Journal
CLEANER ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.clet.2021.100198
Keywords
Chromium; Leptolyngbya boryana; Biosorption; Batch bioreactor; Plausible mechanism
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The present study utilized the cyanobacterial species, Leptolyngbya boryana, for hexavalent chromium removal from tannery effluent. A Box-Behnken design of experiments was employed to optimize the parameters for Cr (VI) removal, with the isolated cyanobacterial species showing potential for heavy metal removal. However, a slight decline in removal efficiency was observed at the batch bioreactor level.
The present study attempts to utilize the cyanobacterial species, Leptolyngbya boryana, isolated from tannery effluent contaminated site for hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) removal from the aqueous solution. The isolated Leptolyngbya boryana showed efficient Cr (VI) removal along with potential tolerance ability even at higher concentrations. A Box-Behnken design of experiments was employed for optimizing and evaluating the effect of various parameters onto Cr (VI) removal. During the adsorption process, effect of adsorbent dose, initial Cr (VI) concentration and temperature played the key role. Further, the experiments were up-scaled to bioreactor level with all the optimized parameters for Cr (VI) removal. Interestingly, at the batch bioreactor level a slight decline in the removal efficiency was observed. The cyanobacterial species depicted a good tolerance limit (750 mg/L) even at higher concentration of Cr (VI). The maximum removal of 96.6% was obtained via the isolated cyanobacterial species depicting its potential for the heavy metal removal from the wastewater.
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