This research involved extracting cellulose from sawdust, converting it into cellulose acetate (CA), and evaluating
its performance as a bio-membrane for desalination of synthetic saline water. The experimental studies wereconducted using a fixed-bed adsorption column setup, to the desalinate synthetic saline water. The CA bio-
membrane exhibited a high salt removal efficiency of up to 98.95%. Kinetic modeling was carried with theobtained results, using the Bohart-Adams.......
Keywords: Seawater, membrane, desalination, saline, synthetic, cellulose, sawdust.
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