Removing Pollutants from Wastewater Using an Advanced Method

Abstract

Purpose: Preparation of Nano cellulose from cotton lint and pear peels instead of throwing it as waste and cause damage to environment and Comparison between the efficiency of the product of Nano cellulose prepared from cotton lint and NC prepared from pear peels through the characterization of both type of NC by using technique Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) . finally Applying Murexide dye from the aqueous solution to the surface of both types of extracted Nano cellulose from cotton lint and pear peels for industrial Methodology: Agricultural wastes is the: cotton lint collected from Diyala, Iraq. Linter is an important by product of the textile industry and pear peels collected from Local market of Iraq as raw material to synthesis of Nano cellulose compound Extraction of cellulose from the cotton lint in several steps as follows: A: Purification step B: Grinding step preparation NC product: The product has been prepared by acid hydrolysis. Results and Discussion: In the present study, nanocellulose was successfully isolated from various plant fiber sources (cotton lint and pear peels) using acid hydrolysis . The results indicate that the FE-SEM formation of cellulose nano particles followed this method. However, the best results under sonication conditions used are coming from treatment of 30% acid hydrolysis sonicated for 120 min. Nanocellulose for cotton lint is more efficient than nanocellulose for pear peels in removing murexide dye from the aqueous solution, because percentage of the removal of murexide dye from the aqueous solution by NC of cotton lint is higher than the percentage of the removal of murexide dye from the aqueous solution by pear peels. Therefore, nanocellulose for cotton lint will be more efficient in removing pollutants from water.