SUGARCANE BAGASSE ADSORPTION EVALUATION AND APPLICATION ON BOD AND COD REMOVAL FROM TEXTILE WASTEWATER TREATMENT

THE IMPACT OF OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS ON THE STRUCTURAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED NANOCELLULOSE FROM SUBSTRATES CONTAINING DATE PROCESSING WASTES

Journal: Water Conservation and Management (WCM)
Author: Husam Al-Hamaiedh, Omar A. Abdulateef, Laith M. Najeeb, Khawla D. Al-Hamaideh
Print ISSN : 2523-5664
Online ISSN : 2523-5672

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Doi: 10.26480/wcm.02.2025.300.306

ABSTRACT

This study explores the use of date pomace (DP), a byproduct from the date processing industry, as a sustainable nutrient source for producing bacterial nanocellulose (BNC). By adjusting the Hestrin-Schramm (HS) culture medium with DP juice, we evaluated how key operational factors—such as incubation temperature, initial medium pH, and the ratio of DP juice—affect the structural and chemical properties of BNC. The best conditions for BNC production were found to be an initial pH of 6, an incubation temperature of 30°C, and a DP juice ratio of 20%. We used various analytical techniques, including Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX), and Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (UVS), to characterize the produced BNC. The results showed that increasing the DP juice ratio had a positive effect on the morphology and structure of BNC, while the chemical properties remained stable across different conditions, underscoring the practical potential of using DP for BNC production.