Adsorption of a basic dye from aqueous solutions onto sugar-industry-mud in two modes of operations

The ability of sugar industry mud to adsorb Basic Red-22 dye has been studi ed in two modes of operation. That is, in batch systems and continuous flow systems. Langmuir and Freundlich constants have been determined. In contin uous flow system, the influence of varying parameters such as bed depth and solution flowrate has been studied. The bed depth service time (BDST) has been used to analyse the experimental data and identify design correlations . The feasibility of sugar-industry-mud in removal of Basic Red-22 dye from liquid waste streams was addressed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rig hts reserved.