abstract：:The biochar produced by pyrolysis at 600°C from powdered mango bark impregnated with iron, namely Fe2O3/biochar, was recognized as a multifunctional material for environmental applications. This work aims at using the above material for the removal of pyridine and quinoline from aqueous solutions. The physico-chemical...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Xu H,Zhang X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 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 present work investigates the properties of self-made magnetic filler from plastic waste bottle and explores a new technology approach of waste plastic resource utilization. The magnetic filler was prepared by air plasma modification and loading magnetic ferrite on the plastic strip from waste plastic bottle. The ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhao RJ,Gong LY,Zhu HD,Liu Q,Xu LX,Lu L,Yang QZ

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：: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：:The multiple anoxic and aerobic (AO) process is an advanced biological nitrogen-removal process, and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission might affect its sustainable application. Nitrogen removal and N2O emission in a step-feeding multiple AO sequencing batch reactor (SBRS) was examined, in comparison with a one-feeding sequ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sun Y,Wang H,Wu G,Guan Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a consequence of a growing share of solar and wind power, recent research on biogas production highlighted a need for demand-orientated, flexible gas production to provide grid services and enable a decentralized stabilization of the electricity infrastructure. Two-staged anaerobic digestion is particularly suitabl...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Krümpel JH,Illi L,Lemmer A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maturation ponds are excellent natural treatment systems for disinfecting domestic wastewater from pathogenic bacteria because of their great sunlight exposure through depth and high pH and dissolved oxygen values - all considered important factors. Escherichia coli (E. coli) removal is higher at closer to the surface...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dias DFC,von Sperling M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface and groundwater from Pangani River Basin (PRB) were sampled in dry and wet seasons, analysed for dissolved organic and inorganic nutrients (N, P, Si and Urea). There was spatial and seasonal nutrients' variability, with enrichment of dissolved inorganic fractions accumulated from natural and anthropogenic sour...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Selemani JR,Zhang J,Muzuka ANN,Njau KN,Zhang G,Mzuza MK,Maggid A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) process, the nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) should be effectively suppressed or thoroughly washed out. In this study, the nitrate production and the structure of NOB community under different inorganic carbon (IC) concentrations were investigated us...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhang X,Zhou Y,Ma Y,Zhang N,Zhao S,Zhang R,Zhang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:Post-treatment of anaerobic reactor effluent with maturation ponds is a good option for small to medium-sized communities in tropical climates. The treatment line investigated, operating in Brazil, with an equivalent capacity to treat domestic sewage from 250 inhabitants, comprised a upflow anaerobic sludge blanket re...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Dias DFC,Passos RG,Rodrigues VAJ,de Matos MP,Santos CRS,von Sperling M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are mainly focusing on reduction of biological oxygen demand and on the removal of nutrients. However, there are microorganisms that interfere with the process. In this environment, there is a large diversity of microorganisms that have not been s...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Soler A,García-Hernández J,Zornoza A,Alonso JL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the current research was to critically examine the role of the shape and the size of contaminated particles for an accurate prediction of membrane fouling phenomenon. Polycarbonate flat membranes (PC) with uniform pore sizes of 0.05 and 0.1 µm, in addition to Polysulfone membranes (PS) with molecular weigh...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Abdelrasoul A,Doan H,Lohi A,Cheng CH

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is the priority to guarantee biosafety for drinking water treatment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of widely applied conventional and ozone-biological activated carbon (O3-BAC) advanced treatment technology on biosafety of drinking water. The items, including assimilable organic carbon (AOC...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Liao X,Zou R,Chen C,Yuan B,Zhou Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated carbon (AC), prepared from sugarcane bagasse waste through a low-temperature chemical carbonization treatment, was used as a support for nano-TiO2. TiO2 supported on AC (xTiO2-AC) catalysts (x = 10, 20, 50, and 70 wt.%) were prepared through a mechano-mixing method. The photocatalysts were characterized by R...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： El-Salamony RA,Amdeha E,Ghoneim SA,Badawy NA,Salem KM,Al-Sabagh AM

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Lead is a heavy metal considered highly toxic, responsible for causing several health problems as well as being extremely harmful to fauna and flora. Given this fact, several techniques have been studied for the removal of this metal from contaminated water, in which stands out adsorption. In this sense, the objective...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Tavares FO,Pinto LAM,Bassetti FJ,Vieira MF,Bergamasco R,Vieira AMS

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：:A coupled electrochemical process and biological treatment was used to remove a biorecalcitrant antibiotic: sulfamethazine (SMT). The pretreatment was performed in a home-made flow cell involving graphite felt as a working electrode at potentials of 1 and 1.6 V/saturated calomel electrode (SCE); it was followed by a b...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Saidi I,Fourcade F,Floner D,Soutrel I,Bellakhal N,Amrane A,Geneste F

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effect of various intermittent aeration (IA) cycles on organics and nutrient removal, and microbial communities in an integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) reactor treating municipal waste water. Average effluent biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total su...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Singh NK,Bhatia A,Kazmi AA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the diversified nature of municipal solid waste and the different stages of its decomposition, the formed leachates result in a complex chemical mixture with toxic potential. These chemicals can cause environmental problems, such as the contamination of surface or groundwater, thus affecting the balance of aqua...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Barrios Restrepo JJ,Flohr L,Melegari SP,da Costa CH,Fuzinatto CF,de Castilhos AB Jr,Matias WG

更新日期：2017-11-01 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 paper presents the results of fungal treatment of a real industrial wastewater (WW), providing insight into the main mechanisms involved and clarifying some ambiguities and uncertainties in the previous reports. In this regard, the mycoremediation potentials of four strains of white rot fungi (WRF): Phanerochaete...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zahmatkesh M,Spanjers H,van Lier JB

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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：:This study explored the feasibility of progressive freeze concentration in boron removal and its concentration in aqueous solution. The influence of three key parameters in progressive freeze concentration on boron removal and concentration, namely, the advance speed of the ice front, the circumferential velocity of t...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang LP

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Polystyrene (PS) beads have been studied as a possible filter element, with the aim of increasing the effective production of water in treatment plants. Being a granular material of an effective size of 0.68 mm, sphericity of 0.96 and density of 1046 kg/m3, the use of PS beads may provide washing water savings because...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Schöntag JM,Moreira FM,Sens ML

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are the major polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) contaminating global water environment. This study investigated the efficiency of granular activated carbon (GAC), ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) treatment for removing PFOS and PFOA contam...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Pramanik BK,Pramanik SK,Sarker DC,Suja F

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction between Fe2+ and H2O2 generates highly reactive ·OH. However, the weak conversion from Fe3+ to Fe2+ limits its continuous reaction. Here, the difference between the Fenton system and modified Fenton system for the regeneration of Fe2+ was analyzed. A UV-vis spectrometer and redox potential measurements we...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Zhou W,Gao J,Zhao H,Meng X,Wu S

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:This study investigated the evolution of several main parameters during the composting of separately collected household bio-waste originating from urban settlements (U-bio-waste) and family houses (F-bio-waste) from four climate seasons. When comparing both types of composts, U-bio-waste compost contained a higher am...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Hanc A,Ochecova P,Vasak F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-doped fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) was prepared by gas-assisted method using cellulose as precursors under ammonia atmosphere, which not only exhibited excellent photoluminescent properties, but also showed highly selective and sensitive detection of mercury ion. The nitrogen-doped CQDs displayed ex...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li Y,Wang N,He Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to enhance anaerobic biodegradability of food waste (FW), thermal pretreatment was applied. The effectiveness in terms of biodegradability extent and process rate improvement was investigated. To this aim, Biomethane Potential tests were carried out under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. The IWA anaero...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Montecchio D,Gallipoli A,Gianico A,Mininni G,Pagliaccia P,Braguglia CM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the mechanism of the Cr(III) sorption by Salvinia auriculata biosorbent was studied in two stages. To understand the influence of the sorption parameters on the Cr(III) uptake, preliminary tests were performed. First, S. auriculata biomass was separately treated with base and acid solutions. Second, acid...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Módenes AN,de Oliveira AP,Espinoza-Quiñones FR,Trigueros DEG,Kroumov AD,Borba CE,Hinterholz CL,Bergamasco R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently a new group of ionic liquids (ILs) with herbicidal properties has been proposed for use in agriculture. Owing to the design of specific physicochemical properties, this group, referred to as herbicidal ionic liquids (HILs), allows for reducing herbicide field doses. Several ILs comprising phenoxy herbicides a...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Pęziak-Kowalska D,Fourcade F,Niemczak M,Amrane A,Chrzanowski Ł,Lota G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the stability and efficiency of an anaerobic process, the influences of fluid dynamics on the performance of anaerobic digestion and sludge granulation were investigated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Four different propeller speeds (20, 60, 100, 140 r/min) were adopted for anaerobic digestion of...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang F,Zhang C,Huo S

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:The aim of this work was the examination of the treatment potential of molasses wastewater, by the utilization of activated sludge and microalgae. The systems used included a sequencing batch bioreactor and a similar photo-bioreactor, favoring microalgae growth. The microalgae treatment of molasses wastewater mixture ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Tsioptsias C,Lionta G,Samaras P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00