Removal of Pb(II) ions from aqueous solution using water hyacinth root by fixed-bed column and ANN modeling

- Hyacinth root used for removal of Pb(II) from aqueous solution.
- The sorption mechanism was illustrated using FTIR studies.
- Thomas model predicted the column sorption curves successfully.
- The ANN model with backpropagation algorithm, using single hidden layer with transfer function 2 and 20 processing elements predicted the outlet concentration successfully.