Dissolved Solids Removal from Water by Reed and Sugarcane Straw Activated Carbon

Abstract

In this study, activated carbons of reed and sugarcane sawdust are used as adsorbents to remove dissolved solids from water. The objective of this research work were to various evaluate the effects of adsorbent type, amount and total dissolved concentration on the sorption capacity, sorption properties and removal efficiency of the two used adsorbents. Results of the study indicated that optimum value of sorbent was 1600 mg/l and maximum removal of TDS belongs to the sugarcane sawdust activated carbon with 75 removal percentage. The removal percentage of TDS from water by sugarcane sawdust and reed carbons, are 63 and 57 respectively. Because the materials for preparing activated carbon of sugarcane sawdust are cheep and it has high removal efficiency for TDS as a result it could be concluded that sugarcane sawdust activated carbon would be good replacement for activated carbon.

Keywords

• activated carbon
• physical activation
• reed
• sugarcane sawdust