1.
Jyoti Kapil Nagwanshi
– Rungta College Of Engineering And Technology Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India
2.
Manisha A. Agrawal
– Rungta College Of Engineering And Technology Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India
Abstract
An eco-friendly and chemical free procedure for removing surfactant sodium do-decylsulphate (SDS), an anionic surfactant (AS) from contaminated water has been discussed in the present investigation. Experiments have performed on three different adsorbent beds of carbonized orange peel-non-activated adsorbent bed, alkali activated adsorbent bed and acid activated adsorbent bed. Efficiency of activated adsorbent bed for the removal of SDS and study of adsorption isotherms are accomplished by pH, conductivity, spectrophotometric and surface tension methods. Experiments have implemented by altering initial concentration, shaking time and adsorbent bed dosages and adsorption behavior is analyzed with Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption isotherms. Results show that the alkali activated adsorbent bed of orange peel enhances the removal efficiency of SDS from contaminated water as compared to acid activated and non-activated adsorbent bed.
Keywords Adsorption, Adsorbent bed, Adsorption isotherm, Anionic surfactant, Sodium do-decylsulphate
