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Anthracene Removal by Adsorption and Fenton’s Process – A Comparative Study


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1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Physics, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
     

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), group of structurally related chemicals consisting of aromatic rings with no substitutions form a potent class of environmental pollutants. Removal of PAHs is necessary because it causes carcinogenic and mutagenic effects. Adsorption and Fenton’s process is chosen among all the other methods. Among the various adsorbents, palm shell activated carbon gave the best adsorption. But comparatively the efficiency of Fenton’s process is better than adsorption. Optimization of parameters such as temperature, time and dosage, concentration, pH are reported.

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Anthracene, Adsorption, Fenton’s Process, Palm Shell.
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Authors

J. Aravind Kumar
Department of Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
D. Joshua Amarnath
Department of Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
D. Venkatesan
Department of Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India
K. Vijai Anand
Department of Physics, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), group of structurally related chemicals consisting of aromatic rings with no substitutions form a potent class of environmental pollutants. Removal of PAHs is necessary because it causes carcinogenic and mutagenic effects. Adsorption and Fenton’s process is chosen among all the other methods. Among the various adsorbents, palm shell activated carbon gave the best adsorption. But comparatively the efficiency of Fenton’s process is better than adsorption. Optimization of parameters such as temperature, time and dosage, concentration, pH are reported.

Keywords


Anthracene, Adsorption, Fenton’s Process, Palm Shell.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jsst%2F2018%2F20074