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Removal of Residual Oils from Palm Oil Mill Effluent by Adsorption on Natural Zeolite

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The adsorption of residue oil from palm oil mill effluent using natural zeolite was investigated in this study. The adsorption was performed in batch mode, and the effect of different operational parameters such as pH, dose of adsorbent, stirring rate, contact time and initial oil concentration were explored. It was found that the pH plays a major role in the adsorption process. Isotherm data best fitted with the Freundlich model, and kinetic data followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The results obtained demonstrated that the oil removal efficiencies by natural zeolite were up to 70 % at a pH of 3.0 and 50 min of contact time. The adsorbent material also has been characterised by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. A. Shavandi, Z. Haddadian, M. H. S. Ismail, N. Abdullah & Z. Z. Abidin

  2. Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. H. S. Ismail & Z. Z. Abidin

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Shavandi, M.A., Haddadian, Z., Ismail, M.H.S. et al. Removal of Residual Oils from Palm Oil Mill Effluent by Adsorption on Natural Zeolite. Water Air Soil Pollut 223, 4017–4027 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1169-6

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