Bismuth and copper removal From
water from Oilwell production via
agro waste Esters
OUTLINE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE
STUDY
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
MATERIALS
METHODS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Palm oil mill sludge (POMS) is part of the composition of
the palm oil mill effluent POME, which is generally
generated from oil extraction.
POMS is a threat to the environment therefore, it requires a
proper designed technology to reduce these waste.
Metal toxicity has been a major concern to the
environment especially to human”s health. Therefore,it is
vital to threat the waste water before discharging into the
river especially water to be contributed to the people for
usage purposes. Hence, by resolving two of the problem
which is the abundant and illegal dumping of POMS and the
metal toxicity it is by reutilizing POMS for adsorption of the
metals that involved in the metal toxicity.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Disposal of POMS is the major source of
environmental pollution in many
developing countries such as Nigeria.
Heavy metals disrupt metabolic function
of vital organs and glands such as the
bone, liver, heart,brain, kidney etc. hereby
hindering their biological function.
AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF
STUDY
The objectives of study are shown as follows:
To prepare palm oil mill sludge biochar for
adsorption purpose.
To characterize petroleum waste water
using POMS
To determine the adsorption capacity and
removal efficiency of heavy metals from
petroleum wastewater using POMS
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
Contamination of aquatic systems is a serious
environmental isuue threfore developing efficient
and suitable adsorbent to remove heavy metals from
petroleum wastewater will reduce its toxicity and
improve the quality of water discharged to the
enviroment.
Adsorption process being very simple, economical,
simple, effective and versatile has become the most
preferred methods for removal of toxic contaminants
fom wastewater as compared to other methods such
as coagulation, reverse osmosis
ultrafiltration,nanofiltration etc
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This work covers the adsorption of heavy
metals in petroleum wastewater using
POMS as adsorbent. Though heavy metals
originates from other sources such as metal
complex dyes,fertilizers,mordants etc. This
work will be limited to the removal of heavy
metals in petroleum wastewater.
MATERIALS
Palm oil mill sludge POMS
Petroleum wastewater
Zinc nitrate
Copper sulphate
Distilled water
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Samples collection
Drying of POMS samples
POMS preparation and modification
Adsorption experiments
Characterization
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