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Synthesis of hydrochar from jackfruit

a technology of hydrochar and jackfruit, which is applied in the field of hydrochar, can solve the problems of slow desorption kinetics, non-hazardous mb, tissue necrosis, etc., and achieve the effects of reducing the risk of mb, and reducing the use range of a

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-09-24
KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
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[0009]A method of synthesizing jackfruit hydrochar (JFHC) from jackfruit peel includes subjecting jackfruit peel to hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) to provide a JFHC. The step of HTC may be performed at a temperature ranging from about 150° C. to about 250° C. for a set reaction time of about 30 min to about 24 hours. The JFHC can be chemically activated. Activation of the JFHC may include treatment with phosphoric acid (H3PO4, PA) and / or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, HP). JFHC produced according to the presently disclosed methods effectively adsorbs MB from an aqueous environment.

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In low concentrations, MB is non-hazardous; however, acute MB exposure can cause cyanosis, jaundice, Heinz body formation, vomiting, and tissue necrosis in humans.
However, regeneration and slow desorption kinetics restrict wide range usage of AC.
The jack fruit peel (JFP) thereby presents a significant source of wasted biomass.

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Synthesis of Jackfruit Peel Hydrochar (JFHC)

[0032]Waste JFP was collected from a local vegetable market in Saudi Arabia, chopped with a knife into small pieces (˜1 cm cube), and dried at 60° C. for a week in an oven. The dried JFP was washed with deionized (D.I.) water to completely remove any impurities, such as dirt and dust. The dried and rinsed JFP was again dried overnight at 60° C. and the dried JFP was manually crushed using a mortar and pestle. The uniformly crushed JFP biomass was subjected to HTC in a 200 mL polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) lined autoclave. In a typical HTC procedure, a slurry of JFP biomass was first made by adding 75 mL D.I. water to 8 g JFP biomass, and then transferred to an HTC reactor. The reactor was sealed and heated at 150° C. for 3 h in an oven and was then cooled at room temperature. The sample (JFHC@150 / 3) was collected through filtration and washed several times with D.I. water to remove unwanted products generated during the HTC process. FIG. 1...

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Chemical Activation of Developed JFHC Samples

[0033]The developed JFHC samples (JFHC@150 / 3, JFHC@200 / 3 and JFHC@250 / 3) were chemically activated with phosphoric acid (0.1 N H3PO4; PA), hydrogen peroxide (10% H2O2; HP), and a phosphoric acid+hydrogen peroxide (0.1N H3PO4+10% H2O2: PA+HP) mixture. One gram of JFHC@150 / 3 was treated separately with either 50 mL PA (JFHC@150 / 3_PA), 50 mL HP (JFHC@150 / 3_HP), or 50 mL PA+HP (JFHC@150 / 3_PA_HP) with stirring by a magnetic stirrer at 200 rpm for an hour. The resulting chemically activated samples were separated, e.g., through filtration, and washed several times with D.I. water until a neutral pH of the JFHC rinse water was achieved. All three samples were dried overnight at 80° C. in an oven. The same activation protocols for chemical activation were performed on the JFHC@200 / 3 and JFHC@250 / 3 samples. The nomenclature of the resulting synthesized JFHC samples is given in Table 1. FIG. 1 illustrates the JFHC@150 / 3 activation with PA through c...

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Characterization of Developed and Chemically Activated JFHC Samples, and Presumed MB Adsorption Mechanism

[0034]The functional groups present on the pristine JFHC@150 / 3 and JFHC@150 / 3_PA samples and involved during MB adsorption on JFHC@150 / 3_PA were detected by FT-IR (Nicolet 6700, Thermo Scientific, USA) spectroscopic analysis, as illustrated in FIG. 2. A band at 3443 cm−1 was attributed to hydroxyl (—OH) group stretching vibrations (Wang et al., 2017). Two adjacent bands at 2827 cm−1 and 2928 cm−1 were attributed to symmetric and asymmetric vibrations of C—H groups (Wang et al., 2017). A band at 1733 cm−1 was attributed to carbonyl (C═O) group stretching vibrations in ester and acetyl linkages in hemicellulose and lignin. Bands at 1622 cm−1 and 1519 cm−1 were associated with the aromatic ring present in lignin. The bands at 1053 cm−1 and 1159 cm−1 were associated with C—O—C stretching vibrations in cellulose. After chemical activation of JFHC@150 / 3 with PA, a band in range: 973 cm...

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Abstract

A method of producing hydrochar from jackfruit peel biomass includes hydrothermal carbonization of jackfruit peel biomass by autoclaving at 150° C.-250 ° C. for about 3 hours to produce a hydrochar. The hydrochar can be activated by treatment with phosphoric acid (H3PO4), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), or a combination thereof. The hydrochar produced according to the method is particularly effective at removing azo-dyes, and specifically methylene blue, from aqueous solutions such as industrial waste water.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 16 / 360,397, filed Mar. 21, 2019, pending.BACKGROUND1. Field[0002]The disclosure of the present patent application relates to hydrochar (HC), and particularly to a jack fruit peel hydrochar (JFHC) for the adsorptive removal of methylene blue (MB), a cationic synthetic dye, from an aqueous environment.2. Description of the Related Art[0003]Dyes are used as coloring agents and may be classified on the basis of their chromophores. Both synthetic and natural dyes, together including more than 10,000 commercial dyes, are used in various fields, including food science, arts, textiles, and fashion.[0004]Methylene blue (MB) is an azo dye, extensively used for dyeing and printing applications across technological fields. In low concentrations, MB is non-hazardous; however, acute MB exposure can cause cyanosis, jaundice, Heinz body formation, vomiting, and tissue necrosis in humans. Monitori...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C10L5/44C01B32/324C01B32/20
CPCC10L5/447C01B32/20C01B32/324C10L9/086Y02E50/10Y02E50/30
Inventor KHAN, MOONIS ALIALQADAMI, AYOUB ABDULLAHSIDDIQUI, MASOOM RAZAALOTHMAN, ZEID ABDULLAH
Owner KING SAUD UNIVERSITY