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AUTHOR
M. Azzi
Separation of motor oils, oily wastes and hydrocarbons from contaminated water by sorption on chrome shavings
In this paper, the ability of chrome shavings to remove motor oils, oily wastes and hydrocarbons from water has been studied. To determine amount of hydrocarbons sorbed on tanned wastes, a FT-NIR methodology was used and a multivariate calibration based on partial least squares (PLS) was employed for data treatment. The light density, porous tanned waste granules float on the surface of water and remove hydrocarbons and oil films. Wastes fibers from tannery industry have high sorption capacity. These tanned solid wastes are capable of absorbing many times their weight in oil or hydrocarbons (6.5-7.6g of oil and 6.3g of hydrocarbons per gram of chrome shavings). The removal efficiency of the…
Removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewaters by bone charcoal
The adsorption of hexavalent chromium onto bone charcoal was studied as a function of time, amount of charcoal, pH, concentration of chromium and sample volume. The cross interference with other elements was also investigated. Tests were carried out with solutions of chromium(VI) at concentrations between 5 and 25 mg · L–1. Chromium removal efficiencies higher than 90% were achieved at pH = 1 using 2 g of bone charcoal and a stirring time in the order of 30 min. Acid and alkaline pretreatments of bone charcoal did not improve the sorption capacity of bone charcoal against Cr(VI). The presence of other ions had practically no influence on the chromium removal. The presence of a matrix of tan…
Utilisation de dérayures de cuir tanné au chrome pour la décontamination des eaux polluées par les colorants et les huiles
Abstract Les dérayures du cuir ont montré une grande capacité d'adsorption des colorants organiques directs. La capacité maximale de rétention est de 333,3 mg/g et de 312,5 mg/g respectivement pour les colorants DR75 et DR80. Un pH acide et une température de l'ordre de 50°C sont favorables à la décoloration. Les essais ont révélé la faisabilité de la décontamination d'un rejet de textile par les dérayures. Le taux d'épuration peut dépasser 90 p.100 dans des conditions précises de pH et de température. Les dérayures brutes et saturées par le colorant DR80 ont montré également une grande capacité d'absorption des huiles (5 à 6,5 g/g). En milieu aqueux, ces déchets fibreux réagissent fortemen…
Removal of trivalent chromium from tannery waste waters using bone charcoal
International audience; The ability of bone charcoal to remove Cr(III) from aqueous solutions by adsorption has been investigated. The adsorbent used was first characterised and then the adsorption was studied as a function of time and amount of charcoal. Tests were carried out with synthetic solutions whose Cr concentrations (500 mg L-1) were similar to those found in some effluents of Moroccan tannery industries. Cr removal efficiencies higher than 90% were obtained at pH 3.5 using 3 g of bone charcoal and a stirring time of about 30 min. Results of Cr removal by all sieved fractions of bone charcoal had shown the same interesting capabilities for Cr(III) retention. The cross interference…