Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome

Edible oil production from Malaysia currently accounts for 12% and 27% of the world's total production and exports of oils and fats. Consequently, the palm oil industry also discharges substantial waste during the oil processing in the form of oil palm trunks, oil palm fronds (OPF), empty fruit...

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Main Author: Nyap Xiang, Wong
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spelling ump-110612015-11-04T08:07:06Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11061/ Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome Nyap Xiang, Wong TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Edible oil production from Malaysia currently accounts for 12% and 27% of the world's total production and exports of oils and fats. Consequently, the palm oil industry also discharges substantial waste during the oil processing in the form of oil palm trunks, oil palm fronds (OPF), empty fruit bunches, palm kernel shells and palm oil mill effluent (POME). The current work reports the use of ferrite based photocatalyst for the photodegradation of POME that was collected from Felda Lepar Hilir 3. X-ray diffraction pattern confirmed the presence of MgFe2O4 with crystalline size ranged from 25.4 to 50.5 nm estimated using Scherrer‟s formula. Significantly, N2 physisorption isotherm revealed a BET specific surface area of 4.87 m²/g and pore diameter of 205.23 nm. Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) showed d-spacing for MgFe2O4 atomic lattice which was 0.298 nm. FESEM-EDX analysis indicated that MgFe2O4 nano-particles were comprised of Mg, Fe and O elements with compositions of 22.5, 43.04 and 34.7 wt%, respectively. For the photoreaction study, before the POME photodecomposition investigation, the photoactivity of catalysts was tested with methylene blue (MB). MB that initially showed a concentration of 20 ppm exhibited significant photodegradation (%) after 90 min of light irradiation, attaining approximately 20% conversion. For POME, the degradation of POME was circa 9% after 4 h employing catalyst loading of 1.0 g/L, which was superior to 5.0, 2.0 and 0.5 g/L. As a conclusion, phototreatment for POME showed positive results, and may be feasible for POME treatment eventually 2015-01 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11061/1/FKKSA%20-%20WONG%20NYAP%20XIANG%20%28CD8934%29.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11061/2/FKKSA%20-%20WONG%20NYAP%20XIANG%20%28CD8934%29%20CHAP%201.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11061/3/FKKSA%20-%20WONG%20NYAP%20XIANG%20%28CD8934%29%20CHAP%203.pdf Nyap Xiang, Wong (2015) Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:91199&theme=UMP2
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Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome
description Edible oil production from Malaysia currently accounts for 12% and 27% of the world's total production and exports of oils and fats. Consequently, the palm oil industry also discharges substantial waste during the oil processing in the form of oil palm trunks, oil palm fronds (OPF), empty fruit bunches, palm kernel shells and palm oil mill effluent (POME). The current work reports the use of ferrite based photocatalyst for the photodegradation of POME that was collected from Felda Lepar Hilir 3. X-ray diffraction pattern confirmed the presence of MgFe2O4 with crystalline size ranged from 25.4 to 50.5 nm estimated using Scherrer‟s formula. Significantly, N2 physisorption isotherm revealed a BET specific surface area of 4.87 m²/g and pore diameter of 205.23 nm. Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) showed d-spacing for MgFe2O4 atomic lattice which was 0.298 nm. FESEM-EDX analysis indicated that MgFe2O4 nano-particles were comprised of Mg, Fe and O elements with compositions of 22.5, 43.04 and 34.7 wt%, respectively. For the photoreaction study, before the POME photodecomposition investigation, the photoactivity of catalysts was tested with methylene blue (MB). MB that initially showed a concentration of 20 ppm exhibited significant photodegradation (%) after 90 min of light irradiation, attaining approximately 20% conversion. For POME, the degradation of POME was circa 9% after 4 h employing catalyst loading of 1.0 g/L, which was superior to 5.0, 2.0 and 0.5 g/L. As a conclusion, phototreatment for POME showed positive results, and may be feasible for POME treatment eventually
format Undergraduates Project Papers
author Nyap Xiang, Wong
author_facet Nyap Xiang, Wong
author_sort Nyap Xiang, Wong
title Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome
title_short Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome
title_full Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome
title_fullStr Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis and characterization of MgFe2O4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome
title_sort synthesis and characterization of mgfe2o4 for photo-catalytic degradation of pre-treated pome
publishDate 2015
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11061/
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