Review Article

Assessment of Food Processing and Pharmaceutical Industrial Wastes as Potential Biosorbents: A Review

Table 6

Kinetic parameters as predicted by the well-established sorption models.

BiosorbentTarget ion/compoundKinetic model (mg/g)Rate constant*pH/temperature (°C)/time (min)Co (mg/L)Reference

Local dairy sludgePb(II)
Cd(II)
Pseudo-second order117.6
44.4
0.27
4.2
5.0/20°C/500200
100
[129]

Wine processing sludgeCr(VI)Pseudo-second order2.420.0704.2/50/240100 [73]

Wine processing sludgeNi(II)Pseudo-second order3.110.2265.5/50/12045[76]

Desiccated coconutHg(II)Pseudo-second order447.037.4/30/6050[100]

Pecan nut shells (C. illinoinensis) biomassAcid Blue 74 (AB74) Pseudo-first3.2710.026.5/30/500 1000 [132]
Reactive Blue 4 (RB4)Pseudo-second10.010 6.5/30/1000
Acid Blue 25 (AB25)Pseudo-second-order4.892 6.5/30/500

Spent brewery grainsAG25 dyePseudo-second order74.630.0383.0/30/7590[70]

Beer brewery diatomite waste (SDE)Methylene Blue basic dyePseudo-second order4.921.247.0/25/14402.5[81]

Antibiotic waste P. mutilus Basic Blue 41Pseudo-second order90.910.00428.0-9.0/30/6070[119]

Macrofungal waste from antibioticsCd(II)Pseudo-second order82.80.00145.0/20/15200[120]

Fennel biomass (Foeniculum  vulgare)Cd(II)Pseudo-second order9.300.4765.0/30/50100[123]

Phaseolus  vulgaris  L. Reactive Red 198Pseudo-second order81.970.0362.0/20/20[86]

Nonliving biomass Aspergillus  awamori Cu(II)Pseudo-first order35.000.0775.0/20/18025[125]

Corynebacterium  
glutamicum
Reactive Black 5
RB5
Pseudo-second order370.00 1.0/25/5002000[127]

Phaseolus  vulgaris  L. Acid Red 57 dyePseudo-second order89.490.212.0/20/20150[91]

Fruit waste macrofungi Flammulina  velutipes Cd(II)Pseudo-first [130]
Pb(II)Pseudo-second order13.042.176.0/25/60 10

Orange (Citrus sinensis)Cr(III)Pseudo-second order10.970.0025.0/25/4320100[102]

Pectin-rich fruit wastes (lemon peels)Cd(II)Pseudo-second order13.920.0215.0/—/5019.2[133]

Orange wasteCd(II)Elovich333.33 (1/ )0.004 (1/ )6.0/25/60100[94]

Mangifera  indica (mango) seed kernel particlesMethylene Blue (MB) cationic dyePseudo-first order1150.04618.0/30/120175[98]

Rhizopus oligosporus biomassCu(II)Pseudo-second order69.820.0025.0/30/120100[85]

Crushed olive stone wastesPb(II) Pseudo-second
order
1.120.141 5.5/20/6018.86 [105]
Ni(II)0.253.0004.48
Cu(II)0.267.4974.35
Cd(II)0.720.12110.56

Olive stonesCd(II)Pseudo-second order0.9033.19611.0/80/2010 [106]

Palm oil mill effluent (POME) sludgeMethylene Blue (MB) cationic dyePseudo-second order5.540.00727.6/27/432010[111]

Olive pomaceMethylene Blue (MB) dyePseudo-second order0.0906—/25/24010[109]

Tea industry wasteCd(II)Pseudo-second order10.60.027.0/25/180100[72]

Pineapple peel, an agricultural effluentMethylene Blue (MB) cationic dyePseudo-second order104.17 6.0/30/400300[91]

Okra food wasteCd(II)
Fe(II)
Zn(II)
Pseudo-second order17.54
20.42
14.99
0.009
0.008
0.013
—/20/9020[88]

Activated carbon derived from exhausted olive waste cakeLanaset Grey G Pseudo-first order106.40.00196.0/25/3000150[113]

Activated carbon from tea industry waste (TIWAC)Cr(III)Pseudo-second order0.4641.526.0/—/300.01[115]

Sugar industry (waste bagasse)Cd(II)
Fe(II)
Pseudo-first order
—/20/9020[89]

Sugarcane bagasse wasteMethylene Blue (MB) Pseudo-second
order
192.310.00128.0/25/600200 [78]
Gentian Violet 357.140.000058.0/25/900300

Units depend on the fitting kinetic model and are indicated in Table 4.