Characterization of Active Coagulant Agent from Crude and Extracted Stem of Musa for Treating Food Processing Wastewater

The performance of the extracted banana stem was tested using synthetic wastewater for turbidity removal. The banana stem was chosen for this study due to its abundance as waste. Previously, studies on banana stems were carried out by researchers but did not focus much on its active coagulant agent....

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Published in:Water, air, and soil pollution air, and soil pollution, 2024-06, Vol.235 (6), p.357-357, Article 357
Main Authors: Bahrodin, Muhammad Burhanuddin, Zaidi, Nur Syamimi, Zhan, Loh Zhang, Hussein, Norelyza, Kadier, Abudukeremu, Syafiuddin, Achmad, Ghfar, Ayman A., Mehmood, Muhammad Aamer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
air
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
bananas
Chemical oxygen demand
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Coagulants
Coagulation
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental health
Food industries wastewaters
Food processing
Fruits
Hemicellulose
Hydrogeology
Lignin
Musa
Optimization
Pollutants
Polysaccharides
Proteins
soil
Soil Science & Conservation
Sulfuric acid
Sulphuric acid
Turbidity
Wastewater
Wastewater treatment
water
Water Quality/Water Pollution
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Summary:The performance of the extracted banana stem was tested using synthetic wastewater for turbidity removal. The banana stem was chosen for this study due to its abundance as waste. Previously, studies on banana stems were carried out by researchers but did not focus much on its active coagulant agent. This study was carried out to analyze the effect of the extraction process in optimizing the active coagulant agent of the banana stem as a natural coagulant for turbidity removal from synthetic wastewater. Banana stem underwent thorough physical, chemical, and morphological characterization in preparation as a natural coagulant. This study found that banana stems performed superior polysaccharide content, which can act as the active coagulant agent with hemicellulose and lignin. Under optimum operating conditions (2% H 2 SO 4 at 120 °C for 1.5 h), the highest polysaccharide extracted was 310.23 mg/mL. The coagulation process using the extracted banana stem performed the removal of turbidity up to 93.4% under optimum conditions (400 mg/L dosage at pH 6). In general, this study showed the potential of extracted banana stems as a natural coagulant to replace conventional chemical coagulants due to their efficiency and eco-friendly properties.
ISSN:0049-6979
1573-2932
DOI:10.1007/s11270-024-07136-y