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dc.contributor.authorSarukkalige, Priyantha
dc.contributor.authorLamichhane, S.
dc.contributor.authorBal Krishna, K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T08:01:44Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T08:01:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationLamichhane, S. and Bal Krishna, K. and Sarukkalige, R. 2016. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) removal by sorption: A review. Chemosphere. 148: pp. 336-353.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75569
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.036
dc.description.abstract

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic micro pollutants which are persistent compounds in the environment due to their hydrophobic nature. Concerns over their adverse effects in human health and environment have resulted in extensive studies on various types of PAHs removal methods. Sorption is one of the widely used methods as PAHs possess a great sorptive ability into the solid media and their low aqueous solubility property. Several adsorbent media such as activated carbon, biochar, modified clay minerals have been largely used to remove PAHs from aqueous solution and to immobilise PAHs in the contaminated soils. According to the past studies, very high removal efficiency could be achieved using the adsorbents such as removal efficiency of activated carbon, biochar and modified clay mineral were 100%, 98.6% and >99%, respectively. PAHs removal efficiency or adsorption/absorption capacity largely depends on several parameters such as particle size of the adsorbent, pH, temperature, solubility, salinity including the production process of adsorbents. Although many studies have been carried out to remove PAHs using the sorption process, the findings have not been consolidated which potentially hinder to get the correct information for future study and to design the sorption method to remove PAHs. Therefore, this paper summarized the adsorbent media which have been used to remove PAHs especially from aqueous solutions including the factor affecting the sorption process reported in 142 literature published between 1934 and 2015.

dc.languageEng
dc.publisherPergamon Press
dc.subjectAdsorption
dc.subjectCarcinogenic
dc.subjectPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
dc.subjectSolubility
dc.titlePolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) removal by sorption: A review
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume148
dcterms.source.startPage336
dcterms.source.endPage353
dcterms.source.issn0045-6535
dcterms.source.titleChemosphere
dcterms.source.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T08:01:44Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidSarukkalige, Priyantha [0000-0002-2916-1057]
dcterms.source.eissn1879-1298
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridSarukkalige, Priyantha [55844430800] [57199647734]


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