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An Excellent Alternative to Industrial Activated Carbons for the Purification of Textile Water Elaborated from Waste Coffee Grounds

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In the world, the pollution of our environment is a global phenomenon, caused by the increase of industrial effluents discharged into the atmosphere. Moreover, the textile industry, containing a lot of dye, produces troubles, most of which are toxic and non-degradable substances. Therefore, low-cost processes are used to remove these substances, such as adsorption processes. The aim of this research is to study the adsorption of methylene blue dye on powdered activated carbon prepared from spent coffee grounds, in an attempt to prove its potential as a lower cost adsorbent in the treatment of dyed water. Adsorption experiments suggested that the time to equilibrium was influenced by the initial concentration of the dye. Therefore, equilibrium is reached after 10, 20 and 30 min respectively, for methylene blue solutions at 15, 30 and 50 mg/L at pH 5.8. The whole results of the adsorption of methylene blue dye on activated carbon powder are described pseudo-second-order kinetics. The adsorption data were modeled by Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin–Radushkevich adsorption isotherms. The thermodynamic parameters of the adsorbent/adsorbate system under study reveal that the adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic in character.

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    Dounia Azzouni, El Mokhtar Saoudi Hassani, Zakia Rais & Mustapha Taleb

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Azzouni, D., Saoudi Hassani, E.M., Rais, Z. et al. An Excellent Alternative to Industrial Activated Carbons for the Purification of Textile Water Elaborated from Waste Coffee Grounds. Int J Environ Res 16, 89 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-022-00477-8

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