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Removal of Arsenic Contamination from Gomti River Water by using Activated Charcoal Absorbent Integrated with Solar Distillation Unit

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2020.22423
Suresh Kumar Patel
Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Engineering & Technology Lucknow-226021, India
Dhananjay Singh
Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Engineering & Technology Lucknow-226021, India
Rahul Dev
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad-211004, India

Corresponding Author(s) : Dhananjay Singh

dsa768008@gmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 32 No. 3 (2020): Vol 32 Issue 3

Abstract

Arsenic is a ubiquitous and short-term poisoning element, which affects living things. In this study, the removal of arsenic from Gomti river water, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh integrated modified double slope solar still with activated adsorption bed has been applied. Arsenic contamination in Gomti river at five places were found in the river water in the range of 55.70 ppb to 681.60 ppb, which exceed the maximum permissible limit of 10 ppb as recommended by WHO. Maximum concentration of arsenic in water was found in Mohan Maekins (681.60 ppb). However, mean arsenic concentration in water followed the order: Gaughat (115.37 ppb) < Hanuman setu (297.80 ppb) < Barrage (302.62 ppb) < Kukrail (336.27 ppb) < Mohan Maekins (481.89 ppb). The amount of adsorbed arsenic was increased with increasing initial concentration of arsenic. The aim of this study is to develop a low-cost process for the removal of arsenic effectively including the production of potable water. After results, data were analyzed with ICP-MS method and also verified with Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherm models.

Keywords

Arsenic Gomti river Solar distillation Activated charcoal Adsorption Isotherms
Patel, S. K., Singh, D., & Dev, R. (2020). Removal of Arsenic Contamination from Gomti River Water by using Activated Charcoal Absorbent Integrated with Solar Distillation Unit. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 32(3), 550–554. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2020.22423
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