WATER TREATMENT USING CHEMICALLY ACTIVATED COCONUT CHARCOAL

Abstract

The removal of suspended particles and microbiological pathogens from water sources is the main focus of water treatment technologies in the poor countries. However, as industry has spread into developing nations, chemical contaminants like colouring chemicals have entered drinking water sources and have been connected to a number of health-related problems. The present simulation was inspired by the fact that there hasn't been a lot of research done in this area. Activated carbon can remove these substances from water sources since the objectives for water use and the chemical constituents differ greatly. The goal of the current project is to purify water using activated charcoal powder made from coconut husk. By introducing calcium chloride solution, the material is chemically activated. Three solution samples are decolored using shell-based activated carbon (Blue). To determine the moisture, volatile, ash, and fixed carbon contents of the charcoal, the sieve examination of the coconut husk is conducted first. Prior to and during sample treatment with the generated activated charcoal, maximum absorbances at three normalities (0.01N, 0.02N, and 0.03N) of the aforementioned three samples are compared. A few results are shown in abstract form to help with colour removal.. Figures 1 and 2 show a comparison of the maximum absorbance of a potassium permanganate solution at various normalities and a close-up study of coconut charcoal, respectively. It has been seen that the sample's maximum absorbance changes for various normalcy solutions and is lower than before it was treated with activated charcoal. It can also be inferred from earlier findings that the graph created for the maximum absorbance vs. various solution normalities is linear.