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Biosorption performance, combustion behavior, and leaching characteristics of olive solid waste during the removal of copper and nickel from aqueous solutions

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Several researchers have proved that agricultural by-products constitute good adsorbents for removing heavy metals from aqueous solution. However, few investigations have identified efficient strategies for the adsorbent′s regeneration. Hence, a global methodology for the removal of copper and nickel metals from wastewater including metal biosorption, thermal treatment and residual ash landfill is proposed. In order to validate this strategy, olive solid waste (OSW), provided by an olive oil mill from Tunisia, were used to remove copper and nickel on batch experiments. Copper and nickel were adsorbed on a monolayer of OSW surface with maximal adsorption capacity (q max) of 3.6 and 1.7 mg g−1, respectively. Contaminated OSW with copper and nickel were combusted at 850 °C in an electrical furnace. About 96 % of each metal was recovered in residual ashes that present a good secondary raw material for copper and nickel production. Low leaching transfers (≤4 %) were observed for copper and nickel from residual ashes leading to the possibility to be landfilled. Therefore, the suggested process can be used as an alternative to the classical technologies for effluent decontamination.

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  1. Unité de Recherche d’Etude des Milieux Ionisés et Réactifs, IPEIM (UR EMIR), Avenue Ibn El Jazzar, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia

    Ajmia Chouchene

  2. Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (UMR CNRS 7361), Université de Haute Alsace, 15 Rue Jean Starcky, 68057, Mulhouse Cedex, France

    Mejdi Jeguirim

  3. Laboratoire Gestion des Risques et Environnement, 3 bis rue Alfred Werner, 68093, Mulhouse Cedex, France

    Gwenaëlle Trouvé

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Chouchene, A., Jeguirim, M. & Trouvé, G. Biosorption performance, combustion behavior, and leaching characteristics of olive solid waste during the removal of copper and nickel from aqueous solutions. Clean Techn Environ Policy 16, 979–986 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-013-0680-9

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