Methodologies for determining the bioavailability and biodegradability of sludges.

abstract：:The removal of anionic and cationic dyes from aqueous solutions was investigated by different leather shavings, which are solid wastes generated in the leather industry. Wet-blue leather shavings (WB), vegetable-tanned leather shavings (VT), pickled hide (not tanned) shavings (PIC) and wet-white leather (pre-tanned) s...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Carvalho Pinheiro NS,Perez-Lopez OW,Gutterres M

更新日期：2020-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pt nanoparticles/TiO2 catalysts were prepared and evaluated for UV-photocatalytic degradation ofphenol and 2-chlorophenol (2-CP) in synthetic wastewater solutions. The catalysts were synthesized by immobilizing colloidal Pt nanoparticles onto titanium dioxide (rutile TiO2). Analytical techniques, such as standard Brun...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Barakat MA,Al-Hutailah RI,Qayyum E,Rashid J,Kuhn JN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to enhance anaerobic biodegradability of food waste (FW), thermal pretreatment was applied. The effectiveness in terms of biodegradability extent and process rate improvement was investigated. To this aim, Biomethane Potential tests were carried out under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. The IWA anaero...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Montecchio D,Gallipoli A,Gianico A,Mininni G,Pagliaccia P,Braguglia CM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard experimental protocols for biodegrading petroleum hydrocarbons employ microbiological and/or analytical analysis, and require advanced machines and specialized professionals to carry them out. Furthermore, the obtained results involve a high margin of error. In this paper, a new experimental technique was dev...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Said M,Elektorowicz M,Ahmad D,Chifrina R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently debuted as participants and solid supports in catalysts for environmental application in water treatment. Visible light active nanocomposites; ZnO/MIL-101(Fe); were synthesized via a hydrothermal method by loading ZnO; prepared by a green method; on a porous MIL-101(Fe) to...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Amdeha E,Mohamed RS

更新日期：2019-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A process consisting of anaerobic hydrolysis, denitrification, and oxidation/nitrification was proposed for simultaneous removal of carbon and nitrogen from terramycin crystallizing mother solution (TCMS), and its performance was investigated by treating diluted TCMS in a lab-scale continuous flow column system. Direc...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ma W,Yang M,Wang J,Qi R,Ren L

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to remove methylene blue dye from water with a fixed-bed column packed with Cu2O nanocomposite ceramsites. The column showed the advantages of fixed-bed column adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation. The Cu2O nanocomposite ceramsites with strong photocatalytic oxidation activity and well-developed poro...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li T,Fan J,Sun T

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for the simultaneous determination of cyanuric acid (CA), melamine (MM) and cyromazine (CM) in different water samples was developed by using reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography diode-array detection (RP-HPLC-DAD). The conditions of HPLC were investigated and optimized. A KROMASIL C18 co...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sun H,Qin X,Ge X,Wang L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the coal slurry scrubbing process, SO2 can be removed through both the coal pyrite leaching reaction and the oxidation reactions catalysed by Fe2+/Fe3+ produced in situ. In the present study, experiments of SO2 removal with coal slurry (particle size fraction 65-150 microm) were carried out using a double-stirred v...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sun W,Wang L,Liu J,Wang L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mineralisation of remazol black B (RBB) was studied at concentrations ranging from 20-1000 mgL(-1). The work was aimed at investigating the Fenton-like peroxidation of RBB at a concentration typically obtained in Batik cottage industries. Other response parameters were degradation and colour removal efficiencies. ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Hasan DB,Abdul Aziz AR,Daud WM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hydrometallurgical circuit process combining the leaching of metals with the electrolytic regeneration of the mass separating agent is an option to effectively treat heavy metal contaminated solids. This process aims towards a dosed loop utilisation of the extractant by its regeneration and recycling, enabling the u...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Arévalo EF,Stichnothe H,Thöming J,Calmano W

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photocatalytic degradation of an antibiotic, vancomycin B hydrochloride (VAN-B), has been investigated in aqueous suspensions of titanium dioxide (TiO2) by monitoring the change in its concentration as well as the production of ammonia and chlorides as a function of irradiation time. The removal of 50mg L(-1) VAN-...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lofrano G,Carotenuto M,Uyguner-Demirel CS,Vitagliano A,Siciliano A,Guida M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a comparison of denitrification rates and denitrification stoichiometry when using different sources of carbon. Denitrification tests were carried out in test bottles containing water and soil samples acquired at a nitrate-contaminated site and supplemented with either sucrose, acetate or ethanol. ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lorrain MJ,Tartakovsky B,Peisajovich-Gilkstein A,Guioti SR

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With their wide application, some nanomaterials entering into the environment and made effects in many ways. Different concentrations of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were added (0, 100, 200, 400 and 600 mg/L) in this study, the changes of substance in three stages of anaerobic digestion (AD) were explored, the optimal do...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Gong L,Yang X,You X,Wang J,Zhou J,Zhou Y,Yang J

更新日期：2019-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper mainly focused on illustrating the merit of respirometric analysis in assessing the inhibitory/toxic impact of xenobiotics on substrate biodegradation. It also evaluated biodegradation characteristics of these chemicals at continuous exposure through acclimation ofthe microbial culture. The nature and role o...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Orhon D,Sözen S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present investigation, the performance of a laboratory-scale plate and frame-type electrochemical ion-exchange (EIX) cell on removal ofhexavalent chromium from synthetic wastewater containing 5 mg/l of Cr(VI) was evaluated under varying applied voltages. Ruthenium dioxide-coated titanium plate (RuO2/Ti) was use...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dharnaik AS,Ghosh PK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phosphate-solubilizing bacterial strains were isolated and identified as Acinetobacter calcoaceticus YC-5a and Enterobacter agglomerans KMC-7 based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. A. calcoaceticus YC-5a is less well known as a phosphate-solubilizing plant-associated bacterium. The plant growth-promoting pr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ren YX,Zhu XL,Fan DD,Ma P,Liang LH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrate leaching contaminates groundwater. The objective of this study was to determine if reed and rice stalks could enhance denitrification and reduce nitrate leaching into groundwater. Artificial groundwater spiked with nitrate and field groundwater samples were tested in the columns in sand reactors packed with ei...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Qian J,Wang Z,Jin S,Liu Y,Chen T,Fallgren PH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosurfactants are amphiphilic compounds of microbial origin which exhibit better properties than their chemically derived counterparts. They are usually produced in submerged fermentation by different types of bacteria. However, biosurfactant production by fungi, particularly of the white-rot type, has been scarcely ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lourenço LA,Alberton Magina MD,Tavares LBB,Guelli Ulson de Souza SMA,García Román M,Altmajer Vaz D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to contribute to the knowledge on the dynamic of the microbial community involved in anaerobic degradation of different concentrations of 2-chlorophenol (2CP, from 28 to 196 mg 2CP-C/L) and a mixture of 2CP and phenol (from 28 to 196 mg phenol-C/L) and its relationship with the respiratory pr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Beristain-Montiel L,Martínez-Hernández S,de María Cuervo-López F,Ramírez-Vives F

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faecal sludge (FS) treatment in urban slums of low-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa is poor or non-existent. FS contains over 90% water and therefore dewatering it within slums decreases transport costs, facilitates local treatment and end-use. This study was designed to enhance the dewatering efficiency of FS, ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Semiyaga S,Okure MAE,Niwagaba CB,Nyenje PM,Kansiime F

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Sweden, waste incineration has played a major role in sustainable waste management, as well as generating combined heat and electricity for many years. Incineration of combustible waste produces residues such as fly ash and bottom ash. The chemical composition of both ashes shows that they consist of bulk metals an...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Baniya B

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic present in water bodies causes devastating effects on aquatic organisms and indirectly poses a hazardous threat to human existence. There is an urgent need to develop potential and convincing technologies to troubleshoot this problem. In the present study, an adsorbent has been prepared using the waste red mud...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Naga Babu A,Raja Sree T,Srinivasa Reddy D,Suresh Kumar G,Krishna Mohan GV

更新日期：2019-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the current research was to critically examine the role of the shape and the size of contaminated particles for an accurate prediction of membrane fouling phenomenon. Polycarbonate flat membranes (PC) with uniform pore sizes of 0.05 and 0.1 µm, in addition to Polysulfone membranes (PS) with molecular weigh...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Abdelrasoul A,Doan H,Lohi A,Cheng CH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demand for uniformly sized and shaped produce that are aesthetically pleasing results in significant food waste throughout the world. Cucumber waste is a major agricultural waste product in a number of countries, especially areas with high pickle production. Opportunity exists for wastewater treatment plants conta...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lowe TB,Hatch BT,Antle C,Nartker S,Ammerman ML

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersion modelling was proved by researchers that most part of the models, including the regulatory models recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (AERMOD and CALPUFF), do not have the ability to predict under complex situations. This article presents a novel evaluation of the propaga...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Hoinaski L,Franco D,de Melo Lisboa H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main aim of this work is to test the performance of red mud as a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) material for fluoride removal from water. Batch experiments were carried out to optimise the fluoride removal efficiency (RE) of activated red mud (ARM) based on four selected parameters, namely, the initial fluoride ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Vinati A,Rene ER,Pakshirajan K,Behera SK

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the operation of a biotrickling filter when treating a monochlorobenzene (MCB) contaminated gaseous emission. Treatment dynamics were characterised by exposing the reactor to various MCB Organic Loads (OL). The use of different growth support materials, namely limestone, sand, ceramic and PVC pall-...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Bastos FS,Rangel AO,Castro PM,Ferreira Jorge RM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the feasibility of using acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) waste plastic and nonmetal particles from waste printed circuit boards (WPCB) to manufacture reproduction composites (RC), with the aim of co-recycling these two waste resources. The composites were prepared in a twin-crew extruder ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sun Z,Shen Z,Zhang X,Ma S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of selenium remediation agents, mainly gamma alumina sorbents and zerovalent metals is greatly inhibited in the presence of large concentrations of sulfate found in selenium-rich agricultural drainage water. It is therefore imperative to remove sulfates from these contaminated waters, prior to their tr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Jegadeesan G,Mondal K,Lalvani SB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00