Efficient Removal of Phenol from Water Samples Using Sugarcane Bagasse Based Activated Carbon

Removal of phenol and chlorine from wastewater using steam activated biomass soot and tire carbon black

“…In contrast, the present results also showed that the differences in initial phenol and chlorine concentrations did not affect the filter performance, probably due to the low concentrations selected in this study. The higher concentrations of phenol (> 3000 µg l −1 ) might affect the filter efficiency using biochar as a sorbent based on the previous studies [2,24].…”

“…The differences in filtration efficiency of soot and tire carbon black samples activated for 10 or 40 min were significant and were attributed to feedstock differences. The long steam activation led to an increase in surface area of carbon samples and formation of new macropores in the surface due to the high diffusion rate of steam molecules into the carbon particle interior [2]. The rate of pore structure formation exceeded that of pore destruction due to the pore enlargement and 26 collapse at the earlier activation stage (10 min) and vice versa at the later steam activation stage (40 min) [60].…”

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and phenols are considered to be priority organic pollutants since they can harm humans and aquatic life at low concentrations [2][3][4][5]. Safe drinking water is vital for human consumption and thus, requires disinfection using chlorine that can react with the organic matter to form toxic products [6,7].…”

“…coagulation, filtration, precipitation, etc. have been used for the removal of organic pollutants and chlorine from polluted drinking water and wastewater [2,[11][12][13][14][15]. Filtration using solid activated sorbents is the most efficient method for the removal of organic contaminants and chlorine in drinking water and wastewater [16][17][18][19].…”

“…The activated carbons are characterized by a large specific surface area, well-developed porosity and tunable surface-containing functional groups. However, commercial activated carbons are very costly [2]. Locally available carbon materials such as biomass, agricultural and industrial wastes can be used as low-cost and environmentally friendly sorbents [25].…”