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Utilization of Rice and Sugarcane Ashes in Wastewater Treatment: A Case Study for Pesticide Removal from Aqueous Solution

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Biorefinery: A Sustainable Approach for the Production of Biomaterials, Biochemicals and Biofuels

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Rice and sugarcane are two important food materials used on large scale throughout the world. These food materials are produced in many countries to meet the requirement of the world population. The processing of rice and sugarcane crops in the rice mill and sugar industry generates a huge quantity of biomass mass, namely, rice husk and sugarcane bagasse, respectively. These industries have started the utilization of the above biomass as solid fuel in boilers to make the process more profitable. While utilizing the waste biomass to solve the disposal problem, the new waste in the form of biomass ash such as rice husk ash (RHA) and bagasse fly ash (BFA) is generated in million tonnes. Therefore, the RHA and BFA are being applied in different areas to prepare variable products.

These biomass ashes (RHA and BFA) are utilized in the construction industry due to their pozzolanic properties. Another important application is in the preparation of silica-based catalyst, activated carbon, in chemical reactions and adsorption process. Along with metal oxides, RHA predominantly contains silica, whereas BFA contains carbon. Both the ashes possess good properties of adsorbent; therefore, these ashes are applied as adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, and other chemicals from wastewater. The high-purity silica obtained from rice husk ash is used for the development of catalyst which has shown very fast adsorption with high adsorption capacity for dyes such as brilliant green. The activated carbon produced from BFA is successfully applied as adsorbent for phenol removal. In addition to these, the metals such as zinc, nickel, cadmium, lead copper, and chromium and dyes such as malachite green, methyl violet, indigo carmine, methylene blue, congo red, and orange red are removed from water and wastewater. Further, the adsorption capacities (mg/m2) of RHA and BFA for herbicides such as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2-methyl 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid, diuron, and paraquat are found greater than the previously used some of the adsorbents.

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Abbreviations

BFA:

Bagasse fly ash

BG:

Brilliant green

BMA:

Biomass ash

EL:

Elovich

HPLC:

High-performance liquid chromatography

IPD:

Intraparticle diffusion

LDH:

Layered double hydroxide

PFO:

Pseudo-first-order

PSO:

Pseudo-second order

RHA:

Rice husk ash

RHS:

Rice husk silica

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Deokar, S.K., Pathak, P.D. (2023). Utilization of Rice and Sugarcane Ashes in Wastewater Treatment: A Case Study for Pesticide Removal from Aqueous Solution. In: Pathak, P.D., Mandavgane, S.A. (eds) Biorefinery: A Sustainable Approach for the Production of Biomaterials, Biochemicals and Biofuels. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7481-6_8

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