Affiliation:
1. Institut Teknologi Bandung
Abstract
We have developed sorbent materials for seawater desalination using different natural materials such as zeolite, clay, soil, coral, and chitosan. The materials were initially activated at temperature range of 200 °C to 600 °C for 3 hours. The greatest salinity reduction was obtained using either activated-zeolite (at 200 °C) or activated-soil (at 600 °C). Surprisingly, thermally activated-soil showed similar efficiency to that of the activated-zeolite. This finding concluded that soil might be a candidate of novel sorbent material to substitute zeolite, the material that is commonly used as sorbent material. Further investigation is in progress to find the optimum method for obtaining the greatest sorption.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
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