Pomegranate peel as an effective adsorbent in the extraction of furfural from aqueous solutions
Abstract
The adsorption of furfural from aqueous solutions on an environmentally friendly biosorbent based on dried and crushed pomegranate peel was studied. It is shown that pomegranate peel treated with phosphoric acid (modified) has a 2 times higher adsorption capacity compared to untreated peel. As a result of the experiments, it was found that the adsorption process can be described by the Langmuir isotherm equation. Using pomegranate peel minimizes economic and environmental risks compared to producing activated carbon from the same peel.
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