Low cost adsorbent for mitigation of water pollution caused by tannery effluents at Hazaribagh

Authors

  • A Mizan Institute of Leather Engineering & Technology University of Dhaka, 44-50, Hazaribagh, Dhaka-1209
  • FT Zohra Institute of Leather Engineering & Technology University of Dhaka, 44-50, Hazaribagh, Dhaka-1209
  • S Ahmed Institute of Leather Engineering & Technology University of Dhaka, 44-50, Hazaribagh, Dhaka-1209
  • M Nurnabi Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • MZ Alam Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v51i3.29433

Keywords:

Environmental pollution, Tannery effluent, Adsorbent, Activated carbon, COD.

Abstract

Tanneries at Hazaribagh use a large number of chemicals during processing and discharge their effluents to the river Buriganga without appropriate treatment and aggravate its pollution level. This study focuses on a plausible way for the abatement of pollution level of Buriganga river water using low cost adsorbent. Activated carbon prepared from coconut shell was used as a low cost adsorbent. The samples were collected from three different points of the river at three different layers from the surface of water. The collected samples were passed through the activated carbon and a remarkable amount of pollutants were found to be adsorbed. TSS, TDS, BOD5, COD and chromic oxide content of polluted water were reduced significantly.

Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 51(3), 215-220, 2016

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Published

2016-09-05

How to Cite

Mizan, A., Zohra, F., Ahmed, S., Nurnabi, M., & Alam, M. (2016). Low cost adsorbent for mitigation of water pollution caused by tannery effluents at Hazaribagh. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 51(3), 215–220. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v51i3.29433

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Vol. 51 No. 3 (2016)

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