Removal of Phenol from Biomedical Waste via an Adsorption Process †.

Phenolic chemicals are poisonous and have long-term impacts on humans and animals. Even in low quantities, as carcinogens, they destroy red blood cells and the liver. These biological waste products pollute groundwater. Thus, removing these organic chemicals to meet discharge limits is difficult. Electrochemical oxidation, redox reactions, membrane separation, and photocatalytic degradation help remove phenolic chemicals from water. Recently, phenolic chemicals have been shown to be removed via adsorption and photocatalysis employing carbon materials and clays. Due to their unique chemical and physical properties, nanometric materials are crucial to these processes. These substances' structures, classification, entry points, and reactivity or interaction with other aquatic components have been extensively studied. Phenolic substances can be removed from the water before usage. This has led to the development of water treatment technologies and methods like activated carbon adsorption, solvent extraction, the electro-Fenton method, membrane-based separation method, photocatalysis, and others that have been shown to successfully remove phenolic compounds from water. Activated carbon is the most promising adsorbent for numerous contaminants (dyes, metals, etc.). However, low-cost agricultural materials are typically used to switch to more environmentally friendly ones. This study uses low-cost, eco-friendly adsorbents to remediate biomedical effluents. Pyrolysis of potato peels (waste) from a restaurant produced carbon samples. Absorption–desorption experiments examined pH, temperature, starting drug concentration, contact time, and regeneration ability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]