Potential application as a bio-coagulant for Moringa oleifera seeds

In the current trend, industries prefer to optimize machining processes using finite This study focused on producing a natural bio-coagulant from moringa seeds. Moringa seed extract is a natural coagulant for the treatment of water containing suspended solids and colloids and is obtained through grinding, oil extraction, protein extraction from the solids using a 2 M NaCl solution, protein separation by centrifugation, followed by filtration. This study investigated the production and use of bio-coagulants. Parameters investigated when producing the biocoagulant include the effects of temperature on the removal of moisture content in the moringa seeds, the type of solvent on the oil yield, and varying the volume of n-hexane for oil extraction. Parameters investigated when using the biocoagulant include the effect of dosage of bio-coagulant on pH and turbidity removal efficiency, and the performance of the bio-coagulant at low, medium, and high turbidity levels. The optimum temperature and time obtained by drying the moringa seeds were 100?C and 30 min, and the highest oil yield obtained was 31% when using n-hexane as the solvent. Turbidity removal efficiency went up to 96.4% when using 50 mg/L of the bio-coagulant at a pH of 6.1. High turbidity removal was achieved at low bio-coagulant dosages, which was regarded as a breakthrough finding for this research.