Wastewater Treatment Utilizing Industrial Waste Fly Ash as a Low-Cost Adsorbent for Heavy Metal Removal: Literature Review

• Published in: Clean technologies Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 221 - 279
• Main Author: Jadaa, Waleed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Adsorbents; Adsorption; Cadmium; Chemical composition; Chromium; Circular economy; Clay; Coal-fired power plants; Contaminants; Contamination; Control; Copper; Cost analysis; Economic analysis; Ecosystems; Effluents; Electricity; Fly ash; Freshwater resources; health effects; Heavy metals; Industrial wastes; Ions; Lead; Literature reviews; Manganese; Nickel; pH effects; Pollutants; Public health; Purification; removal methods; Sewage; Waste materials; Waste treatment; wastewater; Wastewater discharges; Wastewater treatment; Water treatment; Zeolites; United States

Wastewater discharges from industrial processes typically include elevated concentrations of contaminants, which largely consist of potentially harmful chemicals such as heavy metals. These contaminants are characterized by their slow rate of decomposition. Hence, the removal of these metallic ions...