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Activated carbon from Mukah coal for textile wastewater bioremediation treatment
Muhammad Mat Junoh1, Zaharah Ibrahim2, Farid Nasir Ani3.
Activated carbon is commonly used in water and wastewater treatment, removing
organics that cause unpleasant odors, tastes and other detrimental effects. In this
study, bioremediation treatment consists of biofilms of two types of microbes, i.e.
Bacillus sp and Escherichia sp are grown and immobilized on the Mukah coal
activated carbon from Sarawak. Prepared activated carbon was categorized by
different physical geometries design such as SGAC I, SGAC II, SGAC III, HCGAC I,
HCGAC II and HCGAC III. The target pollutants to be removed from the Ramatex
textile wastewater were BOD5, COD, TSS, color, phosphate, nitrate and sulfate.
Escherichia sp with SGAC I was found to give the best results for the bioremediation
process and the percentage of BOD5, color, COD, TSS, nitrate, sulfate and phosphate
removal were 71.4%, 91.1%, 96.4%, 98.8%, 80.3%, 90.3% and 60.3% respectively. The
results indicated that combination between physical and biological treatment was
the main factor for the best pollutants removal achievement.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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