Pollution reduction by recirculated fill-and-drain mesocosm wetlands packed with woodchip/pumice treating impervious road stormwater.

abstract：:In this study, a bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) process, which is thought to be an effective treatment method for leachate, was evaluated for leachates of three different ages ('young', 'middle-aged' and 'elderly'). The leachates were pretreated to eliminate membrane fouling problems prior to the BMED process...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ilhan F,Yazici Guvenc S,Avsar Y,Kurt U,Gonullu MT

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Phenolic compounds and their derivatives are very common pollutants in wastewaters. Among the methods described for their removal, pressure-driven membrane processes are considered as a reliable alternative. Our research group has previously studied phenol removal in reverse osmosis (RO) conditions and obtained very l...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Hidalgo AM,León G,Gómez M,Murcia MD,Gómez E,Gómez JL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV/persulfate (UV/PS) technologies have gained increased attention as efficient alternatives for removing pollutants from different classes, although processes based on the UVA-driven [Formula: see text] (PS) activation have not yet been discussed in the literature for the removal of the nonionic surfactant nonylpheno...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Nunes RF,Tominaga FK,Borrely SI,Teixeira ACSC

更新日期：2020-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Landfill leachate is posing an ever-greater environmental hazard. Recently, a process for purification combining activated carbon, microwave (MW) and Fenton oxidation has drawn much attention. In this study, the effectiveness of this process for the pretreatment of an old-age landfill leachate was tested. The effects ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Xu XC,Zhang HT,Dong ZY,Fan YF

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of carbonaceous sediment oxygen demand (CSOD) due to oxidation of sulfides reduced in oxygen dynamics in crude oil contaminated salt marshes was investigated through a mathematical model. An existing CSOD model was calibrated from laboratory data sets through nonlinear regression. The effect of oil and fertil...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Shin WS,Pardue JH,Choi SJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Problems have been found in the traditional post-positioned down-flow biological activated carbon filter (DBACF), such as microorganism leakage and low biodegradability. A pilot test was carried out to place a BACF between the sediment tank and the sand filter; a new technology of dual media up-flow aerated biological...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lu S,Liu J,Li S,Biney E

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:UV-light irradiated photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) in aqueous solution using ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles in the presence of formic acid was reported. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) were e...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Islam JB,Furukawa M,Tateishi I,Katsumata H,Kaneco S

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic control of Mean Cell Residence Time (MCRT) was shown to have a significant impact on membrane flux under steady-state conditions. Two laboratory-scale flat-plate submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors were operated for 245 days on a low-to-intermediate strength substrate with high suspended solids. Transmemb...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Pacheco-Ruiz S,Heaven S,Banks CJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Seven household treatment technologies for the removal of arsenic (Alcan, BUET, DPHE/DANIDA, Garnet, Sono, Stevens, Tetrahedron) were each evaluated using water from 63 different tube wells taken from 3 different regions of Bangladesh. The technologies that were evaluated were chosen from those that appeared user frie...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sutherland D,Swash PM,Macqueen AC,McWilliam LE,Ross DJ,Wood SC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work is to evaluate biological groundwater treatment systems that will achieve hexavalent chromium removal from groundwater at hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) groundwater concentrations in the 0-200 μg/L range under anoxic conditions. The effect of type of organic substrate added as feed to the grou...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Panousi E,Mamais D,Noutsopoulos C,Mpertoli K,Kantzavelou C,Nyktari E,Kavallari I,Nasioka M,Kaldis A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane performance is decreased by fouling, reducing permeate flux and membrane lifespan. This paper assesses ultrafiltration of a model textile effluent assisted by permanent magnetic field as an alternative to improve the water permeability recovery. Ultrafiltration was performed in a tangential module and model s...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Carlesso F,Zin G,de Souza SM,Luccio MD,de Souza AA,Oliveira JV

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With an aim of developing an effective remediation technology for soils contaminated by heavy metals and metalloids, the extraction behavior of metallic contaminants as well as those of soil constituents was studied on a laboratory scale. Three contaminated soils collected from a former metal recycling plant were exam...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Tokunaga S,Park SW,Ulmanu M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the physicochemical and microbiological properties of composting toilet products in Abidjan for their potential use in agriculture. Samples of urine and faeces were collected and analysed after 123 days of storage in plastic cans (urine) and 8 months of storage in closed composting bags (faeces). Selected ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Effebi KR,Ballet GT,Seka MA,Baya DT,N'takpe BL

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demand for removal of refractory organic pollutants limits the application of microbial fuel cells. In this study, the synergistic effects of bioelectrochemical and photocatalysis methods were captured by constructing a biophoto anode from a combination of WO3/TiO2 and carbon felt. This biophoto electrode was able...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Long X,Wang H,Wang C,Li X

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dry coastal communities increasingly need to consider non-traditional methods of augmenting their water supply. This study presents a preliminary economic comparison of three alternatives for increasing the water supply by 50% for a hypothetical baseline coastal scenario: increasing desalination (Scenario A), direct p...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Teusner A,Blandin G,Le-Clech P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts from four Chinese herbs, Phellodendri chinensis cortex, Artemisia annua L., Scutellaria baicalensis G. and Citrus reticulate peel were tested for their algicidal effects on Microcystis aeruginosa and Chlorella pyrenoidosa. The results showed that M. aeruginosa was more susceptible than C. pyrenoidosa. The gro...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ye L,Qian J,Jin S,Zuo S,Mei H,Ma S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waste from textile industries can severely harm the environment. Dyes are the main residues of these effluents. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is already known to be an efficient adsorbent for the removal of dyes. However, the lack of applicability and limitation of the use of cell biomass in an industrial treatment makes i...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dilarri G,Corso CR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the effects of treatments with cement and lime on the consistency limits of marine sediments dredged from Dunkirk port. The Casagrande percussion test and the fall cone test were used to determine the liquid limits of raw sediments and treated marine sediments. For the evaluation of the plastic lim...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang D,Zentar R,Abriak NE,Xu W

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, activated carbon was investigated as an efficient heterogeneous metal-free catalyst to directly activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for degradation of organic compounds. In this paper, the reuse performance and the possible deactivation reasons of granular-activated carbon (GAC) and activated carbon fiber (ACF)...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Yang S,Li L,Xiao T,Zhang J,Shao X

更新日期：2017-03-01 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

abstract：:The reliability of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests as a screening technique to address groundwater contamination was tested in an area following leakage of gasoline from a petrol station. Immunoassay data of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-, m- and p-xylene (BTEX) were compared with results obtai...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Francioni E,Fillmann G,Hamacher C,Wagener Ade L,Depledge MH,Readman JW,Meniconi Mde F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of an anaerobic biological treatment for the reduction of essential contaminants of produced water from an offshore oilfield was investigated using a microbial consortium enriched with sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB). Experiments were conducted in a bench bioreactor at 35 degrees C, 250 rpm, with inter...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Vieira DS,Sérvulo EF,Cammarota MC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of odour-control biofilters at two animal rendering plants were conducted. Biofilter influent and effluent gases were characterized using a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) and a GC fitted with an odour sniffing port. Overall odour-removal performance of the biofilters was evaluated using forced-cho...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Luo J,Agnew MP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-chambered packing-type anaerobic fluidized microbial fuel cell (AFBMFC) with coking wastewater (CWW) as fuel was built to treat CWW, which not only has high treating efficiency, but also can convert organic matter in wastewater into electricity. AFBMFC was constructed by using anaerobic sludge that was domest...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Liu X,Wu J,Guo Q

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：: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：:Pilot-scale moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) is used to investigate the kinetics and biofilm response of municipal, tertiary nitrification at 1°C. The research demonstrates that significant rates of tertiary MBBR nitrification are attainable and stable for extended periods of operation at 1°C, with a maximum removal ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Young B,Delatolla R,Ren B,Kennedy K,Laflamme E,Stintzi A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00