https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:43201 Delonix regia) activated carbon (FPAC). The developed ZnONPs loaded on the surface flamboyant pods activated carbon (ZnONPs-FPAC) was used successfully to remove of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. The developed FPAC, ZnONPs and ZnONPs-FPAC were characterized UV–Vis spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX), Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) techniques. The antibacterial activity of the synthesized FPAC, ZnONPs and ZnONPs-FPAC were screened and the results revealed that ZnONPs has an excellent antibacterial activity when compared. Batch adsorption studies were conducted to investigate the influence of process parameters such as initial concentration, contact time, pH, adsorbent dosage and temperature on MB uptake. The high BET surface area of 794.48 m²/g and mesoporous ZnONPS-FPAC developed gave good adsorption capacity of 186 mg/g. Equilibrium adsorption data of MB were modelled using Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin–Radushkevich (D–R) isotherm model. The adsorption of MB onto ZnONPs-FPAC was best described by Freundlich model indicating surface heterogeneity, and pseudo-second-order kinetics according to %∆q_e (normalized standard deviation), SSE (sum of square error), and R² (coefficient of determination) values. The results of the thermodynamic suggest that the adsorption process of MB onto ZnONPs-FPAC is endotherm, favourable, spontaneous, and physical. In nature. The reusability of ZnONPs-FPAC was examined upto five cycles with no significant loss in removal efficiency. The mean free energy (E), and Enthalpy (∆H) values calculated, suggested that the adsorption mechanism of MB on ZnONPs-FPAC is dominated by physical adsorption.]]> Wed 14 Sep 2022 10:06:37 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:40878 99% of the equilibrium yield CO conversion at 260 ℃. An increase in the converted CO, oxidation and H₂ productivity with the integral steam content in gaseous feed flow was achieved. The heterogeneous phase processing at the correlated pH of 7.6 demonstrated the highest formed CO product at the temperature of 200 ℃, compared with literature. This is particularly promising for reagent purity hydrogen-fed fuel cells. The kinetics for each co-precipitated solid was evaluated regarding the efficiency for the WGS in a fixed bed reactor.]]> Mon 29 Jan 2024 17:56:12 AEDT ]]>