References

  1. F.W. Sousa, A.G. Oliveira, J.P. Ribeiro, M.F. Rosa, D. Keukeleire, R.F. Nascimento, Green coconut shells applied as adsorbent for removal of toxic metal ions using fixed-bed column technology, J. Environ. Manage., 91 (2010) 1634–1640.
  2. C. Namasivayam, K. Ranganathan, Removal of Cd(II) from wastewater by adsorption on “waste” Fe(III)Cr(III) hydroxide, Water Res., 29 (1995) 1737–1744.
  3. T. Budinova, N. Petrov, V. Minkova, K. Gergova, Removal of metal ions from aqueous solution by activated carbons obtained from different raw materials, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 60 (1994) 177–182.
  4. A. Hafez, M. El-Manharawy, M. Khedr, RO membrane removal of unreacted chromium from spent tanning effluent. A pilot-scale study, Part 2, Desalination, 144 (2002) 237–242.
  5. A.B. Ribeiro, E.P. Mateus, L.M. Ottosen, G. Bech-Nielsen, Electrodialytic removal of Cu, Cr, and As from chromated copper arsenate-treated timber waste, Environ. Sci. Technol., 34 (2000) 784–788.
  6. A. Da¸browski, Z. Hubicki, P. Podkościelny, E. Robens, Selective removal of the heavy metal ions from waters and industrial wastewaters by ion-exchange method, Chemosphere, 56 (2004) 91–106.
  7. S. Ahmady-Asbchin, Y. Andres, C. Gérente, P. Le Cloirec, Biosorption of Cu(II) from aqueous solution by Fucus serratus: surface characterization and sorption mechanisms, Bioresour. Technol., 99 (2008) 6150–6155.
  8. A. Zielińska, P. Oleszczuk, Evaluation of sewage sludge and slow pyrolyzed sewage sludge-derived biochar for adsorption of phenanthrene and pyrene, Bioresour. Technol., 192 (2015) 618–626.
  9. Y. Chen, F. Wang, L. Duan, H. Yang, J. Gao, Tetracycline adsorption onto rice husk ash, an agricultural waste: its kinetic and thermodynamic studies, J. Mol. Liq., 222 (2016) 487–494.
  10. M.K. Seliem, S. Komarneni, M.R. Abu Khadra, Phosphate removal from solution by composite of MCM-41 silica with rice husk: kinetic and equilibrium studies, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 224 (2016) 51–57.
  11. K. Zhu, H. Fu, J. Zhang, X. Lv, J. Tang, X. Xu, Studies on removal of NH4+-N from aqueous solution by using the activated carbons derived from rice husk, Biomass Bioenergy, 43 (2012) 18–25.
  12. F. Jiao, L. Zhang, Z. Dong, T. Namioka, N. Yamada, Y. Ninomiya, Study on the species of heavy metals in MSW incineration fly ash and their leaching behavior, Fuel Process. Technol., 152 (2016) 108–115.
  13. C. Namasivayam, D. Sangeetha, Recycling of agricultural solid waste, coir pith: removal of anions, heavy metals, organics and dyes from water by adsorption onto ZnCl2 activated coir pith carbon, J. Hazard. Mater., 135 (2006) 449–452.
  14. P. Li, Y.-J. Su, Y. Wang, B. Liu, L.-M. Sun, Bioadsorption of methyl violet from aqueous solution onto Pu-erh tea powder, J. Hazard. Mater., 179 (2010) 43–48.
  15. A.Y. Dursun, A comparative study on determination of the equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of biosorption of copper(II) and lead(II) ions onto pretreated Aspergillus niger, Biochem. Eng. J., 28 (2006) 187–195.
  16. V.K. Gupta, A. Rastogi, Biosorption of lead from aqueous solutions by green algae Spirogyra species: kinetics and equilibrium studies, J. Hazard. Mater., 152 (2008) 407–414.
  17. S. Qaiser, A.R. Saleemi, M. Umar, Biosorption of lead(II) and chromium(VI) on groundnut hull: equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics study, Electron. J. Biotechnol., 12 (2009) 3–4.
  18. O. Adelaja, I. Amoo, A. Aderibigbe, Biosorption of lead(II) ions from aqueous solution using Moringa oleifera pods, Arch. Appl. Sci. Res., 3 (2011) 50–60.
  19. A.M. Abdel -Aty, N.S. Ammar, H.H. Abdel Ghafar, R.K. Ali, Biosorption of cadmium and lead from aqueous solution by fresh water alga Anabaena sphaerica biomass, J. Adv. Res., 4 (2013) 367–374.
  20. A. Ucer, A. Uyanik, H.G. Kutbay, Removal of heavy metals using Myriophyllum verticillatum (whorl-leaf watermilfoil) in a hydroponic system, Ekoloji, 22 (2013) 1–9.
  21. V.R. Surisetty, J. Kozinski, L. Rao Nageswara, Biosorption of lead ions from aqueous solution using Ficus benghalensis L., J. Eng., 2013 (2013) 1–8.
  22. M. Ajmal, A. Hussain Khan, S. Ahmad, A. Ahmad, Role of sawdust in the removal of copper(II) from industrial wastes, Water Res., 32 (1998) 3085–3091.
  23. X.-s. Wang, Y. Qin, Equilibrium sorption isotherms for of Cu2+ on rice bran, Process Biochem., 40 (2005) 677–680.
  24. S. Torbati, A. Movafeghi, A. Khataee, Biodegradation of C.I. acid blue 92 by Nasturtium officinale: study of some physiological responses and metabolic fate of dye, Int. J. Phytorem., 17 (2015) 322–329.
  25. F. Duman, F. Ozturk, Nickel accumulation and its effect on biomass, protein content and antioxidative enzymes in roots and leaves of watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.), J. Environ. Sci., 22 (2010) 526–532.
  26. D. Aydin, O.F. Coskun, Effects of EDTA on Cr+3 uptake, accumulation, and biomass in Nasturtium officinale (watercress), Ekoloji, 22 (2013) 16–23.
  27. R.H. Myers, D.C. Montgomery, C.M. Anderson-Cook, Response Surface Methodology: Process and Product Optimization Using Designed Experiments, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, USA, 2009.
  28. S.A. Mousavi, A. Almasi, Z. Kamari, F. Abdali, Z. Yosefi, Application of the central composite design and response surface methodology for the treatment of Kermanshah landfill leachate by a sequencing batch reactor, Desal. Wat. Treat., 56 (2015) 622–628.
  29. S.A. Mousavi, S. Ibrahim, Application of response surface methodology (RSM) for analyzing and modeling of nitrification process using sequencing batch reactors, Desal. Wat. Treat., 57 (2016) 5730–5739.
  30. S.F.A. Halim, A.H. Kamaruddin, W. Fernando, Continuous biosynthesis of biodiesel from waste cooking palm oil in a packed bed reactor: optimization using response surface methodology (RSM) and mass transfer studies, Bioresour. Technol., 100 (2009) 710–716.
  31. R. Wang, P. Chen, F. Jia, J. Tang, F. Ma, Optimization of polysaccharides from Panax japonicus C.A. Meyer by RSM and its anti-oxidant activity, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 50 (2012) 331–336.
  32. E. Malkoc, Ni(II) removal from aqueous solutions using cone biomass of Thuja orientalis, J. Hazard. Mater., 137 (2006) 899–908.
  33. J. Wu, H.-Q. Yu, Biosorption of 2,4-dichlorophenol from aqueous solution by Phanerochaete chrysosporium biomass: isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics, J. Hazard. Mater., 137 (2006) 498–508.
  34. A. Amalraj, A. Pius, Removal of selected basic dyes using activated carbon from tannery wastes, Sep. Sci. Technol., 49 (2014) 90–100.
  35. H. Ucun, Y.K. Bayhana, Y. Kaya, A. Cakici, O.F. Algur, Biosorption of lead (II) from aqueous solution by cone biomass of Pinus sylvestris, Desalination, 154 (2003) 233–238.
  36. A. Dada, A. Olalekan, A. Olatunya, O. Dada, Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin–Radushkevich isotherms studies of equilibrium sorption of Zn2+ unto phosphoric acid modified rice husk, IOSR-JAC, 3 (2012) 38–45.
  37. Y. Kara, Bioaccumulation of Cu, Zn and Ni from the wastewater by treated Nasturtium officinale, Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2 (2005) 63–67.