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Insight into biosorptive uptake of fluoride by chemically activated biochar: experimental modeling and parametric optimization

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The present study aims to introduce a proficient and inexpensive adsorbent for eliminating fluoride from an aqueous medium. The defluoridation process was carried out by activated carbon derived from mango kernel (MKA), which is naturally available bio-waste. The adsorption process was first modeled by an artificial neural network (ANN) and then optimized through a genetic algorithm (GA). The concentration profile was also validated by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Impacts of input parameters viz. contact duration, pH, temperature, adsorbent dose, and initial concentration on percent removal were observed. Surface morphologies, active surface area, presence of functional groups, etc. of MKA were characterized using BET, SEM, EDX, and FTIR, respectively. The engineered sorbent confirms excellent performance towards expulsion of fluoride ions with above 99% removal at an initial concentration of 9 mg/L, MKA dose of 0.3 g/L, temperature 25 °C, pH 5, and contact time of 18 h. The adsorption process was proved to be thermodynamically spontaneous and obeys pseudo-2nd-order kinetic and Freundlich isotherm model. Therefore, it can be concluded that MKA could be a promising precursor for developing adsorbents on the way to fluoride decontamination in an aqueous solution.

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Authors convey their gratitude to Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal and University of Calcutta, West Bengal for extending technical facilities.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, 713209, West Bengal, India

    Shraboni Mukherjee, Somnath Chowdhury & Gopinath Halder

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

    Biswajit Kamila, Sayanta Paul & Baisakhi Hazra

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Raj Kumar Arya

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India

    Sanghamitra Barman

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Conceptualization: Shraboni Mukherjee; investigation: Sayanta Paul; data curation: Baisakhi Hazra; writing—original draft preparation: Biswajit Kamila; formal analysis and validation: Somnath Chowdhury; writing—reviewing and editing: Raj Kumar Arya, Sanghamitra Barman and Gopinath Halder.

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Mukherjee, S., Kamila, B., Paul, S. et al. Insight into biosorptive uptake of fluoride by chemically activated biochar: experimental modeling and parametric optimization. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 16753–16764 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-02200-7

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