Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur Kharagpur West Bengal 721302 India;
Department of Chemical Engineering Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT) Sarang Sarang Odisha 759146 India;
Department of Chemical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering Howard College Campus University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN) Durban 4041 South Africa;
Activated carbon; Response surface methodology; Coconut shell; Impregnation ratio; Multistage fluidized bed; Optimization;