Chemical Modification and Performance Evaluation of an Agro-Waste for Column Mode Removal of Textile Dyes.

The performance of a newly designed column bed device packed with chemically modified agro-waste (sugarcane bagasse) is evaluated for efficient removal of two textile dyes, Optilan yellow and Lanasyn brown and textile industry dye effluent. The parameters used for performance evaluation are removal efficiency (%), adsorption capacity (), and breakthrough ( / ). The column exhibits >90% removal of both the dyes and >80% removal of textile industry dye effluent.