Disposal of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles: comparison of five disposal alternatives in the small island state of Mauritius using a life cycle assessment tool.

abstract：:Liquid-state bioconversion (LSB) technique has great potential for application in bioremediation of sewage sludge. The purpose of this study is to determine the optimum level of LSB process of sewage sludge treatment by mixed fungal (Aspergillus niger and Penicillium corylophilum) inoculation in a pilot-scale bioreact...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rahman RA,Molla AH,Barghash HF,Fakhru'l-Razi A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of elemental carbon (EC) and organic carbon (OC) in PM2.5 atmospheric aerosol were measured at four different sites in Beijing: Beijing Olympic Forest Park (OF), Jiufeng National Forest Park (JF), Beijing Forestry University campus lawn (G), and roads near the Beijing Forestry University (S). The wi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sun F,Lun X,Liu X,Mo L,Li R,Zhang H,Chen J,Cao Y,Shi F,Yu X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus is the key element to remove from aquatic environments to limit the growth of aquatic plants and algae and, thus, to control eutrophication. Because the upflow sludge blanket filtratio' (USBF) process, without addition of metal salts, entails low efficiency for phosphorus removal, we added an anaerobic reac...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Khorsandi H,Movahedyan H,Bina B,Farrokhzadeh H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the effect of earthworm Lumbricus terrestris on the speciation of copper and cadmium was carried out on two types of soils with a high metallic contamination due to municipal wastes spreading. The concentrations of total dissolved metals were higher in the soil containing earthworms. This increase was la...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： El Gharmali A,Rada A,El Meray M,Nejmeddine A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomass concentrator reactors (BCRs) are an alternative wastewater treatment technology developed as a possible solution to membrane bioreactors' (MBRs) high construction and energetic costs. BCRs are an alternative based on the same principle of biomass retention, using a coarser filter medium instead of a membrane. ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cecconet D,Omodeo Salè E,Callegari A,Capodaglio AG

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper employed a blending method to prepare a new hydrophilic and biocompatible magnetic polypropylene carrier (HBMPC) and pure polypropylene carrier (PPC). Mechanical strength, magnetic induction on surface, microstructure, hydrophilicity and biocompatibility of HBMPC were measured, characterized and investigate...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhu Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation has been made of a dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) procedure for the determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in different environmental waters including seawaters and wastewaters, using gas-chromatography (GC) with flame-ionization detection (FID). The optimized metho...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ramos-Dorta CV,Pino V,Afonso AM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The poultry slaughterhouse wastewater has a high pollutant load, mainly organic matter, and nutrient content. The nitrogen and phosphorus discharge can cause eutrophication of the receiving water bodies. Electrocoagulation has been studied for several pollutants removal from different sources. The objective of this wo...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Potrich MC,Duarte ESA,Sikora MS,Costa da Rocha RD

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas, which is produced during nitrifying and denitrifying processes. Some factors and mechanisms affecting N2O emission have been reported in previous literature, but wastewater biological nitrification is accompanied by a dynamic process of dissolved oxygen (DO) consumption ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li P,Wang S,Peng Y,Liu Y,He J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic digestion of agricultural biomass or wastes can offer renewable energy, to help meet the rise in energy demands. The performance of an anaerobic digester considerably depends upon the complex interactions between bacterial and archaeal microbiome, which is greatly influenced by environmental factors. In the ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Mahajan R,Nikitina A,Nozhevnikova A,Goel G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption-desorption of copper ions and a mixture of five metal ions (cadmium, copper, nickel, lead and zinc) in aqueous solutions by a spruce sawdust column was reported. Different studies about the copper binding mechanism, the efficiency of some regenerating solutions for the copper desorption, the use of colu...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Marin J,Ayele J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of catalytic wet oxidation (CWO) reactions, at temperatures of 430-500 K and in a batch bench-top pressure vessel were carried out utilizing a strong wastewater composed of landfill leachate and heavily organic halogen polluted industrial wastewater. A CeO2-SiO2 mixed oxide catalyst with large surface area to...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Goi D,de Leitenburg C,Trovarelli A,Dolcetti G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of dyes from solution by adsorption onto alginate calcium beads has been studied. A methodology of surface response was used, this kind of designs estimate the coefficients of a quadratic polynomial mathematical model, whose essential interest is to be able to predict in any point of the experimental regio...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Marzouk Trifi I,Trifi B,Ben Souissi E,Hamrouni B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the application of sludge waste obtained from a coal mine drainage treatment facility that treats acid mine drainage (designated as AMD) from metal-mine water. The coal mine drainage sludge (designated as CMDS), which contained 70% goethite and 30% calcite, was utilized as a sorption mat...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cui M,Jang M,Cho SH,Khim J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emission of greenhouse gases, such as N2O, from wastewater treatment plants is a matter of growing concern. Denitrification by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) has been identified as the main N2O producing pathway. To estimate N2O emissions during biological nitrogen removal, reliable mathematical models are essen...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Mampaey KE,Beuckels B,Kampschreur MJ,Kleerebezem R,van Loosdrecht MC,Volcke EI

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the addition of trace elements on the conversion of a mixture of volatile fatty adds (Acetate, Propionate, Butyrate, in a ratio 3:1:1) by anaerobic granular sludge was investiated. Two Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed reactors (pH 7, ranging 30 degrees C) were operated for 140 days at an organic loading rate ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Osuna MB,Zandvoort MH,Iza JM,Lettinga G,Lens PN

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life cycle assessments of a range of wastewater treatment processes have been undertaken. At lower consent standards rotating biological contactors and biological filters exhibit lower environmental burdens for the required functionality than other process options. However, at tighter consents this distinction becomes...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Gaterell MR,Griffin P,Lester JN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorption by carbon materials is one of the relatively fast methods in present research, which is widely used in emergency events. Activated carbon fiber (ACF) modified by nitric acid (N-ACF) was studied in this research to determine the adsorption performance for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Subsequently,...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li Q,Sun J,Ren T,Guo L,Yang Z,Yang Q,Chen H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal sulphide tailings present a potential risk for the environment because of their natural oxidability which leads to the production of acid mine drainage. The prospected site close to Marrakech includes zinc, lead and copper sulphide deposits. This site is located in an agricultural area near the Tensift River whi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： El Adnani M,Rodriguez-Maroto JM,Sbai ML,Loukili Idrissi L,Nejmeddine A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the biogas productivity from selected cultivars of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor Moench) and maize (Zea mays L.) depending on the dose of mineral fertilization with nitrogen. The topic is novelty in the northern Poland area due to the fact that this crop is not very widespread here. Th...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Kuglarz K,Bury M,Kasprzycka A,Lalak-Kańczugowska J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry and chemical torrefaction of sugar cane bagasse was examined in this study with the aim of stabilising and upgrading the fuel properties of bagasse. Dry torrefaction was conducted at temperatures from 160°C to 300°C under inert conditions, whilst chemical torrefaction incorporated a H2SO4 pre-treatment of bagasse....

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Valix M,Katyal S,Cheung WH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of an adsorbent, based on a solid residue arising from biodiesel production, for the removal of cationic dyes from wastewaters. The adsorbent was produced by microwave thermal activation. The Freundlich model provided the best fit for equilibrium data, indica...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Nunes DL,Franca AS,Oliveira LS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable effort is being made to remediate soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, heavy metals and other organic and inorganic compounds that have resulted from industrial activities, accidental spills and improper waste disposal practices. Cu...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Saldaña MD,Nagpal V,Guigard SE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to develop a two-stage process for the treatment of Hong Kong leachate. The leachate, containing 4750 mg l-1 of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and 1310 mg l-1 of ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N), was first treated in a UASB (upflow anaerobic sludge blanket) reactor at 37 degrees C. The process remove...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang P,Lau IW,Fang HH

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composite hydrogels were prepared by a wet-casting process by blending a biopolymer, chitosan, with activated carbon (AC) for use in water treatment. Adsorption properties of the composite gels for an organic micro-pollutant (phenol) which may be encountered in wastewaters was studied with an experimental design appro...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Venault A,Vachoud L,Pochat C,Bouyer D,Faur C

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For potential use in air treatment by biofiltration, a new material composed of vermicompost and earthworms (Eisenia fetida) was tested for the removal of a volatile organic compound (VOC), toluene. The removal rate of toluene was measured during batch experiments in presence of vermicompost only, earthworms only and ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lusinier N,Couriol C,Cloirec PL

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have investigated whether electron acceptors, such as nitrate or sulphate ions, competitively inhibit the reduction of perchlorate in brine in continuous up-flow packed bed bioreactors. The effect of pH and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on the reduction of perchlorate at high salinity has also been e...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Chung J,Shin S,Oh J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study lead (Pb) distribution in organs and blood in the case of Pb poisoning, mice were firstly exposed to Pb as 0.1 mL or 0.2 mL of lead nitrate solution (0.1 mg/mL) by vein injection every other day. Then, after metabolic absorption, the Pb level in the blood and organs of the mice was measured using flame atomic...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sun HW,Ma DJ,Chao CY,Liu S,Yuan ZB

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photocatalytic production of molecular hydrogen (H2) from aqueous solutions of alkyl-alkanolamines (triethanolamine (tri-EOA), diethanolamine (di-EOA), ethanolamine (EOA), ethylamine (EA) and ethanol over Pt-loaded commercial (Sachtleben Hombikat UV100) nanoparticle titanium dioxide photocatalysts was studied. The...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Alkaim AF,Dillert R,Bahnemann DW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To access the effects of the surface modification and fabric structure of polyethylene (PE) non-woven fabric sheets on retaining the attachment efficiency of anammox biomass, three different non-woven sheets were prepared and inserted in an anammox reactor. The hydrophobic surface modification with 10% KMnO4 and gelat...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cho S,Jung M,Ju D,Lee YH,Cho K,Okabe S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00