Treatment of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO)-contaminated water using activated carbon from Indian bamboo

Fubara-Manuel, Isoteim; Jumbo, Raphael

Abstract

This study investigated the ability of activated carbon extracted from Nigerian-grown Indian bamboo, to absorb hydrocarbon from automotive gas oil -contaminated water. The water was polluted in the ratio of 3:1 (that is, 3parts of water to 1part of automotive gas oil), and then made to flow through 250μm and 500μm activated carbon in a fixed bed adsorption experimental set-up. The effluent from each size of activated carbon was then analysed. The result showed that the activated carbon’s ability to reduce contaminants was, in part, a function of its pore size. Although, the two pore sizes of the activated carbon were able to achieve almost 100% reduction of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) and total hydrocarbon content (THC), the 250μm pore size could only reduce 67.7% of the hydrocarbon utilizing fungi count, compared to 70.4% by the 500μm size. For the hydrocarbon utilizing bacterial count, the levels of reduction were 68.6% and 73.2% for 250μm and 500μm respectively. On the whole, the activated carbon had great potential for the reduction of contaminants from automotive gas oil contaminated water.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 21, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jun 17, 2014
• Publication Date: Nov 17, 2014
• Deposit Date: May 16, 2024
• Journal: International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology (IJESRT)
• Electronic ISSN: 2277-9655
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 80 - 84
• Series Number: 2277-9655
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11997366
• Publisher URL: https://www.ijesrt.com/Old_IJESRT/issues%20pdf%20file/Archives-2014/November-2014/Treatment%20of%20Automotive%20Gas%20Oil%20Ago%20Contaminated%20Water%20Using%20Activated%20Carbon%20from%20Indian%20Bamboo.pdf