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Biosorption of heavy metals using fungal biomass as adsorbent
Hi
Today metals in wastewater pose greatest pollution and give toxic effect to the environment directly effecting human health. As such, pollution control boards have given stringent standards that are so costly to be met by small industries.
I am doing my M.tech project on heavy metals removal using fungal biosorbent which is available from most of the fermentation and pharmaceutical industries as waste. This work will help to introduce cheaper systems of heavy metals and equally efficient to costly processes like reverse osmosis. For this I need to know about the general effluent characteristics of metal industry wastewater especially electroplating industry. I want to develop their removal kinetics so that to know the adsorption capacity of the biosorbent I am using for. Also your suggestions in this regard will be appreciated.
Student, Indian School of Mines - Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
2006
In the USA the EPA has funded hundreds upon hundreds of pollution control research projects, Kamal. Many of which reports will give that info on the waste streams if you spend some time searching. But may I suggest that you actually visit at least one electroplating shop and learn what the pollution control issues actually are before trying to solve the problems of all electroplating shops. Despite your best intentions, if you don't actually see a plating shop, and work with a real problem, your project will likely prove of very little value.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2006
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