Journal: Environmental Contaminants Reviews (ECR)
Author: Ijanu Emmanuel Madu, Muhammad Idris, Adeniyi Olarewaju Adeleye, Afeez Oladeji Amoo Ahijo Tukur Mohammed, and Yakubu Sani Salihu

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Doi:10.26480/ecr.02.2024.58.60

ABSTRACT

High concentrations of Lead ions (Pb2+) in wastewater effluent can be detrimental to health and the environment. The objective of this research is to investigate the potential of sugarcane bagasse, for the removal of lead ions from synthetic wastewater. Adsorption studies were conducted using the batch technique. The effect of varying contact time was examined and the optimum absorption was recorded at 30 minutes with 72.89 % removal efficiency. The effect of adsorbent was investigated by exposing adsorbents of varying dosages of the media. Where 3g of sugar cane bagasse was found to be optimum absorption with 77.113 % removal efficiency. The effect of the size of the adsorbent dosage was investigated by exposing adsorbents to varying mesh sizes. The optimum absorption was found at 2mm size with 88.89 % removal efficiency. The effect of shaking speed on the removal of Pb2+ by sugarcane bagasse was investigated by exposing the adsorbent to varying shaking rates. The optimum absorption of 88.96 % efficiency was attained at 60 rpm. It was concluded that the adsorption of Pb2+ using clean sugarcane bagasse is a viable and environmentally friendly means of treating polluted wastewater.

KEYWORDS
sugarcane bagasse, adsorption, batch experiment, lead ion