| Journal: | Quimica nova |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000313409 |
| ISSN: | 0100-4042 |
| Authors: | Santos, Elba Gomes dos1 Alsina, Odelsia Leonor Sanchez de Silva, Flávio Luiz Honorato da |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Campina Grande, Paraiba. Brasil |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Abr |
| Volumen: | 30 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 327-331 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, aplicado |
| English abstract | Removal of hydrocarbons from aqueous effluents using biosorbents was investigated. The effluent was simulated by a dispersion of gasoline (simple hydrocarbons) in water. Corn-cob, wood powder, coconut mesocarp and sugar-cane bagasse were used as adsorbents and their performance verified by means of batch experiments performed in an agitated vessel. The influence of input variables such as hydrocarbon concentration, mass of biomass and agitation level on the adsorbents' capacity was studied by means of factorial design. The results indicated that, among the materials studied, coconut mesocarp and sugar-cane bagasse can be considered promising biomasses for treating aqueous effluents contaminated by hydrocarbons |
| Disciplines: | Ingeniería, Química |
| Keyword: | Ingeniería ambiental, Tratamiento de efluentes, Petróleo, Hidrocarburos, Bioadsorción, Bagazo de caña |
| Keyword: | Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental engineering, Effluent treatment, Hydrocarbons, Petroleum, Biosorption, Sugar cane bagasse |
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