Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata

This work was focused at investigating the improvement of the heavy metal removal process produced by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata for the treatment of wastewater. The bio-sorption of chromium (Cr) by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata signifies one of the key alternatives for heavy...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak, Zularisam, A. W., M. I. M., Said, S., Sulaiman, Siddique, Md. Nurul Islam
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	AENSI 2015
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling	ump-80382018-01-16T05:55:53Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8038/ Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak Zularisam, A. W. M. I. M., Said S., Sulaiman Siddique, Md. Nurul Islam TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This work was focused at investigating the improvement of the heavy metal removal process produced by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata for the treatment of wastewater. The bio-sorption of chromium (Cr) by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata signifies one of the key alternatives for heavy metal removal. The application of Lepironia articulate as bio-absorber of heavy metal hasn’t been studied yet. The bio-sorption of chromium (Cr) by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata near to Taman Anggerik, Kedah, Malaysia, was examined in wastewater contaminated with 4, 8, 12 and 16 mg l -1 of Cr. chromium concentrations were analysed in the wastewater regularly and in aquatic plant biomass after the experiments. The results revealed that maintaining pH at 6.1 ± 0.1, temperature at 22 ± 1 ºC and photoperiod at 12 h/j Lepironia articulata was capable of accumulating in its biomass 3, 15, 24 and 25 mg g -1 DM, for the four preliminary Cr concentrations selected. At the selected Cr concentrations, the heavy metal removal ranged between 62.45– 72.84%. The mass balance analysis carried out during the experiment revealed that approximately 40–63% of Cr (based on the preliminary Cr concentrations in wastewater) was eliminated through precipitation process. Thus, bio-sorption of Cr using aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata may bring a major point of improvement of the conventional wastewater treatment process. AENSI 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8038/1/fkasa-2015-Bio-sorption%20of%20Chromium%20YWP%202015.pdf Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak and Zularisam, A. W. and M. I. M., Said and S., Sulaiman and Siddique, Md. Nurul Islam (2015) Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata. In: IWA Malaysia Young Water Professionals Conference, 17-20 March 2015 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp. 1-13.. ISSN 1995-0756(Print); 1998-1066(Online) (Unpublished) DOI: 10.1002/ep.12057
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spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak Zularisam, A. W. M. I. M., Said S., Sulaiman Siddique, Md. Nurul Islam Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata
description	This work was focused at investigating the improvement of the heavy metal removal process produced by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata for the treatment of wastewater. The bio-sorption of chromium (Cr) by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata signifies one of the key alternatives for heavy metal removal. The application of Lepironia articulate as bio-absorber of heavy metal hasn’t been studied yet. The bio-sorption of chromium (Cr) by the aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata near to Taman Anggerik, Kedah, Malaysia, was examined in wastewater contaminated with 4, 8, 12 and 16 mg l -1 of Cr. chromium concentrations were analysed in the wastewater regularly and in aquatic plant biomass after the experiments. The results revealed that maintaining pH at 6.1 ± 0.1, temperature at 22 ± 1 ºC and photoperiod at 12 h/j Lepironia articulata was capable of accumulating in its biomass 3, 15, 24 and 25 mg g -1 DM, for the four preliminary Cr concentrations selected. At the selected Cr concentrations, the heavy metal removal ranged between 62.45– 72.84%. The mass balance analysis carried out during the experiment revealed that approximately 40–63% of Cr (based on the preliminary Cr concentrations in wastewater) was eliminated through precipitation process. Thus, bio-sorption of Cr using aquatic plant, Lepironia articulata may bring a major point of improvement of the conventional wastewater treatment process.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak Zularisam, A. W. M. I. M., Said S., Sulaiman Siddique, Md. Nurul Islam
author_facet	Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak Zularisam, A. W. M. I. M., Said S., Sulaiman Siddique, Md. Nurul Islam
author_sort	Abdul Syukor, Abd Razak
title	Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata
title_short	Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata
title_full	Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata
title_fullStr	Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata
title_full_unstemmed	Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata
title_sort	bio-sorption of chromium using aquatic plant, lepironia articulata
publisher	AENSI
publishDate	2015
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Bio-sorption of Chromium using Aquatic Plant, Lepironia Articulata

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