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The biowaste left over from the fixed oil biorefinery process of  Nigella sativa  L. plant was used as a new biosorbent for the biosorption of synthetic dye of methylene blue from water environment in this study. The main variables of biosorption operation such as methylene blue concentration, time, pH, and biosorbent amount were optimized by the batch-type experiments. The characterization, kinetics, equilibrium, and thermodynamics works were conducted to show the nature of methylene blue biosorption. The studies of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Scanning electron microscopy indicated that the biosorbent possessed an inhomogeneous surface morphology including many cavities and protuberances, and a rich functional group profile. The optimum values of operating variables studied for the biosorption of methylene blue were determined as methylene blue concentration of 15 mg L −1 , time of 360 min, pH of 8, and biosorbent amount of 10 mg. The experimental data of methylene blue biosorption followed the kinetics and isotherm models of pseudo-second-order ( R2 : 0.98, Adj R2 : 0.98, and  RMSE : 8.97) and Dubinin-Radushkevich ( R2 : 0.99, Adj R2 : 0.98, and  RMSE : 6.84), respectively, based on the statistical tests of coefficient of determination ( R2 ), adjusted coefficient of determination (Adj R2 ), and root mean squared error ( RMSE ). The biosorption of methylene blue was a physical, spontaneous, and energetically favorable process ( EDR : 3.48 kJ mol −1  and Δ G °: (−14.51) − (−10.02) kJ mol −1 ). This residual biological material from the fixed oil biorefinery process exhibited higher biosorption performance (187.46 mg g −1 ) than own unrefined (virgin) form and its modified, activated, and composite forms and many other sorbents reported in the literature. Hereby, the current work showed that this novel biowaste-based material could be used as an environmentally and economically promising biosorbent to effectively purify methylene blue from aquatic environment.

A novel biowaste-based biosorbent material for effective purification of methylene blue from water environment