Studies on Teak Leaves (Tectona Grandis) as Low - Cost Adsorbent for the Treatment of Detergent Industrial Waste Water

Saravana Velan Rajendiren, Govindaradjane Soupramaniane, Pradeepkumar Sugumar

Abstract: The present study aims to reduce the contaminants, mainly phosphate present in detergent industrial wastewater by using indigenously available natural resources such as teak leaves (Tectona Grandis) as a low-cost adsorbent. The physical and chemical characteristics of teak leaves adsorbent were analyzed such as particle size, surface area, etc. Further, characteristics of detergent wastewater were also studied to find out the contaminants level. Herewith, the adsorption study was conducted on fundamental parameters such as pH, dosage and contact time etc. From the above study and obtained results, it has been found that the percentage adsorption of phosphate from detergent wastewater such as 91.41% was achieved for 6gm of activated teak leaves adsorbent within 1 hour at pH 2. And COD was removed about 92.2 % using teak leaves as adsorbent which was another important issue which was addressed. Overall, the conducted study confirms the benefits for the sake of whole environment.

Keywords: Activated Carbon, Low-Cost Adsorbent, Phosphorous, Teak Leaves Activated Carbon, Teak Leaves.