Mechanistic investigations on the removal of diclofenac sodium by UV/S2O8 2-/Fe2+, UV/HSO5 -/Fe2+ and UV/H2O2/Fe2+-based advanced oxidation processes.

abstract：:The effect of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) during electrokinetic decontamination (EKD) was investigated in this research. EDTA is a ligand that can form soluble complexes with precipitated heavy metals inside soil pores. Millpond sludge, primarily contaminated with lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn), was subjected to E...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Karim MA,Khan LI

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from a lab-scale investigation of a hybrid in/out ultrafiltration and powdered activated carbon adsorption PAC/UF for removal of diclofenac (c0 = 5 mg/L) are presented. The efficiency of the process was compared for single pulse and continuous carbon dosing (PAC dose 5 mg/L) in dechlorinated tap water under fl...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ivančev-Tumbas I,Hoffmann G,Hobby R,Kerkez Đ,Tubić A,Babić-Nanić S,Panglisch S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the phytotoxicity effect of goat manure (GM) collected from six different regions in South Korea, namely, Chupungnyeong (T1), Hoengseong (T2), Goesan (T3), Sancheong (T4), Jangsu (T5) and Namwon (T6). Phytotoxicity was assessed by means of the analysis of germination index (GI), relative se...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cho WM,Ravindran B,Kim JK,Jeong KH,Lee DJ,Choi DY

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A charge-coupled device camera was used for the optical monitoring of activated sludge flocs and filaments, and the image analysis results were compared with the effluent clarity at a full-scale activated sludge plant during a three-month period. The study included a maintenance stoppage at the wastewater treatment pl...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Koivuranta E,Keskitalo J,Stoor T,Hattuniemi J,Sarén M,Niinimäki J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, Fe(VI) was applied to treat three mine tailings containing different amounts of sulphides and heavy metals. Oxidation of sulphides by Fe(VI) was studied at pH 9.2 with variation of solid to solution ratio, Fe(VI) concentration and injection number of Fe(VI) solution. The major dissolved products from th...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lee YH,Yu MR,Chang YY,Kang SH,Yang JK

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:A horizontal flow multimedia stormwater filter was developed and tested for hydraulic efficiency and pollutant removal efficiency. Gravel, coconut (Cocos nucifera) fibre and sand were selected as the media and filled in 1:1:1 proportion. A fabric screen made up of woven sisal hemp was used to separate the media. The a...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Samuel MP,Senthilvel S,Tamilmani D,Mathew AC

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:The impact of carbon source variation on the physical and chemical characteristics of aerobic granular sludge and its biological nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) removal performance was investigated. Two identical sequencing batch reactors, R1 and R2, were set up. Granular biomass was cultivated to maturity using ac...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Lashkarizadeh M,Yuan Q,Oleszkiewicz JA

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Hospital wastewater contains a great variety of pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs), mainly due to excretion by patients. These PhCs, called emerging pollutants, are not fully eliminated in treatment plants, and are consequently detected in various environmental matrices, contributing to bacterial resistance and adverse e...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Souza FS,Féris LA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophobic volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS), such as hexamethyldisiloxane (L2) and octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), present a low solubility in water. An alternative treatment by absorption into hydrophobic absorbents was therefore studied. For this purpose, three different absorbents, motor oil, cutting oil and a w...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rojas Devia C,Subrenat A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the operation of mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and their effects in uncontrolled phosphorus precipitation. The research has been carried out using a pilot plant consisting of two digesters of 1.6 m3 working volume, treating the mixed sludge of Alzira WWTP (Valenci...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sánchez-Ramírez JE,Pastor L,Martí N,Claros J,Doñate S,Bouzas A

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Normalizations by TSS or P-PO43- initial concentrations are consistent as they are correlated to the Jar-test performances. Jar-tests results are independent of the wastewater quality variations in terms of TSS and P-PO43- and independent of the WWTP origin of the water. A notable variability in the TSS results indica...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Mailler R,Mèche P,Sauvignet P,Azimi S,Rocher V

更新日期：2020-06-01 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 adsorption of copper ions on magnetic adsorbents with amino-functionalized polymers (DETA/SiO2/Fe3O4) has been investigated. In addition, the structure and characterization of magnetic nano-adsorbents were confirmed using FTIR, TGA, TEM, VSM, and BET. The results showed that DETA/SiO2/Fe3O4 exhibited a paramagneti...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Chen HW,Chang SH

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface transfer and bubble transfer both contribute significantly to oxygen transfer in a diffused aeration system. In the present study, liquid-film-forming apparatus is successfully developed on a laboratory scale to improve considerably the surface transfer via the unique liquid film transfer technique. The experi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhu H,Imai T,Tani K,Ukita M,Sekine M,Higuchi T,Zhang ZJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Used polyethylene terephthalate bottles (PET) dumped indiscriminately onto bare lands and water bodies constitute an eyesore. This problem is viewed as a serious impediment to the flourishing tourism industry in Mauritius. Currently, over 100 million PET bottles are generated annually and the only fully operational di...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Foolmaun RK,Ramjeeawon T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates a new method for chemically destroying organic pollutants in wastewater using spontaneous corrosion of iron metal sheet surfaces in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Model pollutants (phenol and benzoic acid) were degraded in batch experiments to investigate which parameters affected the process ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Namkung KC,Burgess AE,Bremner DH

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：: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：:This study is focused on the concentration of fermented broth from Phoma sp. to increase its herbicidal activity. For this purpose, biomolecules produced by submerged fermentation using Phoma sp. were concentrated by hollow fiber microfiltration membranes. The membrane feed was separated into two streams (retentate an...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Todero I,Confortin TC,Soares JF,Brun T,Luft L,Rabuske JE,Kuhn RC,Tres MV,Zabot GL,Mazutti MA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ozone and its reactants are the main factors of air pollution in cabin environment, their distribution and propagation were influenced by different air supply modes in the cabin. Based the B767 aircraft cabin mode, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of aircraft cabin had been built to study the distribution of...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Shi Z,Bai J,Han Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phosphate-solubilizing bacterial strains were isolated and identified as Acinetobacter calcoaceticus YC-5a and Enterobacter agglomerans KMC-7 based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. A. calcoaceticus YC-5a is less well known as a phosphate-solubilizing plant-associated bacterium. The plant growth-promoting pr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ren YX,Zhu XL,Fan DD,Ma P,Liang LH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical and biological waste treatment (MBT) is an increasingly important technology for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) before landfilling. This process includes composting of the material with intensive aeration in order to minimize the organic fraction that may induce methane and leachate emissi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Clemens J,Cuhls C

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clay soil in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China is widely distributed and the groundwater table is shallow. In order to accurately analyze the distribution and assess the potentially harmful effects of the pollutants in this region, it's necessary to study the diffusion rate and subsequent ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Gao C,Guo X,Shao S,Wu J

更新日期：2020-05-23 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：:A hybrid liquid membrane process was used to remove cadmium cation from a solution using bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid as the carrier for the first time. Different polyethersulphone supporting membranes were prepared by a phase inversion technique. The prepared membrane could be efficiently used as the supporting...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Garmsiri M,Mortaheb HR,Amini MH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00