Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria

Biography

Adeniyi John Ademoyegun is a researcher and academic based at the Department of Chemical Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria. His research primarily focuses on the sorption and biosorption of heavy metal ions, environmental chemistry, and water treatment methods. Notably, he has worked on studying the biosorption of metals like Pb(II), Cd(II), and Zn(II) using Thaumatococcus danielli leaves, exploring the kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics of metal ion removal from aqueous solutions. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, contributing to the fields of environmental science and chemical engineering. One of his notable publications includes the study on the sorption characteristics of heavy metals, detailing the effects of pH, temperature, and metal ion concentration on the efficiency of the biosorption process?. Adeniyi has collaborated with other scholars, such as Adesola Babarinde and Edwin Ofudje, on various environmental research projects, demonstrating the potential of natural sorbents in water purification processes. His studies often involve the application of techniques like Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) to analyze the functional groups responsible for metal ion interactions?

Publications

• Research Article   
  Kinetic and Thermodynamics Studies of the Biosorption of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Zn(II) Ions from Aqueous Solution Using (Thaumatococcus danielli) Biomass
  Author(s): Adeniyi John Ademoyegun* and Adesola Babarinde
  
  This study evaluated the kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamics of heavy metal ions sorption onto Thaumatococcus danielli (popularly known as the moimoi leaf). Different reaction conditions such as contact time, initial metal ion concentration and also temperature were investigated for the removal of Pb(II), Cd(II), Zn(II), ions from the aqueous solutions. The batch biosorption study of the biomass onto metal ions revealed that the equilibrium time was reached at 150 mins for Cd(II) and Zn(II) and 180 mins for Pb(II) at optimum pH of 7. Contact time, initial metal ion concentration, biosorbent dosage and temperature are other reaction conditions which are found to influence the biosorption process. The FT-IR study showed the presence of ionisable (-OH, C=C, C≡C, PH3 and C-H) functional groups which could participate in the binding of.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2090-4568.24.14.342

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