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  • Chemical Engineering

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  • Adsorption is a key technique for water and wastewater decontamination.
  • The cost of adsorbent synthesis is a significant, yet often overlooked, factor in its practical application.
  • Existing literature lacks comprehensive cost analyses for adsorbent materials.

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  • To provide the first detailed cost estimation for adsorbent synthesis.
  • To identify key factors influencing adsorbent production costs.
  • To establish criteria for industrial adsorbent selection based on cost-effectiveness.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a cost estimation model for adsorbents.
  • Inclusion of major cost factors: labor, raw materials, energy, and taxes.
  • Utilizing synthesized polymeric materials with chitosan as a substrate for analysis.

Main Results:

  • Presents a novel methodology for adsorbent cost estimation.
  • Highlights the complexity of adsorbent cost calculation due to multiple variables.
  • Provides a basis for comparing the economic viability of different adsorbents.

Conclusions:

  • Cost-effective adsorbent synthesis is critical for widespread adoption in environmental technology.
  • This work lays the foundation for informed industrial selection of adsorbents.
  • Further research should validate and refine these cost estimation models.