<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Water is one of the most important substances on earth; nowadays, its pollution is one of the main environmental problems. Textile industries pose a significant environmental problem for earth. Firstly, it is due to their huge water consumption, and secondly, they produce a lot of wastewater contaminated with dyes, chemicals, suspended solids, etc. These contaminants can make water unsuitable for the desired purposes (e.g., drinking, watering, washing and showering). The one of the promising methods for the removal of dyes from the contaminated wastewater is adsorption. In this process, we can use low cost waste materials as an adsorbent. This paper presents an overview of utilization of the spent coffee grounds for the removal of dyes from wastewater.</p></abstract>

Water is one of the most important substances on earth; nowadays, its pollution is one of the main environmental problems. Textile industries pose a significant environmental problem for earth. Firstly, it is due to their huge water consumption, and secondly, they produce a lot of wastewater contaminated with dyes, chemicals, suspended solids, etc. These contaminants can make water unsuitable for the desired purposes (e.g., drinking, watering, washing and showering). The one of the promising methods for the removal of dyes from the contaminated wastewater is adsorption. In this process, we can use low cost waste materials as an adsorbent. This paper presents an overview of utilization of the spent coffee grounds for the removal of dyes from wastewater.

Utilization of Spent Coffee Grounds for Removal of Hazardous Substances from Water: A Review

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Integrated Safety

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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Water is one of the most important substances on earth; nowadays, its pollution is one of the main environmental problems. Textile industries pose a...

Utilization of Spent Coffee Grounds for Removal of Hazardous Substances from Water: A Review

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Sept. 2019

Seitenbereich: 145 - 152

Eingereicht: 15. Mai 2019

Akzeptiert: 20. Juni 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0015

Schlüsselwörter
Waste utilization, spent coffee grounds, adsorption, dye removal, water treatment

© 2019 Lenka Blinová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Utilization of Spent Coffee Grounds for Removal of Hazardous Substances from Water: A Review

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Sept. 2019

Seitenbereich: 145 - 152

Eingereicht: 15. Mai 2019

Akzeptiert: 20. Juni 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0015

SchlüsselwörterWaste utilization, spent coffee grounds, adsorption, dye removal, water treatment

© 2019 Lenka Blinová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Waste utilization, spent coffee grounds, adsorption, dye removal, water treatment