Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 281, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130661
Keywords
Photocatalysis; Zinc oxide; Stabilizing agent; Response surface methodology; Techno-economic analysis
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- Ministry of Higher Learning Malaysia [FRGS/1/2020/WAB02/UTHM/03/1 (K337)]
- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [RSP-2020/266]
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This study investigated the use of biosynthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles from orange peels extract for the photocatalytic treatment of congo red dye wastewater. The optimal operating parameters were determined using response surface methodology, and a techno-economic analysis was conducted. The results showed that ZnO NPs had good degradation efficiency, moderate production cost, and potential application in dye wastewater treatment.
Textile industry is one of the most environmental unfriendly industrial processes due to the massive generation of colored wastewater contaminated with dyes and other chemical auxiliaries. These contaminants are known to have undesirable consequences to ecosystem. The present study investigated the best operating parameters for the removal of congo red (CR, as the model for dye wastewater) by orange peels extract biosynthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) via photocatalysis in an aqueous solution. The response surface methodology (RSM) with ZnO NPs loadings (0.05-0.20 g), pH (3.00-11.00), and initial CR concentration (5-20 ppm) were used for the optimization process. The applicability of ZnO NPs in the dye wastewater treatment was evaluated based on the techno-economic analysis (TEA). ZnO NPs exhibited hexagonal wurtzite structure with = C-H, C-O, -C-O-C, C=C, O-H as the main functional groups. The maximum degradation of CR was more than 96% with 0.171 g of ZnO NPs, at pH 6.43 and 5 ppm of CR and 90% of the R-2 coefficient. The specific cost of ZnO NPs production is USD 20.25 per kg. These findings indicated that the biosynthesized ZnO NPs with orange peels extract provides alternative method for treating dye wastewater.
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