When mangoes are consumed or processed, their peels and seeds are generated as waste. The waste is an environmental concern, but is a natural and renewable resource. In this project, a process was developed to convert mango seeds into carbonized adsorbents. The effectiveness of mango seed-derived carbon in wastewater treatment was evaluated. Water containing methylene blue was treated with mango seed-derived carbon. The concentration of methylene blue in the water was monitored by a do-it-yourself “spectrophotometer”.
Published in: 1st South American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Bogota, Colombia
Publisher: IEOM Society International
Date of Conference: October 25
-26
, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5323-5943-9
ISSN/E-ISSN: 2169-8767