Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVII, Issue 2
Written by Anton SLAVOV, Mariyana TOPUZOVA, Gergana MAROVSKA
The purpose of this study is to enrich the approaches and methods for valorization and utilization of the essential oil industry by-products and to outline the perspectives in this area. As a possible practical application lavender and rose by-products were used as a bioadsorbents for removal of textile industry dyes. The influence of contact time, adsorbent amount and temperature was investigated. The efficiency of adsorption with lavender and rose by-products was compared with activated carbon, Al2O3 and silica gel. The results suggested that lavender and rose solid by-products could be successfully utilized as biosorbents for purification of textile industry waste waters.
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