TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of agriculture wastes based activated carbon for removal of hydrogen sulfide from petroleum refinery waste water
AU - Habeeb, Omar Abed
AU - Kanthasamy, Ramesh
AU - Saber, Shihab Ezzuldin M.
AU - Olalere, Olusegun Abayomi
N1 - Funding Information:
Omar Abed Habeeb gratefully acknowledges the North Refineries Company (NRC) top management for their support and the scholarship provided by Universiti Malaysia Pahang .
PY - 2019/11/5
Y1 - 2019/11/5
N2 - Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) (aq) is one of the most toxic pollutants in petroleum refinery waste water. It is very harmful to human health and causes environmental and economic problems. The removal of H2S (aq) from a simulated petroleum refinery waste water using activated carbons produced from agricultural by-product such as, coconut shell (CNS), palm kernel shell (PKS), and wood sawdust (WSD) were investigated. The activated carbons obtained from the CNS, PKS, and WSD were chemically activated using KOH. The prepared ACs was characterized using SEM/EDX, FTIR, BET, and TGA. Comparative studies between all the three adsorbents for the removal of H2S (aq) from the simulated waste water were carried out. The adsorption studies revealed that modified PKS-based activated carbon (ACPKS) has shown best performance for the removal of H2S (aq). It can be concluded that ACPKS has an effective adsorbent for the removal of H2S (aq) from simulated waste water.
AB - Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) (aq) is one of the most toxic pollutants in petroleum refinery waste water. It is very harmful to human health and causes environmental and economic problems. The removal of H2S (aq) from a simulated petroleum refinery waste water using activated carbons produced from agricultural by-product such as, coconut shell (CNS), palm kernel shell (PKS), and wood sawdust (WSD) were investigated. The activated carbons obtained from the CNS, PKS, and WSD were chemically activated using KOH. The prepared ACs was characterized using SEM/EDX, FTIR, BET, and TGA. Comparative studies between all the three adsorbents for the removal of H2S (aq) from the simulated waste water were carried out. The adsorption studies revealed that modified PKS-based activated carbon (ACPKS) has shown best performance for the removal of H2S (aq). It can be concluded that ACPKS has an effective adsorbent for the removal of H2S (aq) from simulated waste water.
KW - Activated carbon
KW - Adsorption
KW - Characterization
KW - Hydrogen sulfide
KW - Waste water treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.09.194
DO - 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.09.194
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85080026851
SN - 2214-7853
VL - 20
SP - 588
EP - 594
JO - Materials Today: Proceedings
JF - Materials Today: Proceedings
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Materials Engineering and Science, IConMEAS 2019
Y2 - 25 September 2019 through 26 September 2019
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