In many water bodies across the globe there is the presence of heavy metals such as copper. This contamination can be very detrimental to individuals as it can lead to significant health risks. A fairly new investigated area of this kind of water remediation is the use of sorption materials than can adsorb the heavy metals from the water bodies and aqueous solutions. Investigated in this project, possible sorption materials include hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of glucose and its activation via potassium hydroxide (KOH) and a one-step HTC of glucose in the presence of acrylic acid monomer. Using measurements of copper adsorption from aqueous solutions, it was found that the best sorption material of these three was the KOH activated hydrochar.

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Creator

• Canales, Josue

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032219-100449

Advisor

• Timko, Michael T.

Year

• 2019

Date created

• 2019-03-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright