Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue Dye
Water pollution caused by synthetic dyes, like methylene blue, is a threat to the existence of biogenic components of the environment. This study explores the use of raw cow dung (RCD) and treated (acid treatment) cow dung (TCD) as effective sorbents to remove methylene blue (MB) from wastewater. Th...
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| author | Abimbola Aina Ogundiran Olusegun Olafimihan Ogundiran Badeji Abosede Adejoke Ali El Gamal Talha Bin Emran Mohamed Hefnawy |
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| description | Water pollution caused by synthetic dyes, like methylene blue, is a threat to the existence of biogenic components of the environment. This study explores the use of raw cow dung (RCD) and treated (acid treatment) cow dung (TCD) as effective sorbents to remove methylene blue (MB) from wastewater. The optimal conditions for MB removal of 58.3% (RCD) and 86.6% (TCD) were determined as 300 mg/L initial dye concentration, 120 min for RCD, and 100 min for TCD contact time, 50 °C temperature, and pH 5.0. Maximum adsorption capacity of 47.8 mg/g and 64.26 mg/g were determined for RCD and TCD, respectively. Thermodynamic parameter of enthalpy change (ΔH° = 9.32 kJ/mol for RCD and 6.40 kJ/mol for TCD) indicated an endothermic process. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) identified functional groups, such as OH, -NH₂, C=O, and C-O, as being responsible for the uptake of the dye molecules. The study confirms that activated cow dung is a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to conventional adsorbents like activated carbon for dye removal. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-57e881cc8d774111a30340176ab3f4e52025-08-20T03:38:39ZengNorth Carolina State UniversityBioResources1930-21262025-06-01203681568362963Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue DyeAbimbola Aina Ogundiran0Olusegun Olafimihan Ogundiran1Badeji Abosede Adejoke2Ali El Gamal3Talha Bin Emran4Mohamed Hefnawy5Department of Chemical Sciences, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Chemistry, Sikiru Adetona College of Education, Science and Technology, Ije-Omu, Ogun StateDepartment of Chemical Sciences, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA; Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Life Science, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1207, BangladeshDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaWater pollution caused by synthetic dyes, like methylene blue, is a threat to the existence of biogenic components of the environment. This study explores the use of raw cow dung (RCD) and treated (acid treatment) cow dung (TCD) as effective sorbents to remove methylene blue (MB) from wastewater. The optimal conditions for MB removal of 58.3% (RCD) and 86.6% (TCD) were determined as 300 mg/L initial dye concentration, 120 min for RCD, and 100 min for TCD contact time, 50 °C temperature, and pH 5.0. Maximum adsorption capacity of 47.8 mg/g and 64.26 mg/g were determined for RCD and TCD, respectively. Thermodynamic parameter of enthalpy change (ΔH° = 9.32 kJ/mol for RCD and 6.40 kJ/mol for TCD) indicated an endothermic process. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) identified functional groups, such as OH, -NH₂, C=O, and C-O, as being responsible for the uptake of the dye molecules. The study confirms that activated cow dung is a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to conventional adsorbents like activated carbon for dye removal.https://ojs.bioresources.com/index.php/BRJ/article/view/24654adsorptioncow dungkineticsmethylene bluethermodynamics |
| spellingShingle | Abimbola Aina Ogundiran Olusegun Olafimihan Ogundiran Badeji Abosede Adejoke Ali El Gamal Talha Bin Emran Mohamed Hefnawy Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue Dye BioResources adsorption cow dung kinetics methylene blue thermodynamics |
| title | Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue Dye |
| title_full | Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue Dye |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue Dye |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue Dye |
| title_short | Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Raw and Activated Cow Dung for the Sorption of Methylene Blue Dye |
| title_sort | sustainable wastewater treatment raw and activated cow dung for the sorption of methylene blue dye |
| topic | adsorption cow dung kinetics methylene blue thermodynamics |
| url | https://ojs.bioresources.com/index.php/BRJ/article/view/24654 |
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