Comparative study on heavy metal removal from industrial effluents by various separation methods

Biosorption of zinc(II) on rapeseed waste: Equilibrium studies and thermogravimetric investigations

“…They can be ground into nutritional meals used in animal fodder, or pressed for the oil, which can be used for human food or in the production of biodiesel (El Bassam, 2010). At present, there are few studies regarding the potential treatment of wastewaters containing heavy metal ions by biosorption on rapeseed (Al-Aseh and Duvnyak, 1999;Tofan et al, 2011;Nemeth et al, 2011;Stefusova et al, 2012). The findings of these studies strongly suggested that the rapeseed waste could be efficiently used in the removal of heavy metals from wastewaters with low concentrations of heavy metals such as: Cu(II), Cd(II) or Pb(II).…”