Comparative study on efficiency of surface enhanced coal fly ash and raw coal fly ash for the removal of hazardous dyes in wastewater: optimization through response surface methodology
Haris Nadeem, Faisal Jamil, Muhammad Adnan Iqbal, Wen‐Nee Tan, Muhammad Kashif, Ahmad H. Ibrahim, Sawsan S. Al-Rawi, Sami Ullah Zia, Umar Sohail Shoukat, Rimsha Kanwal, Farhan Ahmad, Sabha Khalid, Muhammad Tjammal Rehman
Abstract
Surface enhanced coal fly ash (SECFA) has been prepared using acid–base treatment which showed 97.52% dye removal while raw coal fly ash (RCFA) removed only 81.52% dye from wastewater at given conditions.
Topics & Concepts
Fly ashResponse surface methodologyHazardous wasteCoalRaw materialWaste managementWastewaterEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental engineeringChemistryEngineeringChromatographyOrganic chemistryRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials productionAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalCoal and Its By-products