranşan, Semra Karaca, Samira Arefi- Oskoui
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
ZnO was immobilized on the montmorillonite (MMT) to synthesize ZnO/MMT nanocomposite. Physicochemical properties of the as-synthesized nanocomposite were determined using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, N$_{2}$ adsorption/desorption, and point of zero charge pH (pH$_{pzc})$ analysis. The performance of the prepared ZnO/MMT nanocomposite was examined for the photocatalytic ozonation of Disperse Red 54 (DR54) and the highest decolorization efficiency (88.75{\%} after 60 min of reaction time) was the result for the mentioned process compared to adsorption, single ozonation, catalytic ozonation, and photolysis. The influence of various operational parameters including initial dye concentration, catalyst concentration, …