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Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, vol.24, no.6, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
This work aimed to evaluate the decolorization of phenolphthalein (PP), indigo carmine (IC), methyl orange (MO) and eriochrome black T (EBT) by using Chlorella and Chlamydomonas as a biosorbent. This experiment used the batch adsorption method to study the adsorption effect of pH, biomass dosage, contact time, initial dye concentration and temperature on the dyes. The adsorption of the dyes onto the cells were fitted with the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. The results showed that the optimum conditions for PP removal (99%) was obtained at pH 4, contact time of 120min, 35°C, algal dosage of 0.5 mg/mL and dye concentration of 100 mg/L on to the cells. The sample prepared at 25°C, 120 min, 1 mg/mL algal dosage, 25 mg/L dye concentration and at pH 4 had the best adsorption effect on IC on to the both of cells (99-98%). In addition, the optimum conditions for MO and EBT removal (99-97%) was obtained at pH 2-4, contact time of 30 min, 25°C, algal dosage of 0.5mg/mL and dye concentration of 100mg/L. The results of this study reveal that the algae cells can be utilized as an efficient and eco-friendly biosorbent for the removal of the indicator dyes from aqueous solution.