Response surface central composite design optimization of soluos dumpsite leachate treatment using agricultural biowaste

Lukumon Salami 1, * and Lukman Bakare 2

1 Environmental Engineering Research Unit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lagos State University, Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria.
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Lagos State University, Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria.
 
Research Article
International Journal of Frontiers in Engineering and Technology Research, 2021, 01(02), 026–034.
Article DOI: 10.53294/ijfetr.2021.1.2.0061
Publication history: 
Received on 18 October 2021; revised on 01 December 2021; accepted on 03 December 2021
 
Abstract: 
Process optimization plays a very important role in the process industries as it helps to miximise desire output by minimizing the cost of process variables. The aim of this work is to carry out response surface central composite design optimization of Soluos dumpsite leachate treatment using agricultural biowaste. Leachate collected from Soluos dumpsite in Lagos was treated using adsorbent prepared from Muas sapientum peels by studying the effects of adsorbent dosage and contact time on the percentage removal of total dissolved solids (TDS) with the aid of design expert software version 10.0.3. The developed second order regression model was adopted in comparison with the linear and two factor interaction ( ) model based on its coefficient of determination (R2) value and its adequacy by analysis of variance (ANOVA). 80.34 percentage removal of TDS was achieved under experimental process at contact time of 120 mins and dosage of 1 g/100mL while 81.134 percentage removal of TDS was obtained under simulation process at contact time of 63.469 mins and dosage of 0.994 g/100 mL. the values obtained under simulation condition were adopted as the optimum conditions. The developed second order regression model predicted the experimental data up to 98.10 percent confidence level hence it is a true representation of the treatment process and can be used to navigate the design space and optimization process of treatment of Soluos dumpsite leachate.
 
Keywords: 
Biowaste; Dumpsite; Leachate; Optimization and treatment.
 
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