| Peer-Reviewed

Removal of Organic Pesticides by Carbon Nanoparticle Synthesized from Pomegranate Peel

Received: 9 February 2017     Accepted: 4 March 2017     Published: 24 March 2017
Views:       Downloads:
Abstract

Organic Pesticides are toxic to humans on consumption if disposed with inefficient treatment facilities in water bodies or on land. The present study is aimed to investigate the removal of agricultural pesticides including three herbicides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from aqueous solution by carbon nanoparticles synthesized from pomegranate. The synthesized nanoparticles provide high specific surface area, more capacity and faster uptake kinetics. nanoparticles have an average size of approximately 30-50 nm. Particle size distribution is equal and homogeneous and shows the good synthesis of nanoparticles with the same size. Various physico-chemical parameters such as pH (5-9), initial concentration (50-250 mg/L), and adsorbent dosage (0.1-0.5gr) level and equilibrium contact time (0-40 min) were studied. The results showed that removal of the agricultural pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D depends on pH such that the optimal removal efficiency observed for pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D in pH=9 was 92.6, 78 and 92% respectively. Optimal adsorbent weight was 0.5 g for pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D so that the removal efficiency was equal to 97, 98.8 and 98.4% within 20 minutes. In the initial concentration of 50 mg/L, the removal efficiency was respectively equal to 88, 94 and 92% for Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D.

Published in International Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14
Page(s) 70-76
Creative Commons

This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.

Copyright

Copyright © The Author(s), 2017. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Removal Efficiency, Nanoparticles, Isotherm Models

References
[1] World Health Organization, Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, 3rd Edition, In- corporating the first and second addenda, Vol. 1, Recommendations, Geneva, Swit- zerland. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/ fulltext.pdf, (2008).
[2] P. L. Brezonik and W. A. Arnold, Water chemistry: Fifty years of change and progress, Environmental Science and Technology 46 (2012) 5650-5657.
[3] S. Chen, Y. Zou, Z. Yan, W. Shen, S. Shi, X. Zhang and H. Wang, Carboxymethylatedbacterial cellulose for copper and lead ion removal, Journal of Hazardous Materials 161 (2009) 1355-1359.
[4] Y. Chen, B. Pan, H. Li, W. Zhang, L. Lv and J. Wu, Selective removal of Cu(II) ions by using cation-exchange resin-supported polyethyleneimine (PEI) nanoclusters, Envi- ronmental Science and Technology 44 (2010) 3508-3513.
[5] V. Ivanov, J. H. Tay, S. T. L. Tay and H. L. Jiang, Removal of micro-particles by micro- bial granules used for aerobic wastewater treatment Water Science and Technology 50 (2004) 147-154.
[6] J. Schulte and J. Dutta, Nanotechnology in environmental protection and pollution, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 6 (2005) 219-220.
[7] M. Auffan, H. J. Shipley, S. Yean, A. T. Kan, M. Tomson, J. Rose and J. Y. Bottero, Nanomaterials as adsobents, in: M. R. Wiesner, J. Y. Bottero (Eds), Environmental Nanotechnology: Applications and Impacts of Nanomaterials, McGraw-Hill, New York (2007) 371-392.
[8] Shahram Moradi Dehaghia, Bahar Rahmanifarb, Ali Mashinchian Moradib, Parviz Aberoomand Azarc, Removal of permethrin pesticide from water by chitosan–zinc oxide nanoparticles composite as an adsorbent, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, Volume 18, Issue 4, September 2014, Pages 348–355.
[9] WALTER J. WEBER, Jr. and JOSEPH P. GOULD, Sorption of Organic Pesticides from Aqueous Solution, Advances in Chemistry, Vol. 60, Chapter 23, pp 280–304.
[10] Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Zahra Shariati Niasar, Mohammad Reza Mehrnia, Mansoreh Shayeghi, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Behzad Heibati,, Gordon McKay,, Kaan Yetilmezsoy Optimizing the removal of organophosphorus pesticide malathion from water using multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Chemical Engineering Journal 310 (2017) 22–32.
Cite This Article
  • APA Style

    Fereshteh Yousefi. (2017). Removal of Organic Pesticides by Carbon Nanoparticle Synthesized from Pomegranate Peel. International Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2(2), 70-76. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14

    Copy | Download

    ACS Style

    Fereshteh Yousefi. Removal of Organic Pesticides by Carbon Nanoparticle Synthesized from Pomegranate Peel. Int. J. Bioorg. Chem. 2017, 2(2), 70-76. doi: 10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14

    Copy | Download

    AMA Style

    Fereshteh Yousefi. Removal of Organic Pesticides by Carbon Nanoparticle Synthesized from Pomegranate Peel. Int J Bioorg Chem. 2017;2(2):70-76. doi: 10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14

    Copy | Download

  • @article{10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14,
      author = {Fereshteh Yousefi},
      title = {Removal of Organic Pesticides by Carbon Nanoparticle Synthesized from Pomegranate Peel},
      journal = {International Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry},
      volume = {2},
      number = {2},
      pages = {70-76},
      doi = {10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14},
      url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14},
      eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ijbc.20170202.14},
      abstract = {Organic Pesticides are toxic to humans on consumption if disposed with inefficient treatment facilities in water bodies or on land. The present study is aimed to investigate the removal of agricultural pesticides including three herbicides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from aqueous solution by carbon nanoparticles synthesized from pomegranate. The synthesized nanoparticles provide high specific surface area, more capacity and faster uptake kinetics. nanoparticles have an average size of approximately 30-50 nm. Particle size distribution is equal and homogeneous and shows the good synthesis of nanoparticles with the same size. Various physico-chemical parameters such as pH (5-9), initial concentration (50-250 mg/L), and adsorbent dosage (0.1-0.5gr) level and equilibrium contact time (0-40 min) were studied. The results showed that removal of the agricultural pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D depends on pH such that the optimal removal efficiency observed for pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D in pH=9 was 92.6, 78 and 92% respectively. Optimal adsorbent weight was 0.5 g for pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D so that the removal efficiency was equal to 97, 98.8 and 98.4% within 20 minutes. In the initial concentration of 50 mg/L, the removal efficiency was respectively equal to 88, 94 and 92% for Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D.},
     year = {2017}
    }
    

    Copy | Download

  • TY  - JOUR
    T1  - Removal of Organic Pesticides by Carbon Nanoparticle Synthesized from Pomegranate Peel
    AU  - Fereshteh Yousefi
    Y1  - 2017/03/24
    PY  - 2017
    N1  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14
    DO  - 10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14
    T2  - International Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry
    JF  - International Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry
    JO  - International Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry
    SP  - 70
    EP  - 76
    PB  - Science Publishing Group
    SN  - 2578-9392
    UR  - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijbc.20170202.14
    AB  - Organic Pesticides are toxic to humans on consumption if disposed with inefficient treatment facilities in water bodies or on land. The present study is aimed to investigate the removal of agricultural pesticides including three herbicides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from aqueous solution by carbon nanoparticles synthesized from pomegranate. The synthesized nanoparticles provide high specific surface area, more capacity and faster uptake kinetics. nanoparticles have an average size of approximately 30-50 nm. Particle size distribution is equal and homogeneous and shows the good synthesis of nanoparticles with the same size. Various physico-chemical parameters such as pH (5-9), initial concentration (50-250 mg/L), and adsorbent dosage (0.1-0.5gr) level and equilibrium contact time (0-40 min) were studied. The results showed that removal of the agricultural pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D depends on pH such that the optimal removal efficiency observed for pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D in pH=9 was 92.6, 78 and 92% respectively. Optimal adsorbent weight was 0.5 g for pesticides Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D so that the removal efficiency was equal to 97, 98.8 and 98.4% within 20 minutes. In the initial concentration of 50 mg/L, the removal efficiency was respectively equal to 88, 94 and 92% for Trifluralin, Glyphosate and 2,4D.
    VL  - 2
    IS  - 2
    ER  - 

    Copy | Download

Author Information
  • Department of Chemistry, Sciences Faculty, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran

  • Sections