Mechanism and kinetics of electrochemical degradation of uric acid using conductive-diamond anodes.

abstract：:To enhance the capture of low-level indoor CO2, a commercial zeolite (13X) was modified with alkali and alkaline earth metals using an ion-exchange method. Although the calcium-impregnated sorbent (zeo-Ca) showed the largest adsorption capacity, with a strong binding force for carbon dioxide, its regeneration by heat ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lee KM,Lim YH,Jo YM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial fuel cells (MFCS) is a promising and expanding technology able to eliminate various pollutants of wastewater while converting its chemical energy into power energy using biocatalysts. The potential application of double-chamber microbial fuel cell (DC-MFC) for chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and generat...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rahmani AR,Navidjouy N,Rahimnejad M,Alizadeh S,Samarghandi MR,Nematollahi D

更新日期：2020-06-11 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：:A two-stage anaerobic digestion process operated under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions was investigated for the treatment of solid potato waste to determine optimal methane yield, efficiency of operation and process stability. A solid-bed reactor was used for hydrolysis/acidification stage while an upflow anaer...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Parawira W,Murto M,Read JS,Mattiasson B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acclimation of aerobic-activated sludge for degradation of benzene derivatives was investigated in batch experiments. Phenol, benzoic acid, toluene, aniline and chlorobenzene were concurrently added to five different bioreactors which contained the aerobic-activated sludge. After the acclimation process ended, the...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang S,Yang Q,Bai Z,Wang S,Wang Y,Nowak KM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a laboratory-scale dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) nonthermal plasma reactor at atmospheric pressure was assessed for the removal of bisphenol A (1 mg L(-1)) and tributyltin (10 mg L(-1)) from aqueous solutions. The elimination of both the compounds followed an exponential decay equation, and a first...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Hijosa-Valsero M,Molina R,Bayona JM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five yeast strains, namely Rhodotorula rubra, Candida tropicalis, Candida utilis, Candida boidinii, Trichosporon cutaneum, were isolated from soil spots of a salad oil factory, and applied for continuous treatment of salad oil manufacturing wastewater. The oil and COD removal performance of the mixed cultures were com...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zheng S,Yang M,Lv W,Liu F

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the biodegradation of varying amounts of artificially weathered Alaskan North Slope crude oil in laboratory microcosm test systems that use natural seawater and simulate spills in open water and on sandy beaches. The model bioremediation treatment consisted of periodic applications of marine bacteria, sele...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lepo JE,Cripe CR,Kavanaugh JL,Zhang S,Norton GP

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:Extreme halophilic archaea are thriving and dominant populations within hypersaline environments. Because of the extreme properties of the enzymes of halophilic archaea and similar metabolic abilities to their bacterial counterparts, our interests focus on their potential biotechnological applications. In this study, ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ding JY,Lai MC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot-scale biotrickling filter (BTF) packed with polyurethane (PU) foam was installed at one pharmaceutical factory in Zhejiang Province to study the removal of high-concentration H2S from water treatment plant. Experiments were performed at different empty bed residence times (EBRTs), H2S input load, ratio of liqu...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Chen JM,Jiang LY,Sha HL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photocatalytic degradation of p-coumaric acid, a biorecalcitrant phenolic compound typically found in olive processing and wine distillery waste waters, has been investigated in aqueous heterogeneous solutions containing semiconductor powders as photocatalysts. The disappearance of the organic molecule follows app...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Poulios I,Kyriacou G

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aerobic granular systems are mainly sequencing batch reactors where the biomass is submitted to feast-famine regimes to promote its aggregation in the form of granules. In these systems, different cycle distributions can be applied for the simultaneous removal of organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus. In this wo...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Val del Río A,Morales N,Figueroa M,Mosquera-Corral A,Campos JL,Méndez R

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of Acid Orange 7 (AO7) treatment using heterogeneous Fenton-like method in a recirculating fluidized-bed reactor (FBR) was investigated by using central composite design (CCD). Natural magnetite (NM) as Fenton-like catalyst was characterized using scanning electron microscopy. A nonlinear CCD model was ob...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Aghdasinia H,Arehjani P,Vahid B,Khataee A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) is among the most cultivated fish species in tropical countries. Stress is the main cause of disease in fish farms. The genus Aeromonas is a common causative agent of fish diseases. This work reports the identification of Aeromonas species colonizing gills of C. macropomum submitted or ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Marques DS,Ferreira DA,Paiva PM,Napoleão TH,Araújo JM,Maciel Carvalho EV,Coelho LC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forward osmotic membrane bioreactor (FOMBR) is an emerging innovative technology with broad application prospects in the field of wastewater treatment. Its application is severely limited by concentration polarization, salinity accumulation, and evident water flux decline. Gradual salinity accumulation to a maximu...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lin Y,Chen Q,Wang Y,Sua K,Hao T

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this research is to find a more effective treatment for tequila vinasses (TVs) with potential industrial application in order to comply with the Mexican environmental regulations. TVs are characterized by their high content of solids, high values of biochemical oxygen demand (BODs), chemical oxygen demand ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Retes-Pruneda JL,Davila-Vazquez G,Medina-Ramírez I,Chavez-Vela NA,Lozano-Alvarez JA,Alatriste-Mondragon F,Jauregui-Rincon J

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：: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：:Elemental balances of microbial growth have been applied to calculate (C/N) ratio in a denitrification process. The correlation between biomass yield coefficient and degree of reduction has been used to estimate the critical (C/N) ratio. It has been shown that when the degree of reduction of the substrate is lower tha...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sobieszuk P,Szewczyk KW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate the effect of weathered coal fly ash (CFA) as a drying adjuvant of sewage sludge (SS) to produce a soil amendment. The high amount of SS and CFA creates a complex waste management problem in many countries, requiring more research efforts. Towards a circular economy, CFA can be viewed as an...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Gomes LA,Santos AF,Lopes RJA,Góis JC,Quina MJ

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of air protection methods and technologies involves considerable investment and maintenance costs. Thus, to reduce overall expenditures an economic calculation of air pollution control, should be applied. This problem is connected in special way with areas of great population of inhabitants with spatia...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zelinski J,Konieczynski J,Mateja-Losa E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the north of Marrakesh (Morocco), the high anthropogenic activity and the permeable nature of the geological ground makes the water of Jbilet vulnerable to contamination. The results of physico-chemical analyses conducted in 2006 showed that two groups of wells could be distinguished. Groundwater of wells located o...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Hallam F,Yacoubi-Khebiza M,Oufdou K,Boulanouar M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soils collected from five locations in the argan forest (an endemic plant) in Morocco were used to form the first collection of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains from this area (58 strains). Here we found that the argan forest is a major source of Bt, as 90.62% of the samples contained Bt strains. These strains prod...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Aboussaid H,Vidal-Quist JC,Oufdou K,El Messoussi S,Castañera P,González-Cabrera J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The palm oil mill industry generates palm oil mill effluent (POME) and empty fruit bunches (EFB) as by-products. This study reports the mesophilic co-digestion of POME with EFB. The biochemical methane potential (BMP) of POME and EFB was 0.397 L CH4/g volatile solids (VS) and 0.264 L CH4/g VS, respectively. In a serie...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Kim SH,Choi SM,Ju HJ,Jung JY

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coating fertilizer particles with thin films is a possibility to control fertilizer release rates. It is observed that novel urea cross-linked starch-lignin composite thin films, prepared by solution casting, swell on coming into contact with water due to the increase in volume by water uptake by diffusion. The effect...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sarwono A,Man Z,Bustam MA,Subbarao D,Idris A,Muhammad N,Khan AS,Ullah Z

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption of sulfadiazine from water by expanded graphite (EG), a low cost and environmental-friendly adsorbent, was investigated. Several adsorption parameters (including the initial sulfadiazine concentration, contact time, pH of solution, ionic strength and temperature) were studied. Results of equilibrium exp...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhang L,Wang Y,Jin S,Lu Q,Ji J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferrous ion-activated persulphate and hydrogen peroxide were studied for the treatment of real high-strength industrial effluent. The Fenton process demonstrated greater organic load removal, biodegradability improvement and toxicity reduction as well as lower treatment cost than the activated persulphate system. Howe...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Kattel E,Dulova N,Viisimaa M,Tenno T,Trapido M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the efficiency of a single-stage combined photocatalysis-algae treatment process in the removal of the anticancer drug, flutamide (FLU), from aqueous solution has been evaluated. The removal abilities of the individual blue-green alga (Anabaena sp.), nano-sized MoS2 photocatalyst under visible light irr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Kouchakpour F,Chaibakhsh N,Naeemi AS

更新日期：2020-02-11 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