Box-Behnken design with desirability function for methylene blue dye adsorption by microporous activated carbon from pomegranate peel using microwave assisted K2CO3 activation.

The novelty of this research work comes from the conversion of the biomass waste, namely; the conversion of pomegranate peel (PP) into microporous activated carbon (PPAC) via a microwave assisted K₂CO₃ activation process. The applicability of the PPAC toward the removal of methylene blue dye (MB) was statistically optimized using Box Behnken design in the response surface methodology (BBD-RSM).