Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Using Sugarcane Bagasse Pulp and its Derivatives “Efficiency Assessment and Optimization Using Artificial Intelligence

Research Project

Characterize sugarcane bagasse pulp using SEM, FTIR, and XRD to determine its potential for adsorption.
Test sugarcane bagasse pulp efficiency on textile wastewater.
Study the effect of the different parameters on treatment efficiency.
Use Artificial intelligence to maximize efficiency and optimize the parameters to obtain the best conditions for treatment.
Obtain activated carbon out of sugarcane bagasse pulp using physical activation.
Characterize the prepared activated carbon using FTIR, SEM, XRD, and Zeta potential.
Examine different parameters on the removal efficiency of activated carbon including pH, concentration, contact time, adsorbent dose, and temperature.
Optimize the conditions to maximize the removal efficiency using ANN and RSM.
Use isotherm and kinetics modeling to determine the mechanism of adsorption.
Fabricate adsorptive sheets out of sugarcane bagasse pulp.
Enhance the mechanical properties using additives.
Determine the efficiency of the adsorptive sheets at different parameters for textile wastewater treatment.
Fabricate membrane out of sugarcane bagasse pulp.
Pore size measurement.
Fabricate adsorptive membranes out of sugarcane bagasse pulp and the prepared activated carbon.
Characterization of the fabricated membranes.
Design a prototype to include the different stages of treatment.
Fabricate the prototype.
Test the fabricated membrane in the prototype on textile wastewater.
Test the fabricated membrane in the prototype on pharmaceutical wastewater.

Journal papers

Textile wastewater treatment via sugarcane bagasse pulp.
Evaluation of membranes performance in wastewater treatment by using WAVE simulation.

Conference papers

Methylene blue removal on biodegradable adsorption membranes fabricated from sugarcane bagasse pulp.
Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions by adsorption on physically prepared activated carbon from sugarcane bagasse pulp.
Valorization of Agricultural and Marine Waste for Fabrication of Bio-adsorbents Sheets.

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