biosorption of copper from synthesized wastewater using agriculture waste (roasted date pits)

Research Article
Thamer.J.Mohammed*, Rana.A.Azeez and Tagreed .Lutffe
DOI: 
xxx-xxxx-xxx
Subject: 
Engineering
KeyWords: 
Bisorption, Removal copper, Agriculture waste
Abstract: 

Bioremediation of heavy metal pollution remains a major challenge in environmental biotechnology. The main objective of this study was to remove Cu++ from synthesized wastewater by biosorption using roasted date pits. In order to optimize the biosorption process, the effect of pH, shaking time and CuCl2.2H2O with different concentrations were investigated in batch system of adsorption. The results indicated that at pH=7 were favorable for copper removal .Characterization of roasted date pits was analysis through FTIR. The maximum removal efficiency of adsorption of copper ions on roasted date pits was 99.4%. The experimental data were best fitted with pseudo second –order kinetic model. Also, the equilibrium data were analyzed using the Langmuir and Fruendlich adsorption isotherm models and it was observed that the data were fitted very well to Langmuir adsorption isotherm models.