Application of Sayong Ball Clay Membrane Filtration for Ni (II) Removal from Industrial Wastewater

Abstract

Wastewater containing heavy metals, such as nickel ions (Ni 2+), discharged from industry to water streams poses a serious threat because even at low concentrations, it does not naturally degrade and is toxic to human and aquatic life. This article reviews a novel technique for wastewater treatment using a Sayong ball clay (SBC) membrane to remove nickel from industrial wastewater. SBC powder was achieved through milling using a planetary ball mill (milling time; 10, 20 and 30 h), further labelled as SBC 10, SBC 20 and SBC 30, with a ball-to-powder of ratio 7:1 and rotation speed of 300 rpm. The physical characteristics of the apparent porosities, bulk density and shrinkage were investigated. XRD was used to study the phase, while FESEM was used to analyse the microstructure of the fired membrane. The FESEM microstructure indicates a decreased particle size (SB30). Filtration was conducted using a dead-end filtration system. The fabricated SBC 10, 20 and 30 membranes showed significant removal of nickel from industrial wastewater-88.87%, 82.96% and 85.13%, respectively. This study revealed that the SBC membrane is a promising membrane to remove nickel from industrial wastewater. The results also indicate the possibility of highlighting the introduced technique as a new technique for the treatment of industrial wastewater. As a new trend for waste management, pollution prevention could be applied in Malaysia as one of the advanced biotechnologies to solve various environmental problems.

Review on natural clay ceramic membrane: Fabrication and application in water and wastewater treatment

“…The successful of ceramic membrane in many industrial applications, such as the application of microfiltration in the bacteria removal from food and dairy products (Tomasula et al, 2011), juice clarification (Nandi et al, 2009), hot gas filtration (Li et al, 2011) and the filtration of fermentation broths in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical applications (Waszak and Gryta, 2016) nowadays, attracts much attention in the membrane technology development. Also, ceramic membrane has become a great interest to be the alternative treatment of the wastewater included, pollution treatment from industrial area; separation of oily wastewater (Madaeni et al, 2012;Fazullin et al, 2015), removal of heavy metal content in industrial effluent (Noor et al, 2017) and treatment of textile mill (Barredo-Damas et al, 2012). Table 5 summarizes some applications of ceramic membrane in the water and wastewater treatment based on type of membrane, commercial or fabricated membrane and main material used either natural or commercial clay.…”

“…Several studies investigating the ceramic membrane have been carried out on the application of industrial wastewater (Noor et al, 2017;Ebrahimi et al, 2016;Almandoz et al, 2015). A recent study by Noor et al (2017) elaborated the ceramic membrane filtration based on Sayong ball clay which is obtained from Sayong District in Perak State, Malaysia, for nickel removal from industrial wastewater. Around 82 % to 89 % of nickel was efficiently rejected.…”

Ability of Humic Acid in the Absorption of Heavy Metal Content of Lead and Iron in Fish Culture Media

“…In general, heavy metals can kill fish and accumulate in the fish body through the skin surface and biomagnification. Fish that accumulate heavy metals when consumed will inhibit enzymatic processes (Ismail & Moustafa, 2016; E.. Prasetiyono & Syaputra, 2018), damage the central nervous system, kidneys, liver, and reproductive system (Noor et al, 2019). In water that has a low pH, fish will experience damage to the gills, skin and eyes (Becker et al, 2015).…”

“…Minimizing heavy metals can be done by membrane filtration, electrodialysis, chemical precipitation, exchange, ions, and adsorbs (Ahalya et al, 2003;Ismail & Moustafa, 2016;Kiswanto, Susanto, et al, 2020;Kiswanto et al, 2021). Heavy metal removal can also be done by coagulation, fluctuation, flotation, electrochemical treatment, ion chelating (Noor et al, 2019). In this study, heavy metal reduction using humic acid will be utilized.…”

Métodos físicos e químicos para o tratamento de efluentes

“…O lançamento de efluentes sem tratamento adequado ou parcialmente tratado, em corpos receptores, representa uma potencial fonte de contaminação ambiental, pois estas águas residuárias podem conter elevada carga orgânica e nutrientes, hidrocarbonetos, metais pesados e compostos traços, potencializando processos de eutrofização e problemas de ordem sanitária, ambiental e econômica (Marcogliese et al, 2015;Regan, 2016;Uslu et al, 2016;Ben et al, 2017;Edokpayi et al, 2017;Noor et al, 2017). O tratamento primário e secundário de efluentes é capaz de eliminar em torno de 90% a 99,9% dos microrganismos entéricos.…”