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EVALUATION OF THE BIOSEQUESTERING POTENTIAL OF MICROALGA KIRCHNERIELLA CONTORTA IN THE REMOVAL OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION: BATCH AND CONTINUOUS FLOW FIXED-BED COLUMN BIOREACTOR STUDIES

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dc.contributor.author ASMA SAEED
dc.contributor.author MUHAMMAD IQBAL
dc.contributor.author KASHIF IQBAL SAHIBZADA
dc.contributor.author SHOUKAT PARVEZ
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-20T03:56:06Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-20T03:56:06Z
dc.date.issued 2012-06-22
dc.identifier.citation Asma, S., Muhammad, I., Sahibzada, K. I., & Shoukat, P. (2012). Evaluation of the biosequestering potential of microalga Kirchneriella contorta in the removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution: batch and continuos flow fixed-bed column bioreactor studies. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 44(3), 989-998. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2070-3368
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15321
dc.description.abstract In this study, the adsorption capacity of free and loofa sponge-entrapped microalga Kirchneriella contorta to remove Cr6+ from aqueous solution was investigated. This is the first reported study of biosorption by K. contorta. The effects of the experimental conditions, such as pH, initial Cr6+ concentration, sorbent-sorbate contact time, and quantity of sorbent mass, on Cr6+ removal efficiency were studied. The Cr6+ sorption on K. contorta was found to be highly pH dependent and the maximum uptake capacity was achieved at pH 1.0. The adsorption isotherms study showed the maximum sorption capacity of the loofa sponge-immobilized biomass of K. contorta (LIBKC) of 100.84 mg g-1, which was much higher than 80.61 mg g-1 of the free biomass of K. contorta (FBKC). The adsorption equilibrium data showed a better fit on the monolayer Langmuir adsorption isotherms model with the regression coefficient (r 2 ) greater than 0.99 for both FBKC and LIBKC. The rate of Cr6+ removal followed the pseudo second-order kinetics equation. The LIBKC on treatment with NaOH resulted in 97% Cr6+ recovery and its complete regeneration. The regenerated LIBKC was reused in five repeated cycles without appreciable loss of its metal sorption ability. The potential of LIBKC in a fixed-bed continuous flow column bioreactor for the sorption of Cr6+ from the metal contaminated water was also investigated. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society en_US
dc.title EVALUATION OF THE BIOSEQUESTERING POTENTIAL OF MICROALGA KIRCHNERIELLA CONTORTA IN THE REMOVAL OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION: BATCH AND CONTINUOUS FLOW FIXED-BED COLUMN BIOREACTOR STUDIES en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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