Fate and effect of xenobiotics on biodegradation processes: basis for respirometric appraisal.

abstract：:Lipase production by Staphylococcus xylosus and Rhizopus oryzae was investigated using a culture medium based on a mixture of synthetic medium and supernatants generated from tuna by-products and Ulva rigida biomass. The proportion of the three medium components was optimized using the simplex-centroid mixture design ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sellami M,Kedachi S,Frikha F,Miled N,Ben Rebah F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic biofilm reactors have limitations in treating wastewaters with low organic substrate concentrations (COD value below 1000 mg/L) because the substrate cannot reach the microorganisms present in the interior part of the biogranules. Hence, the performance of these reactors is mainly influenced by the size of t...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ramesh M,Saravanan V,Sreekrishnan TR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal and agricultural waste, and sludge from wastewater treatment represent a large source of pollution. Gaseous fuels can be produced from waste decomposition and then used to run internal combustion engines for power and heat generation. The present paper focuses on thermal efficiency and environmental performa...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Bilcan A,Le Corre O,Delebarre A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the utilization of agricultural matrices as the support materials for cell immobilization to improve the technique of bioremediation. Coir, bulrush, banana stem and water hyacinth stem in both delignified and undelignified forms were used to immobilize Burkholderia cepacia PCL3 in bioremediatio...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Laocharoen S,Plangklang P,Reungsang A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of wastewater suspended solids in denitrification based on intracellular carbon storage was investigated in a biofilm sequencing batch reactor performing alternately anaerobic carbon storage and denitrification. Municipal wastewater as the feeding was compared with filtered wastewater and with acetate. The re...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Krasnits E,Beliavski M,Tarre S,Green M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work focused on studying the effect of the chemical oxidation demand to sulfide ratio (COD/S) on power generation and sulfide oxidation in microbial fuel cells treating sulfide-rich wastewater containing organic contaminants. The maximum power density achieved was 20 +/- 1 W m(-3) V(Anode) and the C(oulombic) yie...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhang L,Mao Y,Ma J,Li D,Shi H,Liu Y,Cai L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia volatilisation from field applied slurries causes environmental hazards and loss of fertilizer value. Acidification of slurry, usually with inorganic or organic acids has previously been used to reduce NH3 emissions. In this study, we present an alternative technique for the acidification of slurry, namely the...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Clemens J,Bergmann S,Vandré R

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:To avoid bacterial contamination due to medium replacement in the expanded application of a photosynthesis-fermentation model, an integrated photosynthesis-fermentation hybrid system was set up and evaluated for algal lipid production using Chlorella protothecoides. In this system, the CO2-rich off-gas from the fermen...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lu Y,Dai J,Wu Q

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel nanocomposite (NC) based on magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4-NPs) immobilized on the surface of a cationic exchange polymer, C100, using a modification of the co-precipitation method was developed to obtain magnetic NCs for phosphate removal and recovery from water. High-resolution transmission electron microsco...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Abo Markeb A,Alonso A,Dorado AD,Sánchez A,Font X

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-active compounds (SACs) are widely used in different industries as well as in many daily consumption products. However, with the increasing concern for their environmental acceptability, attention has turned towards biological SACs which are biodegradable, less toxic and more environmentally friendly. In this ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dang NP,Landfald B,Willassen NP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study examined the preparation, characterization and the use of carbon xerogel (CX) material for the adsorption of three model naphthenic acids (NAs); such as, heptanoic acid (HPA), 5-cyclohexanepentanoic acid (CHPA), and 5-phenylvaleric acid (PVA). CX was synthesized by sol-gel method from resorcinol and formalde...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rashed Y,Messele SA,Zeng H,Gamal El-Din M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa to degrade some phenolic compounds and to grow on olive mill wastewater (OMW) is investigated. R. mucilaginosa isolated from OMW was molecularly identified using 18S RNA sequencing. The biodegradation of six phenolic compounds was studied at an initial concentration of 1 g l(-1)...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Jarboui R,Baati H,Fetoui F,Gargouri A,Gharsallah N,Ammar E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amoxicillin (AMX), a widely used beta-lactam antibiotic, belongs to the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines. This subsequently causes its long-term presence in the environment and therefore, affects different environmental compartments. In this research, the degradation and mineralisation of AMX by...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Kattel E,Kaur B,Trapido M,Dulova N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different pretreatments (electrolysis, centrifugation and autoclaving) coupled with Chlorella vulgaris biological system was used for the treatment of poultry manure anaerobic-digested effluents. The pretreated effluents were used as the growth medium for algal cultivation. The pollutant removal efficiencies of the co...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang M,Wu Y,Li B,Dong R,Lu H,Zhou H,Cao W

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous tank reactor was used to remove 4-chlorophenol from aqueous solutions, using immobilized soybean peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide. The influence of operational variables (enzyme and substrate concentrations and spatial time) on the removal efficiency was studied. By using the kinetic law and the intrinsic...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Murcia MD,Gómez M,Bastida J,Hidalgo AM,Montiel MC,Ortega S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present paper, the removal of aniline by adsorption process onto granular activated carbon (GAC) is reported from aqueous solutions containing catechol and resorcinol separately. The Taguchi experimental design was applied to study the effect of such parameters as the initial component concentrations (C(0,i)) o...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Suresh S,Srivastava VC,Mishrab IM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present environmentally friendly brake pads produced with three different types of lignin, soda lignin (SL), sulphuric acid lignin (SAL) and heat-treated SAL (HL), as frictional materials to replace phenol formaldehyde resin (PFR, binder) and cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL, filler) in commercial automobile brake pad...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Park J,Hwang H,Kim JY,Choi JW

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) microgels prepared by free radical precipitation polymerization were used as micro-reactors for the synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles. UV-Visible spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectrosco...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Farooqi ZH,Khalid R,Begum R,Farooq U,Wu Q,Wu W,Ajmal M,Irfan A,Naseem K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of arsenate and phosphate interaction on growth, lipid peroxidation, arsenic (As) accumulation, phosphorus (P) accumulation, and the activities of some antioxidant enzymes in Isatis cappadocica. Plants were exposed to (50-1200 μmol L-1) arsenate and (5-1600 μmol L-1) phosphat...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Souri Z,Karimi N,de Oliveira LM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of antibiotics in biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has attracted an ever-increasing interest. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) play a crucial role in antibiotics' bio-adsorption using activated sludge, but the interaction mechanism between antibiotics and EPS remains unclear. In this ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhang CC,Guo JS,Chen YP,Ji FY,Wang J,Yan P,Bai Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver impregnated activated carbon (SIAC) can effectively remove iodide from water and sequester it in the form of AgI(s)). Given the extremely insoluble nature of AgI(s), the spent SIAC can be safely disposed of in land burial facilities. However, when the molar ratio of silver to iodide is greater than one, which i...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Karanfil T,Moro EC,Serkiz SM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported the preparation of NGO-Fe3O4 by simple hydrothermal-co-precipitation. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). It was demonstrated that norfloxacin (NOR) could be effectively degraded by the UV/NGO-Fe...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wu J,Bai J,Wang Z,Liu Z,Mao Y,Liu B,Zhu X

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The composting of a faeces/ash mixture and food waste in relative proportions of 1:0, 1:1 and 1:3 was studied in three successive experiments conducted in Kampala, Uganda in 216 L reactors insulated with 75 mm styrofoam or not insulated. The faeces/ash mixture alone exceeded 50 degrees C for < or = 12 days in insulate...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Niwagaba C,Nalubega M,Vinnerås B,Sundberg C,Jönsson H

更新日期：2009-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Treated wastewater in micro-irrigation is a promising approach that could be used to decrease the pressure on good quality water resources. However, the clogging of such systems due to biofilm development and chemical precipitation constitute a constraint with the use of treated wastewater (TWW) and lead to lower irri...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rizk N,Ait-Mouheb N,Molle B,Roche N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gasification is one of the most important thermochemical routes to produce both synthesis gas (syngas) and chars. The quality of produced syngas wieldy depends on the operating conditions (temperature, residence time, heating rate, and gasifying agent), hydrodynamic properties of gasifier (particle size, minimum fluid...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ebadi AG,Hisoriev H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

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：:A two-stage biological aerated/anoxic filter (BAF) system for denitrification-nitrification was developed to increase nitrogen removal in the treatment of municipal wastewater with low carbon:nitrogen (C/N) ratio [Formula: see text]. This system exhibited a high denitrification efficiency (67%), despite the low C/N ra...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Kim S,Bae W,Kim M,Kim JO,Chung J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromagnetic induction (EMI) has been used to map soil properties such as salinity and water content. The objective of this research is to use EMI to map the potential distribution of nutrients around beef cattle pens and to relate this distribution to major physiographic field features. Beef cattle farms in differ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cordeiro MR,Ranjan RS,Cicek N

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of vermicompost (VC) as a low-cost and alternative adsorbent for the removal of the pesticide methylparathion (MP) from an aqueous medium has been investigated by batch and column experiments. Parameters related to MP adsorption, i.e. equilibrium time (61.5 min) and adsorption pH (6.8) were optimized by...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Mendes CB,Lima Gde F,Alves VN,Coelho NM,Dragunski DC,Tarley CR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00