Utilization of Peanut Shell Biomass for Effective Removal of Fluoride from Groundwater Using Pyrolytic Activated Carbon Synthesis | Chapter 4 | Novel Aspects on Chemistry and Biochemistry Vol. 2

 The injurious impacts of groundwater pollutants, particularly fluoride and nitrate, on human and animal health are widely recognised on a worldwide scale. The rural domains possess a important amount of agricultural waste biomass, that can be utilised to create porous biochar through easy, eco-friendly, and careful techniques. The current inspection was proposed  for the  utilisation of Peanut covering biomass to produce active carbons through a uncomplicated pyrolytic process. The alive carbons were then judged for their efficacy in adsorbing fluoride ions from groundwater samples got from the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, India. The result of amorphous absorbent activated element, or PSAC, was carried out through a pyrolytic process accompanying alkaline provocation and nitrogen flow, reaching a maximum hotness of 550°C. The resulting material shown a specific surface field of 479.569 m2/g and a micropore volume of 0.124 cm3/g. A range of spectrometric means, such as XRD, FTIR, SEM, EDX, BET, and pHzpc, were utilised to analyse and characterise the synthesised material. A study was attended to investigate differing adsorption parameters, adsorption isotherms, and energetic studies through a batch experiment. The study on adsorption displays that the PSAC demonstrated adept elimination of fluoride from a answer containing water, presenting a sorption capacity of 7.75 mg/gm and 80% influence in removal. The judgments of the study on adsorption isotherms indicate that the Freundlich isotherm was ultimate suitable model for the equilibrium study, as proved by a linear reversion value of 0.993. The energetic data were analysed to evaluate the applicability of the artificial-first and pseudo-second-order models, in addition to the intra-piece diffusion idea. The kinetics case revealed that the process of adsorption was regular with a fake-second order reaction. Consequently, it was expected that the investigation would improve and augment the financial exploitation of nut shell biomass for the purpose of water cleansing.

Author(s) Details:

Anurag Choudhary,
Department of Chemistry, JNV University, Jodhpur, India.

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