Fast start-up and controlled operation during a long-term period of a high-rate partial nitrification activated sludge system.

abstract：:This work focused in the evaluation of Oreochromis niloticus fish scales (FS) as biosorbent material in the removal of Zn from a synthetic effluent based on automotive battery industry effluent and, further, a hybrid neutralization/biosorption process, aiming at a high-quality treated effluent, by a cooperative use of...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ribeiro C,Scheufele FB,Alves HJ,Kroumov AD,Espinoza-Quiñones FR,Módenes AN,Borba CE

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During composting, the thermophilic phase resulted in high degradation of antibiotics in the composting mass; thus temperature is considered as the major factor for degradation of antibiotics. Therefore, to achieve complete removal of antibiotics, the effect of continuous thermophilic composting on the degradation of ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Selvam A,Zhao Z,Li Y,Chen Y,Leung KS,Wong JW

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soluble microbial products (SMP), loosely bound (LBEPS) and tightly bound extracellular polymeric substances (TBEPS) were extracted from wastewater sludge, fractionated by size exclusion chromatography and characterized by ultraviolet absorbance at 230, 254 and 280 nm, the dissolved o...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Tsai BN,Chang CH,Lee DJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a novel adsorbent which used polyvinyl alcohol, alginate and biochar was successfully made and been used to remove lead from aqueous solutions. Batch experiments were carried out to evaluate the adsorption capacities of Pb (II) on this bead. Experimental data were analysed by the model equations like La...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wan Z,Chen D,Pei H,Liu J,Liang S,Wang X,Wu H

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Incinerators do not achieve a complete mineralization of organic constituents of municipal solid waste. Bottom ash (main solid residue from incineration process) still contains a small quantity of carbon (1 to 5% in weight). This study is about characterisation of the carboned fraction (without carbonates) present in ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Quilici L,Praud-Tabaries A,Bottzeck O,Tiliacos N

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Biohythane (hydrogen + methane) production in a two stage dark fermentation (DF) and anaerobic digestion (AD) process from food waste (FW) has been studied. This paper investigated the effect of operation temperature, i.e. mesophilic (34 °C) and thermophilic (55 °C) , on biohythane yield and total energy reco...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ghimire A,Luongo V,Frunzo L,Lens PNL,Pirozzi F,Esposito G

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of petroleum microbes is fundamental for the development and utilization of oil reservoirs' microbial resources, and also provides great opportunities for research and development of bio-energy. Production water from a high-temperature oil reservoir was incubated anaerobically at 55 degrees C for more th...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhou F,Mbadinga SM,Liu JF,Gu JD,Mu BZ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inter-comparison exercise was performed between two laboratories on mineralised moss samples. Ten samples, together with three certified reference materials (CRM 61, CRM 62 and CRM 482) and five blanks were mineralised independently in the two laboratories and then analysed by both with different techniques (AAS, I...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dapiaggi M,Leva F,Rabuffetti D,Ayrault S,Gaudry A,Cenci RM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes an application of aerobic respirometry to investigate the influence of humic matter (humate) on biological processes in dilution water and in municipal sewage. Standard product PolySeed, a consortium of bacteria considered to be representative of those found in an activated sludge, was used as a s...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lipczynska-Kochany E,Kochany J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present research work is aimed at providing an economically feasible solution for the farmers to exploit the mixed organic wastes (MOW) as resources for the generation of biogas based electrical power and utilize the same for irrigation purpose to reduce the dependence on electricity board. A full scale biomethana...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Begum S,Ahuja S,Anupoju GR,Ahuja DK,Arelli V,Juntupally S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greenbelt is a strip of vegetation for which species of trees and shrubs are scientifically chosen and planted to serve a designated purpose such as control of wind erosion, of dust, of noise etc. In the context of air pollution attenuation, greenbelts must be developed around a source of air pollutant in a manner so ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Khan FI,Abbasi SA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eutrophication of many rivers and lakes is attributed to the anoxia and the increasing internal loading of nutrients from sediment. A novel sustained-release composite (SRC) synthesis of stearic acid and calcium peroxide (CaO2) was applied to supply a water body with oxygen endured in this study. The influences of...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li Y,Zhou Y,Zhou Z,Wang N,Zhou Q,Wang F

更新日期：2014-09-01 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 work, it was developed three-dimensional (3D) porous hydrogel sponges produced by the freeze-dried process using chitosan polymer functionalized by 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA). These chitosan-based sponges were used as cationic adsorbents for the removal of anionic methyl orange (MO) dye, simulating a mod...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Carvalho IC,Medeiros Borsagli FGL,Mansur AAP,Caldeira CL,Haas DJ,Lage AP,Ciminelli VST,Mansur HS

更新日期：2019-11-19 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：:Three kinds of titania/silica pellets were prepared using the sol-gel method with surface areas of 50.4 m2 g(-1), 421.1 m2 x g(-1) and 89.1 m2 x g(-1). An annular reactor was designed and built to determine the degradation efficiency of toluene and to investigate the relationship between the adsorption and desorption-...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Luo Y,Zou L,Hu E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoremediation is a cost-effective and eco-friendly process to remove heavy metals from water. A small-scale experiment was conducted to determine the phytoremediation efficiency of two macrophytes, i.e. Pistia stratiotes and Eichhornia crassipes for the removal of chromium and copper from the prepared metal solutio...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Tabinda AB,Irfan R,Yasar A,Iqbal A,Mahmood A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Untreated wastewater from the dye industry and dyehouses cannot be directly discharged into the environment due to the high content of organic matter and intensive colouration, even with low concentrations of dye. In this paper, the application of a high voltage pulsed electrical discharge in the aqueous phase has bee...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Vujevic D,Koprivanac N,Bozic AL,Locke BR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the strong electron-withdrawing nature of Cl atom in CCl4, CCl4 could not readily be degraded by oxidation process. In the present study, aqueous electron (eaq-), a powerful reducing agent generated in UV-Na2SO3 system, was applied to reductively degradation of CCl4. The effects of several crucial factors (e.g....

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang Z,Liu W,Chen H,Zhang Z,Yang Z,Yang Q

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorine dioxide is one of the most widely employed chemicals in the disinfection process of a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP). The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of the adsorption process with granular activated carbon (GAC) on the chlorine dioxide consumption in final oxidation/disinfection. A ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sorlini S,Biasibetti M,Collivignarelli MC,Crotti BM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of oxidoredutive enzymes in removing organic pollutants has been the subject of much research. The oxidation of phenolic compounds in the presence of chemical additives has been the focus of this study. In this investigation, the influence of the additives polyethylene glycol and Triton X-100 was evaluated in ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Torres JA,Chagas PM,Silva MC,Dos Santos CD,Corrêa AD

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:A possible approach for determining soil and groundwater quality criteria for contaminated sites is the comparative risk assessment. Originating from but not limited to Italian interest in a decentralised (regional) implementation of comparative risk assessment, this paper first addresses the proposal of an original m...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Marzocchini M,Tatàno F,Moretti MS,Antinori C,Orilisi S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocoa bean skin is a waste of chocolate industries that mostly contains hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin. This material shows to be a promising feedstock for the production of liquid smoke and charcoal. The study was aimed to analyse the influence of temperature and heating rate of cocoa bean skin pyrolysis to the...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Handojo L,Indarto A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments on the simultaneous removal of mercury (Hg0), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitric oxide (NO) from flue gas using sodium chlorite solution (NaClO2) were carried out in a bench-scale bubbling reactor. The effect of initial pH on Hg0 removal efficiency was investigated. The results show that the efficiency of Hg...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhao Y,Ma X,Liu S,Yao J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) is a kind of a controversial endocrine disruptor, and is ubiquitous in environment. The degradation of BPA with the heterogeneous photo-Fenton system was demonstrated in this study. The Fe-Y molecular sieve catalyst was prepared with the ion exchange method, and it was characterized by X-ray radiatio...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Jiang C,Xu Z,Guo Q,Zhuo Q

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable interest in recuperative thickening (RT), the recycling of partially digested solids in an anaerobic digester outlet stream back into the incoming feed, as a 'high-performance' process to increase biogas production, increase system capacity, and improve biosolids stabilization. While polymer floc...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cobbledick J,Zhang V,Rollings-Scattergood S,Latulippe DR

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To solve the unpleasant disposal of greywater in rural area and allow its collection for reuse in gardening, a slanted soil treatment system (SSTS) was designed and installed in two households. Granitic gravel of 1-9 mm size was used as the filter medium. The aim of this study was to design a SSTS and assess its suita...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Maiga Y,Moyenga D,Nikiema BC,Ushijima K,Maiga AH,Funamizu N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tightening quality standards for European waters has seen a move towards enhanced wastewater treatment technologies such as granulated organic carbon treatment and ozonation. Although these technologies are likely to be successful in degrading certain micro-organic contaminants, these may also destroy compounds which ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Constantino C,Gardner M,Comber SD,Scrimshaw MD,Ellor B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00