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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
For the
survival of living life, water is very essential but also provides immensely to
the quality of our lives. Water is very essential to improve living life,
several articles have revealed the indirect and direct poisonous impacts of
heavy metals in the form of cancers, tumors, and skin
allergies. Wastewater treatment always costs little expensive since the
use of chemical coagulants, hence practically all village residents go for a
substitute to easily available materials generally which is of nominal quality
and revealing them to waterborne illnesses. In this research work, experiments
were performed to investigate the numerous properties of banana fruit peel
powder. This was carried out with varying dosages of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30
g/L of banana pith powder as a coagulant. Experiments were performed with not
adding or addition of banana pith powder. Also, the requirements achieved from
tests indicate a minimal acidic value. The turbidity ratio achieved showed that
tests with a variety of dosages of banana peel powder 5gm/L give clean water
all along with a turbidity value of 44NTU. Jar test apparatus was used to
investigate the optimal dose of banana peel powder, and pH values indicate it
as an acidic range, for the banana peel. Results achieved in this analysis
provide support to the earlier works, recommending the use of banana peel to
treat wastewater. Outcomes accomplished in this examination support the
previous works conducted using banana peel powder as a natural coagulant.
Country : India
IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 6, June 2021 pp. 58-65