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Development of Water Treatment using Activated Carbon from Moringa
Oliefera
Farasyahida binti A. Samad
Supervisor: Dr Hidayatul Aini Binti Zakaria
Bachelor of Applied Science (Electronics and Instrumentation Physics)
School of Ocean Engineering
Clean, safe and readily available water is very crucial in everyday life especially for
health, hygiene and the productivity of the community. However, conventional
wastewater treatment includes the usage of alum would affect health with prolonged
consumption. That is why this research was carried out to focus on the development
of water treatment using activated carbon from Moringa oleifera seeds.
Characterization of the sample was made using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier
Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Brunauer, Emmet and Teller (BET), Scanning
Electron Microscope (SEM) and Turbidity Meter. Then, all samples were tested against
kaolin wastewater. Therefore, this study had proved that the activated carbon from
Moringa oliefera is suitable for high turbidity water treatment. A further study
regarding the combination of activated carbon and Moringa oliefera should be
conducted before these samples are available for further use so that we can compare
which sample works best for water treatment.
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