abstract：:To understand the effect of forests and wetlands on air quality, the PM10 and PM2.5 concentration and meteorological data were collected in the forest and wetland in the Beijing Olympic Forest Park in China from May 2106 to May 2017. The blocking rates of forest and wetland to PMs were calculated under different air q...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cong L,Zhang H,Zhai J,Yan G,Wu Y,Wang Y,Ma W,Zhang Z,Chen P

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cu2O/hollow mesoporous silica (HMS) composite was synthesized using HMS as supporting material by the impregnation method. This composite displayed integrated physicochemical performance of Cu2O and HMS, resulting in low density, large surface area and excellent dispersibility. The synthesized nano-sized composite of ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang J,Xiao W,Teng H,Yin H,Chen X,Jiang X,Huo C,Teng M,Ma S,Al-Haimi AANM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of bioaerosols has been linked to many health problems. Filter media impregnated with antimicrobial material can provide effective removal and inactivation of bioaerosols. In this study, fibres were spun on a substrate by centrifugal spinning, obtaining filter media denoted 5THY and THY. Thyme essential oil...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Salussoglia AIP,de Souza CWO,Tanabe EH,Lopes Aguiar M

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of three inocula (sewer biofilm, mangrove and estuary sediment) to utilise typical fermentation products of municipal solid waste for biological sulfate reduction was investigated. Each inoculum was used in two reactors, one fed a mixture of volatile fatty acids and another fed glucose to provide a suite ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Patel M,Villa Gómez DK,Pikaar I,Clarke WP

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT Glass recycling is a process that faces many obstacles, especially in the closed-loop context. Waste glass separation and transportation can become quite expensive, turning glass collection for remanufacture unfeasible. For this reason, it is important that alternative markets for waste glass are sought. This...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Salzmann RD,Ackerman JN,Cicek N

更新日期：2020-06-18 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：: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：:Most of nitrogen emissions can be ascribed to agro-industrial activities. Since digestate produced by fermentation of agro-industrial residues can be difficult to dispose of due to its high ammonium content, advanced technical- and cost-effective technologies must be developed and applied in order to significantly red...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Carucci A,Cappai G,Erby G,Milia S

更新日期：2020-06-02 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：:Heterogeneous electro-Fenton mineralization of Acid Red 18 (AR18) in aqueous solution was studied with magnetite Fe3O4 (MNPs) and haematite Fe2O3 (HNPs) nanoparticles as catalysts. High mineralization yields of AR18 were obtained with magnetite, 81% TOC removal after 180 min of electrolysis in 40 mg L-1 Fe3O4, pH 3.0,...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ben Hafaiedh N,Fourcade F,Bellakhal N,Amrane A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model to simulate the biological processes occurring in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) is presented. The model accounts for different MBR technical features by introducing specific permeability parameters for the applied membrane system. The model considers for the heterotrophic storage process and the for...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Tenore A,Vieira J,Frunzo L,Luongo V,Fabbricino M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effluents from municipal wastewater treatment have been long recognized as suitable media for the cultivation of microalgae biomass. However, few studies report data concerning biomass productivity in continuous reactors using unsterilized wastewater effluents. This study focuses on indigenous microalgae strains that ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Pereira MV,Dassoler AF,Antunes PW,Gonçalves RF,Cassini ST

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated carbon was prepared from soybean dregs using chemical activation by zinc chloride. The influence of activation parameters such as impregnation ratio, activation temperature and carbonization time was investigated. The physicochemical properties of activated carbon were characterized using SEM, FTIR, BET and ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li Y,Li Y,Zang H,Chen L,Meng Z,Li H,Ci L,Du Q,Wang D,Wang C,Li H,Xia Y

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Process intensification through the combined use of electrodialysis (ED) and ion-exchange resin (IER) hybrid process, called continuous electropermutation (CEP), was employed to remove Ni(II) cations from water. To carry out this process, Amberjet 1200 H cation-exchange resin was introduced into the feed compartment o...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Gabli M,Smara A,Mecibah W,Djellabi R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the comparative removal of an emerging contaminant diclofenac sodium (DCF) by UV-254 nm-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), i.e. UV/S2O82-/Fe2+, UV/HSO5-/Fe2+ and UV/H2O2/Fe2+ processes. The results demonstrated that by applying [DCF]0 = 0.30 mM and [H2O2]0 = [S2O82-]0 = [HSO5-]0 = 3 mM, kapp...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rehman F,Ahmad W,Sayed M

更新日期：2020-05-28 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：:Coagulation process is highly influenced by solution pH, floc breakage, and coagulant aid. In this work, two-stage addition of alum-based coagulants, polyaluminum chloride (PACl) and aluminum sulfate (Al2(SO4)3), was compared to their one-stage addition with the same total dosage. The dose ratio of primary and seconda...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Du P,Li X,Yang Y,Fan X,Fang X,Zhou Z

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, CO2 emission is the main cause of climate change and its various related environmental impacts. Therefore, we have as a prime the development of clean sources of energy. The hydrogen economy is very attractive in this regard, however, when generated from the methane reform, there are also large-scale CO2 em...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Scharnberg ARA,Berutti FA,Alves AK

更新日期：2020-05-04 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：:The removal performance of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) by anoxic laboratory-scale bio-scrubber was studied under different operation conditions for 315 days. DMS removal in bio-scrubber system was performed by controlling and changing the operation parameters, including inlet concentration, empty bed residence time (EBRT)...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Mhemid RKS,Alp K,Turker M,Akmirza I,Shihab MS

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constructed wetlands (CWs) are natural-friendly method to eliminate the pollutants stormwater pollutants. For this study, a pilot-scale treatment system consisting of a sedimentation tank (ST) and five recirculated fill-and-drain wetlands (namely CW-1, CW-2, CW-3, CW-4 and CW-5) were constructed to treat the first-flu...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Niu S,Wang X,Yu J,Kim Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, peracetic acid (PAA) activated by Fe(II) was proposed to remove diclofenac (DCF) in polluted water. It was found that Fe(II)/PAA system could effectively remove DCF at neutral condition, which has a significant advantage over classical Fenton process. According to the result of scavenging experiment, bo...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang Z,Shi H,Wang S,Liu Y,Fu Y

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Contaminations by Staphylococcus aureus in food industry environments have been extended to industrial Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP). The methodologies used in ETP for bacterial removals and quality parameters adjustment commonly use products toxic to the environment, being mostly inefficient against virulent bacteri...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Oliveira AM,Mateus GAP,Santos TRTD,Filho BAA,Gomes RG,Bergamasco R

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The red microalga Porphyridium cruentum is exploited industrially for its exopolysaccharides (EPS) and pigments production. EPS produced by P. cruentum are partially released and dissolved into the surrounding environment, they can be recovered from the culture medium after removing the cells. This paper presents a pa...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zaouk L,Massé A,Bourseau P,Taha S,Rabiller-Baudry M,Jubeau S,Teychené B,Pruvost J,Jaouen P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ashes are hazardous waste since they contain organic pollutants, heavy metals and an important amount of various soluble salts. However their chemical composition is interesting for their valorization in cement production. The objective of this paper is to assess the possi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Diliberto C,Meux E,Diliberto S,Garoux L,Marcadier E,Rizet L,Lecomte A

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Organic micropollutants (OMP) in the household and industrial wastewater are not efficiently removed by conventional treatment processes and a significant fraction ends in sludge. Proper valorization technologies become fundamental to attain sustainable sewage sludge management, with anaerobic digestion (AD) as one of...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Reyes-Contreras C,Neumann P,Barriga F,Venegas M,Domínguez C,Bayona JM,Vidal G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of fluoride is essential for water contaminated with fluoride before being utilized since the unsafe concentration of fluoride with respect to the permissible limits. In the present study, there are 61 bacterial strains belonging to fluoride tolerance were isolated from the contaminated soil of Dharmapuri ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sakthi Thesai A,Rajakumar S,Ayyasamy PM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to remove methylene blue dye from water with a fixed-bed column packed with Cu2O nanocomposite ceramsites. The column showed the advantages of fixed-bed column adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation. The Cu2O nanocomposite ceramsites with strong photocatalytic oxidation activity and well-developed poro...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li T,Fan J,Sun T

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs-COOH) was prepared by acid treatment followed by decoration with magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (Fe3O4/MWCNTs-COOH) by co-precipitation of Fe2+/Fe3+ in the colloidal suspension of MWCNTs-COOH. The adsorption capacity and separation efficiency of these two adsor...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Temnuch N,Suwattanamala A,Inpaeng S,Tedsree K

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique properties of nanoparticles create broad opportunities as regards their application in almost all disciplines of science and technology. There are many reports about the negative influence of nanoproducts on the environment and humans. Therefore, it is of vital importance to explore the impact of metal nano...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dobrucka R,Szymanski M,Przekop R

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The disposal processes like dewatering and anaerobic digestion (AD) are commonly utilized to reduce the volume of sludge and recover energy. Thermal hydrolysis process is widely used as a pretreatment for sludge AD, which can change rheological properties and dehydration of sludge irreversibly. The experiment was desi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Cao X,Pan Y,Jiang K,Zhu K,Ren X

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioflocculant-producing bacteria were isolated from various water reservoirs and sediments of the water treatment plant. Four promising strains were identified by standard biochemical methods and 16s rRNA gene sequencing. Bioflocculants were produced in a batch bioreactor of 3 L under optimized conditions. Fourier tra...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Saha S,Shukla SK,Singh HR,Pradhan KK,Jha SK

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A prototype pilot plant testing for a novel complete treatment strategy for landfill leachate aimed to decrease its environmental impact was studied. Pre-treatment of leachate was performed by means of a membrane biore-actor (MBR) decreasing inorganic carbon concentration by 92 ± 8% and achieving N removals of 85%. Su...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ribera-Pi J,Badia-Fabregat M,Espí J,Clarens F,Jubany I,Martínez-Lladó X

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosorption is an emerging technology for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater by natural or modified biomass. In this study, we proposed a novel protocol for making full use of seaweeds. Brown seaweed Sargassum carpophyllum residue (SCR) and green seaweed Caulerpa lentillifera residue (CLR) were obt...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li R,Zhang T,Zhong H,Song W,Zhou Y,Yin X

更新日期：2020-03-02 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：:Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is a commonly used antibiotic for both human and animals. The frequent detection of SMX in natural water bodies and sediment has become an issue of great environmental concern due to its potential risk to induce antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria. In the present work, the catalytic wet...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Yu Y,Huang F,He Y,Wang F,Lv Y,Xu Y,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:As classical traffic noise prediction models lack a deeper consideration of the impact of the gradient, the characteristics of longitudinal gradients from multiple roads were collected as data in the mountain city of Chongqing county, which was chosen as the entry point, to study the noise characteristics for a wide r...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Chen L,Liu T,Tang B,Xiang H,Sheng Q

更新日期：2020-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the reduction of the moisture content from waste oils by a bentonite-based adsorption process was investigated as an alternative for reuse in energy production. Waste cooking oil (WCO) and waste poultry fat (WPF) were characterised (moisture and viscosity, values of acidity, saponification, and peroxide)...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dotto J,Espinoza-Quiñones FR,Milinsk MC,Alves HJ

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00