Usage Potential of Sawdust as a Forest Industry Waste For Treatment of Colored Effluents

Abstract

In the present study, the usage potential of sawdust as a forest industry waste was evaluated for the treatment of colored industrial effluents containing Fast Green FCF synthetic dye. The effects of various environmental variables such as pH, biosorbent amount, synthetic dye concentration and contact time on the dye removal ability of biosorbent material were studied in batch operating conditions. The kinetic and equilibrium studies were performed to elucidate the dye biosorption behavior of biosorbent. The synthetic dye biosorption capacity of biosorbent was highly affected by the environmental conditions. The kinetic and equilibrium studies showed that Elovich and Langmuir models were the best models for the elucidation of dye removal behavior of biosorbent. Based on Langmuir model, the maximum monolayer biosorption capacity under the optimum environmental conditions was estimated to be 26.834 mg g -1 . The obtained results revealed that the forest industry waste biomass used has usage potential for the treatment of synthetic dye pollution in aquatic environments.