@article { ISI:000358610200004,
	title = {Fruit peel waste as a novel low-cost bio adsorbent},
	journal = {Reviews in Chemical Engineering},
	volume = {31},
	number = {4},
	year = {2015},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {361-381},
	publisher = {WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH},
	address = {GENTHINER STRASSE 13, D-10785 BERLIN, GERMANY},
	abstract = {<p>Fruit peel waste (FPW) is abundantly available from the agricultural and food processing industry and has been studied in recent past as an adsorbent. This paper critically reviews the reported work and investigates various FPW-pollutant systems. The study includes statistics of FPW generation, modification, characterization, adsorption ability, recovery/regeneration, and modeling (isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics) of batch adsorption. It is found that orange and banana peels are the most extensively studied adsorbents, whereas Pb2+ and methylene blue are the most efficiently removed pollutants, the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms provide the best fit in most of the cases, and in general, pseudo-second-order kinetics is followed. There are very limited column studies and no report on commercial plant. Though the reproducibility of the results is poor, FPW has a great potential in the wastewater treatment due to its abundant and cheap availability. FPW can be used for removal of heavy metals and dyes; however, removal of organic and gaseous impurities needs further investigation.</p>},
	keywords = {adsorbent, Adsorption, fruit peel waste, organic and inorganic pollutants, wastewater},
	issn = {0167-8299},
	doi = {10.1515/revce-2014-0041},
	author = {Pathak, Pranav D. and Mandavgane, Sachin A. and Kulkarni, Bhaskar D.}
}
@article { ISI:000371799000029,
	title = {Utilization of banana peel for the removal of benzoic and salicylic acid from aqueous solutions and its potential reuse},
	journal = {Desalination and Water Treatment},
	volume = {57},
	number = {27},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JUN},
	pages = {12717-12729},
	publisher = {TAYLOR \& FRANCIS INC},
	type = {Article},
	address = {530 WALNUT STREET, STE 850, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA},
	abstract = {<p>We report on the adsorptive removal of benzoic acid (BA) and salicylic acid (SA) using banana peel (BP), an abundantly available agricultural waste material, for the first time. BP was characterized by proximate analysis, FT-IR, scanning electron microscopy, BET surface area, and XRF. The number of basic sites on BP (4.9mmolg(-1)) is relatively more than acidic sites (0.75mmolg(-1)). The Langmuir uptake capacity values obtained are 6.62mgg(-1) for BA and 9.80mgg(-1) for SA. A mechanism for binding acid molecule to the BP surface is proposed.</p>},
	keywords = {Adsorption, Banana peel, Benzoic acids, Salicylic acid, Wastewater treatment},
	issn = {1944-3994},
	doi = {10.1080/19443994.2015.1051589},
	author = {Pathak, Pranav D. and Mandavgane, Sachin A. and Kulkarni, Bhaskar D.}
}
