Optimized Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution using a Commercial Natural Activated Plant-Based Carbon and Taguchi Experimental Design

References

• Al-Qodah, Z., and R. Shawabkah, 2009. Production and characterization of granular activated carbon from activated sludge. Braz. J. Chem. Eng. 26:127–36. doi:10.1590/s0104-66322009000100012.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aljeboree, A. M., A. N. Alshirifi, and A. F. Alkaim. 2017. Kinetics and equilibrium study for the adsorption of textile dyes on coconut shell activated carbon. Arab. J. Chem. 10:S3381–93. doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2014.01.020
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Asfaram, A., M. Ghaedi, G. R. Ghezelbash, and F. Pepe. 2017. Application of experimental design and derivative spectrophotometry methods in optimization and analysis of biosorption of binary mixtures of basic dyes from aqueous solutions. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 139:219–27. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.01.043
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anisuzzaman, S. M., C. G. Joseph, Y. H. Taufiq-Yap, D. Krishnaiah, and V. V. Tay. 2015. Modification of commercial activated carbon for the removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol from simulated wastewater. J. King Saud Univ., Sci. 27:318–30. doi:10.1016/j.jksus.2015.01.002
   Google Scholar
• Aysu, T., and M. M. Küçük. 2015. Removal of crystal violet and methylene blue from aqueous solutions by activated carbon prepared from Ferula orientalis. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 12:2273–84. doi:10.1007/s13762-014-0623-y
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Banerjee, S., and M. C. Chattopadhyaya. 2017. Adsorption characteristics for the removal of a toxic dye, tartrazine from aqueous solutions by a low cost agricultural by-product. Arab. J. Chem. 10:S1629–38. doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.06.005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ben-Gal, I. 2005. On the use of data compression measures to analyze robust designs. IEEE Trans. Reliab. 54:381–88. doi:10.1109/tr.2005.853280
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bulut, Y., and H. Aydın. 2006. A kinetics and thermodynamics study of methylene blue adsorption on wheat shells. Desalination 194:259–67. doi:10.1016/j.desal.2005.10.032
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deniz, F. 2013. Optimization of biosorption conditions for color removal by Taguchi DOE methodology. Environ. Prog. Sustainable Energy 32:1129–33. doi:10.1002/ep.11740
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deniz, F. 2014. Optimization of biosorptive removal of dye from aqueous system by cone shell of Calabrian pine. Sci. World J. 2014:1–10. doi:10.1155/2014/138986
   Google Scholar
• Deniz, F., and S. Karaman. 2011. Removal of basic red 46 dye from aqueous solution by pine tree leaves. Chem. Eng. J. 170:67–74. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.029
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deniz, F., and R. A. Kepekci, 2017. Biosorption of food green 3 by a novel green generation composite biosorbent from aqueous environment. Int. J. Phytorem. 19:579–86. doi:10.1080/15226514.2016.1267707
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dubinin, M. M. 1960. The potential theory of adsorption of gases and vapors for adsorbents with energetically non-uniform surface. Chem. Rev. 60:235–41. doi:10.1021/cr60204a006
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ekpete, O. A., A. C. Marcus, and V. Osi. 2017. Preparation and characterization of activated carbon obtained from plantain (Musa paradisiaca) fruit stem. J. Chem. 8635615:1–6. doi:10.1155/2017/8635615
   Google Scholar
• Freundlich, H. M. F. 1906. Over the adsorption in solution. Z. Phys. Chem. 57A:385–470.
   Google Scholar
• Geçgel, Ü., G. Özcan, and G. Ç. Gürpınar. 2013. Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution by activated carbon prepared from pea shells (Pisum sativum). J. Chem. 614083:1–9. doi:10.1155/2013/614083
   Google Scholar
• Geçgel, Ü., B. Kocabıyık, and O. Üner. 2015. Adsorptive removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution by the activated carbon obtained from the fruit of Catalpa bignonioides. Water Air Soil Pollut. 226:238. doi:10.1007/s11270-015-2513-4
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ghaedi, M., S. Heidarpour, S. N. Kokhdan, R. Sahraie, A. Daneshfar, and B. Brazesh. 2012. Comparison of silver and palladium nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon for efficient removal of methylene blue: Kinetic and isotherm study of removal process. Powder Technol. 228:18–25. doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2012.04.030
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hajati, S., M. Ghaedi, and H. Mazaheri. 2016. Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution by walnut carbon: Optimization using response surface methodology. Desalin. Water Treat. 57:3179–93. doi: 10.1080/19443994.2014.981217
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hamdi, L., L. Boumehdi Toumi, Z. Salem, and K. Allia. 2015. Full factorial experimental design applied to methylene blue adsorption onto Alfa stems. Dsesalin. Water Treat. 57:6098–105. doi: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1029003
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kallel, F., F. Chaari, F. Bouaziz, F. Bettaieb, R. Ghorbel, and S. Ellouz Chaabouni. 2016. Sorption and desorption characteristics for the removal of a toxic dye, methylene blue from aqueous solution by a low cost agricultural by-product. J. Mol. Liq. 219:279–88. doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2016.03.024
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kushwaha, A. K., N. Gupta, and M. C. Chattopadhyaya. 2014. Removal of cationic methylene blue and malachite green dyes from aqueous solution by waste materials of Daucus carota. J. Saudi Chem. Soc. 18:200–207. doi:10.1016/j.jscs.2011.06.011
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Langmuir, I. 1916. The constitution and fundamental properties of solids and liquids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 38:2221–95. doi: 10.1021/ja02268a002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martins, A., and N. Nunes. 2015. Adsorption of a textile dye on commercial activated carbon: A simple experiment to explore the role of surface chemistry and ionic strength. J. Chem. Educ. 92:143–47. doi:10.1021/ed500055v
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mudyawabikwa, B., H. H. Mungondori, L. Tichagwa, and D. M. Katwire. 2017. Methylene blue removal using a low-cost activated carbon adsorbent from tobacco stems: Kinetic and equilibrium studies. Water Sci. Technol. 75:2390–402. doi:10.2166/wst.2017.041
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Özbay, N., A. Ş. Yargiç, R. Z. Yarbay-Şahin, and E. Önal. 2013. Full factorial experimental design analysis of reactive dye removal by carbon adsorption. J. Chem. 2013:1–13. doi:10.1155/2013/234904
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pathania, D., S. Sharma, and P. Singh. 2017. Removal of methylene blue by adsorption onto activated carbon developed from Ficus carica bast. Arabian J. Chem. 10:S1445–51. doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.04.021
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Royer, B., E. C. Lima, N. F. Cardoso, T. Calvete, and R. E. Bruns. 2010. Statistical design of experiments for optimization of batch adsorption conditions for removal of reactive red 194 textile dye from aqueous effluents. Chem. Eng. Comm. 197:775–90. doi:10.1080/00986440903359004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shirani, M., A. Semnani, H. Haddadi, and S. Habibollahi. 2014. Optimization of simultaneous removal of methylene blue, crystal violet, and fuchsine from aqueous solutions by magnetic NaY zeolite composite. Water Air Soil Pollut. 225:205. doi:10.1007/s11270-014-2054-2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar