A STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL OF MORINGA SEEDS IN ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC CONTENT FROM WATER COLLECTED FROM OILFIELD REFINERY

Abstract

The purpose of this education is to explore uses of moringa seeds (M. oleifera) in the adsorption of organic contents from wastewater of oilfield refinery, Iraq. Adsorption treatment conditions were optimized to assess the relations between working condition, such by means of moringa amount, contact time and pH, to classify the best working circumstances. Organic removal rates were 89.65% under the optimum conditions comprise a contact time of 1.5 h, 1.5 g moringa dose and pH 3. The aptitude of moringa seeds to eliminate organic contents was augmented subsequently addition of different dosage at regular mixing time between 0.5 and 1 h. The equilibrium data of adsorption were investigated by Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm replicas. We noted that supreme adsorption capacity of organic intended from Langmuir isotherm stood about 23.97 mg/g. The devised adsorption can be explored as a well-organized green treatment for removal of organic matter from refinery waste water in acidic conditions pH < 7.