Adsorpsi Methylene Blue Menggunakan Serbuk Cangkang Telur Terkalsinasi dengan

Proses Batch

Ryan Tito
Laboratorium Dasar Teknik Kimia II
Program Studi Diploma III Teknik Kimia, Fakultas Teknik Universitas Riau

ABSTRAK

Semakin meningkatnya penggunaan zat warna pada berbagai industri, meninggalkan

masalah lingkungan yang harus ditanggulangi. Berbagai macam metode telah
dilakukan guna mengurangi limbah zat warna tersebut, salah satunya yaitu adsorpsi.
Penggunaan adsorben yang murah dan mudah didapat menjadi salah satu
pertimbangan dalam pemilihan jenis adsorben yang digunakan. Tujuan penelitian ini
adalah untuk mengetahui potensi serbuk cangkang telur sebagai adsorben methylene
blue serta menentukan kondisi operasi optimum untuk proses adsorpsi menggunakan
serbuk cangkang kulit telur terkalsinasi dengan proses batch pada skala laboratorium.
Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan memvariasikan waktu kontak, pH, massa adsorben
dan temperatur methylene blue sehingga diketahui efektifitas adsorpsi dari serbuk
cangkang telur terkalsinasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kondisi optimum
penjerapan methylene blue adalah pada pH 8 (77,3%), temperatur 27oC (62,9%)
dengan menggunakan 2 gram serbuk cangkang telur terkalsinasi (59,3%) dan waktu
kontak 5 menit (69,9%).

Kata kunci: limbah zat warna, adsorpsi, serbuk cangkang telur, methylene blue,
kalsinasi.

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 Adsorption of Methylene Blue Using Calcined Egg Shell Powder By Batch Process

Ryan Tito
Basic Chemical Engineering Laboratorium II
Chemical Engineering Study Program
Faculty of Engineering The University Of Riau

ABSTRACT

The increasing use of dyes in various industries, leaving environmental issues that
must be addressed. Various methods have been made to reduce the dye waste, one of
them is adsorption. The use of low-cost adsorbents and easy to get becoming one of
the considerations in selecting the type of adsorbent. The purpose of this study was to
determine the potential of eggshell powder as adsorbent of methylene blue and to
determine the optimum operating conditions for adsorption process using calcined
eggshell powder with a batch process on a laboratory scale. The study was conducted
by varying the operating parameters which were contact time, pH, adsorbent mass
and temperature in order to study their effectiveness in adsorption methylene blue
using calcined eggshell powder. The results showed that the optimum conditions for
removal of methylene blue was at pH 8 (77.3%), temperature 27oC (62.9%), by using
2 grams of calcined eggshell powder (59.3%) and 5 minutes contact time (69, 9%).

Keywords: waste dyes, adsorption, eggshell powder , methylene blue, calcination.

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