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Simultaneous Mitigation of Wastewater Pollutants Utilizing Greener Process

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

The utilization of Moringa Oleifera (MO) seed extract and blue-green algae allows us to develop an environmentally friendly (green) to purify wastewater and reduce its environmental risks. The primary aim of this study is to use the MO seeds and blue-green algae as a natural greener adsorbent to mitigate chemical and microbial pollutants from wastewater. Accordingly, water quality from the El-Rahawy drain was examined before and after the treatment using MO seed and MO & algae. MO seed displayed high removal efficacy in lessening and preventing inorganic and organic pollutants in El-Rahawy drain samples. Water turbidity was removed up to 80–92% from a concentration of 11-23 NTU and dissolved oxygen (DO) was improved by 58% from 0.1-4 mg/L. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD) were increased after the addition of the MO seed extract, whereas mixing the MO and algae reduced the increase done by the seed extract. Nevertheless, there was no significant alteration in pH, conductivity, salinity, and total dissolved solids after the treatment. Copper, barium, and iron were eliminated entirely, whereas aluminum, cobalt, lead, manganese, and coliforms were successfully removed by up to 90%. Adding algae to MO seeds generally enhances the efficiency of pollutant removal. In general, adding 0.3 g of algae to 70 ml of MO seed cake was adequate to eliminate impurities from the wastewater samples. Regeneration was also attempted for several cycles in order to return the sorbent to its original state by 0.05 M HNO3. The preliminary laboratory outcomes affirm the great potential of MO seed & algae for wastewater pre-treatment applications. Other research must be investigated on the residue of MO seed powder to appraise its suitability as an alternative protein source for animal husbandry.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.160384.6943

Keywords

Keywords:El-Rahawy Drain, Moringa Oleifera, Natural Adsorbent, Wastewater treatment

Authors

First Name

Belal

Last Name

Mahran

MiddleName

Nodhy

Affiliation

Organic chemistry Department, Central Laboratory for Environmental Quality Monitoring

Email

belal-nodhy@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

ElSayed

Last Name

ElSayed

MiddleName

ElBastamy

Affiliation

Inorganic Chemistry Department, Central Laboratory for Environmental Quality Monitoring (CLEQM)- National water research Center (NWRC)

Email

elsayed_elbastamy@nwrc.gov.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-4173-0611

First Name

Lubna

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Water Management Research Institute (WMRI), National Water Research Center (NWRC), Qalyubia, 13621, Egypt.

Email

lubnaibrahim43@gmail.com

City

Egypt

Orcid

0000-0001-6128-1668

Volume

65

Article Issue

13

Related Issue

37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-09-08

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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268,693

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Simultaneous Mitigation of Wastewater Pollutants Utilizing Greener Process

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22 Jan 2023