**4.3 SWOC analysis**

*SWOC analysis* is a strategic planning technique for examining the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Challenges that any project may face. It entails defining the project's goal and determining the internal and external variables that will help or hinder the goal's achievement. Any research project's aim is to move from the lab to the real world. The SWOC analysis of DCP and its application as biosorbent is thoroughly scrutinized to know the feasibility of scaling up in industrial effluent and water treatment process.

### *4.3.1 Strengths*

• DCP is a non-conventional, biodegradable, renewable and ever easy and freely available feedstock with minimum capital, thus lowering the need to regenerate the same from spent.

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• The transport, storage and handling operations are very simple due to nonper-

• The HA extraction from DCP is also a *green process* wherein catalyst or any other auxiliary substances are not employed to add on to the cost, time, and chemicals, as compared to its other competitive methods presently dealt with.

• For the biosorption process, DCP is successfully employed without any pretreatment or modification process. Having porous and coarse nature settling is

• The disposal of DCP is easy as it can be sun dried and utilized as a landfill due

• Biosorption mechanism of DCP still requires detailed studies due to its hetero-

• Back extraction is difficult. Thus, research is required for stripping back of

• Computer simulation will offer extremely powerful tools for designing.

• A need for R&D studies dealing more cogently with the molecular mechanisms, including such issues as binding sites, valence states, coordination chemistry, life cycle analysis and the speciation of metals in solution will surely

• For a real application more research regarding direct impact of stability of

• Eco-friendly Disposal Mechanism of DCP must be formulized for long term

The Ancient Indian Epitome of Energy, DCP-unearthed ecofriendly resin has been scientifically studied to strongly echo its multispectral utility as a Humiresin, Green agrarian booster and Pseudo shale, sustaining WFE Nexus. The development of green and clean HA extraction process from DCP and its comparison with

partially or fully saturated DCP on nature is urgently needed.

• Metal recovery by different processes will prove Atom Economy.

• Being freely and easily available DCP has an edge over processed natural

adsorbent considering their cost, time, and energy efficiency.

easy and hence it is efficient in decontamination.

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to its minimum leaching nature.

optimize the Industrial Applications.

• Direct Industrial Applications will be challenging.

*4.3.2 Weaknesses*

geneous nature.

precious metals.

*4.3.3 Opportunities*

*4.3.4 Challenges*

storage.

**5. Conclusions**

ishable nature of DCP.

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