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Remediation of Fluoride from Groundwater Using Modified Pineapple Juice Extracted Residue

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The main source of drinking and cooking water for the people living in rural and semi-urban areas of Assam—a Northeastern province of India is groundwater. However, the groundwater is having iron (Fe+2) and fluoride (F−) concentrations much higher than permissible limit of drinking water. The people use different variants of indigenous household iron filters to remove iron from the groundwater, but these filters are ineffective for removal of fluoride. Thus, the present research work explores the potential of pineapple juice extracted residue—a renewable modified agricultural waste (MPJER), for the remediation of fluoride from groundwater. The FTIR, Raman, Proximate, BET surface area, pore size, pHPZC, and SEM analyses were carried out to characterize and interpret the adsorption mechanism of fluoride onto MPJER. The adsorption was carried out using groundwater spiked with fluoride ions. The adsorption of fluoride achieved equilibrium after 120 min with a 0.9 g/L adsorbent dosage. The Langmuir model described the equilibrium data with monolayer adsorption capacity of 7.06 mg/g at 303 K. Kinetically, fluoride adsorption took place by obeying the pseudo-second-order kinetic model with intra-particle diffusion as the rate determining step. The fluoride loaded adsorbent could be efficiently regenerated using 0.05 M NaOH. The low cost associated in the preparation of MPJER encourages its utilization as a potential absorbent for the remediation of fluoride contaminated groundwater. The application of MPJER may improve the indigenous household iron filters for the removal of fluoride as well.

Highlights

  • The developed adsorbent, MPJER is low cost and renewable. It is highly efficient for the adsorption of fluoride from aqueous media. The adsorption process achieves equilibrium at 2 h with a dose of 0.9 g/L at natural pH condition.

  • The monolayer adsorption capacity of MPJER is7.06 mg/g.

  • Mechanism of adsorption showed the involvement of H-bonding and intra-particle diffusion.

  • 81% desorption of fluoride was achieved using 0.05 M NaOH.

  • Low cost associated for the preparation of the MPJER justified its utilization in the removal of fluoride from wastewater.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Barak Valley Engineering College, Nirala, Karimganj, Assam, 788701, India

    Ruhul Amin Reza

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    Mohammed Ahmaruzzaman

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Reza, R.A., Ahmaruzzaman, M. Remediation of Fluoride from Groundwater Using Modified Pineapple Juice Extracted Residue. Int J Environ Res 16, 52 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-022-00426-5

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