Strychnos potatorum

About: Strychnos potatorum is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 129 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1830 citations.

Adsorption behavior of methylene blue dye onto surface modified Strychnos potatorum seeds

Abstract: Kinetic, mechanism, equilibrium, and thermodynamic behavior of adsorption of methylene blue (MB) dye onto surface modified Strychnos potatorum seeds (SMSP), in an aqueous solution were studied. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out to analyze the effect of initial solution pH, adsorbent dose, contact time, initial MB dye concentration, and temperature on the removal of MB dye. The kinetics of MB dye adsorption onto SMSP follows a pseudo-second order kinetic model. The adsorption of MB dye onto SMSP was found to be controlled by both surface diffusion and pore diffusion. The diffusivity values were calculated from Boyd kinetic and Shrinking Core Model for varying initial MB dye concentration from 50 to 250 mg L−1. The adsorption equilibrium data were fitted to different adsorption isotherm models such as Langmuir, Freundlich, and Dubinin-Radushkevich. The equilibrium data fitted best with the Freundlich adsorption isotherm model, which indicates multilayer adsorption of MB dye onto SMSP. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity estimated with Langmuir isotherm model was 78.84 mg of MB dye molecules per gram of SMSP. Thermodynamic studies showed that the adsorption of MB dye onto SMSP follows an exothermic process. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 32: 624–632, 2013

Improving Filtrate Quality Using Agrobased Materials as Coagulant Aid

Abstract: In the present study, an evaluation of agrobased materials (ABM) as a coagulant aid in conjunction with alum has been conducted to determine their efficacy in water treatment. The agrobased materials evaluated are Surjana seed (Moringa oleifera), Nirmali seed (Strychnos potatorum) and maize (Zeemays). Experiments have been conducted simulating a conventional water treatment train consisting of coagulation-flocculation-settling and granular media filtration. Emphasis has been given to the filtration aspect of the treatment train using synthetic turbid water. The filter performance was defined by water quality and head loss development across the filter bed. When Nirmali seed or maize was used as a coagulant aid, the alum dose required was 25 and 15 mg/L, respectively, and the filtrate turbidity achieved was less than 0.2 NTU, whereas alum alone with a dose of 45 mg/L achieved filtrate turbidity levels higher than 1 NTU. Thus, the use of ABM improved the filtrate quality. Head loss in filter with Surjana seed and Maize as coagulant aids was comparable to that of alum alone, whereas it was higher when Nirmali seed was used as a coagulant aid.