Bio-Based Sorbents for Simultaneous Removal of Contaminants from Wastewaters Generated During Energy Production

Water and energy production are closely tied together. Water is an essential component for almost all types of energy generation including fossil fuels, nuclear power plants, carbon capture, and storage equipment. The continuously growing population and increasing demand for energy consumption is leading to water contamination and its proper treatment has become a global issue of concern.


The water used for energy production becomes contaminated through a variety of ways and carries wide number of different types of contaminants such as inorganics (heavy metals), organics and other water soluble/miscible by-products and co-products. Cost effective, sustainable, and scalable treatments with high efficiency for removal of multiple contaminants are highly desirable.


Recently we have developed a sorption technology which uses modified/engineered keratin biopolymers from poultry feathers to remove metals and naphthenic acids from oil sands process water. The developed sorbents were tested at lab scale for removal of 9 trace metals and naphthenic acids. The results are highly promising with very high sorption affinity for both metals and napthenic acids. We are currently testing to expand applicability of these biosorbents for various other contaminants.

Renewable Biomaterials For Dewatering And Consolidation Of Oil Sands Tailings

M Anne Naeth, Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah

Misc: NRCAN Collaborative Grant Application

Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Award Finalists 2019

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah

Award

Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Award For Outstanding Achievement In Energy And Environment 2022

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah

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Best Poster Award Bio-Environmental Polymer Society

Irum Zahara

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Finalist U Alberta Falling Walls Lab 2018

Irum Zahara

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Professor JB McQuitty Graduate Scholarship

Irum Zahara

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Research And Innovation Award For Outstanding Research Contributions

Aman Ullah

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Adsorption Kinetics And Modeling For Removal Of Heavy Metals From Wastewater By Keratin Derived Sorbents

M Anne Naeth, Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Bio-sorbents From Keratin Biopolymers For The Treatment Of Wastewater

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Breaking The Wall Of Water Pollution

Irum Zahara

Other Event

Feather Keratin Derived Sorbents For The Treatment Of Wastewater Produced During Energy Generation Processes

M Anne Naeth, Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Feather Keratin Derived Sorbents For The Treatment Of Wastewater Produced During Energy Generation Processes

M Anne Naeth, Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Feather Keratin Derived Sorbents For The Treatment Of Wastewater Produced During Energy Generation Systems With The Effect Of Process Parameters On Adsorption

M Anne Naeth, Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Feather keratin derived sorbents for removal of trace metals from wastewater produced by energy generation processes

Irum Zahara

Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation

Low Cost Bio-Sorbents From Keratin Biopolymers For The Treatment Of Wastewater Produced During Energy Generation

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Low Cost Biopolymers As Adsorbants

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference Proceedings

Low Cost Biopolymers As Adsorbents

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Microbial Processes And Their Implication In Tailings Management

Tariq Siddique

Other Event

Novel Materials From Renewable Resources For Water Remediation

Aman Ullah

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Novel Materials From Renewable Resources For Water Remediation

Aman Ullah

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Oil Sand Process Affected Water Treatment By Chicken Feathers: Experimental And Modeling Aspects

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Faisal Irfan

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Oil Sands Tailings And Water Management

Tariq Siddique

Other Event

Poultry Feather Keratin Derived Biopolymers

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Irum Zahara

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Removal Of Divalent Cations And Oxyanions By Keratin-Dervied Sorbents: Influence Of Process Parameters And Mechanistic Studies

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Irum Zahara, Muhammad Faisal Irfan, Muhammad Zubair

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Renewable Biopolymers: A Step Towards Sustainable Circular Economy

Aman Ullah

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Renewable Materials From Poultry Byproducts

Aman Ullah

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution

Unravelled Keratin-deried Biopolymers As Novel Bioadsorbants For The Simultaneous Removal Of Multiple Trace Metals From Industrial Wastewater

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

Utilization Of Keratin Derived Biopolymers For Removal Of Trace Metals, Organic Contaminants And Consolidation Of Oil Sands Tailings

Tariq Siddique, Aman Ullah, Muhammad Arshad

Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution