Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method

Jami, Mohammed Saedi and Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah and Abd Kadir, Zarith Elda and Tanaka, Takanori and Iwata, Masashi (2013) Immobilization of oil and grease in sodium alginate gel as a potential wastewater treatment method. In: 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBIoE 2013), 2-4 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

In this study, oil-entrapped sodium alginate beads were developed and their effectiveness in treating oil and grease (O&G) from wastewater was investigated. The effect of polymer concentration and pH on the O&G entrapment efficiency (OEE) as well as the biodegradability of gel beads were investigated. O&G were immobilized in sodium alginate gels by adding a mixture of alginate and car wax aqueous solution into a calcium chloride aqueous solution, resulting in sodium alginate gels. The gel suspensions were dehydrated gravitationally, followed by mechanical expression of gel particles. During the expression, the O&G remain in the gels. The expressed cake is then discarded. Results showed that OEE increased by increasing sodium alginate concentration from 17 g/l to 50 g/l. Further inspection of the results found that increasing pH of sodium alginate from 1.8 to 7 also increased the OEE in the beads. It was observed that sodium alginate beads experienced complete biodegradation in phosphate buffer pH 8.0.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information:	5545/35409 (ISBN: 978-983-42978-6-2)
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP155 Chemical engineering
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohammed Saedi Jami, PhD CEng MIChemE
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2014 11:43
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2021 11:17
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/35409

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