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... Lactic acid, which can be obtained through fermentation, is an interesting compound because it can be utilized in different fields, such as in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries as a bio-based molecule for bio-refinery. In addition, lactic acid has recently gained more interest due to the possibility of manufacturing poly(lactic acid), a green polymer that can replace petroleum-deriv ...
... Aiming at a circular carbon economy, electrosynthesis is gaining in importance. The conversion of bioderived materials using green electrons from renewable energy sources tackles challenges like fluctuating energy production and the integration into the already existing supply networks. Herein, we discuss concepts for transforming 150-year old Kolbe chemistry into flow processes. In a recirculatio ...
... The use of batch and upflow anaerobic reactors filled with polyurethane foam for pure glycerol fermentation was evaluated. The best reactor operational conditions to obtain high yield and productivity of 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) as the main product and the role of the polyurethane foam in the growth and retention of suspended and attached biomass in the reactors were investigated. In the experime ...
batch systems; learning; markets; models; process design; product quality
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... Batch processes repeatedly execute a given set of tasks over a finite duration, whose versatility and ability to adapt to rapidly changing markets make it prevalent in a multitude of industrial fields, particularly in the era of “smart manufacturing”. Nevertheless, frequent switching and wide-ranging facility operations incur significant nonlinearity and time variability in process dynamics, both ...
... In current practice, removal of glycerol from frozen-thawed red blood cells (RBCs) is completed through a batch process that requires approximately 45min per unit of blood. This process demands that the need for frozen RBCs be anticipated, and any unused deglycerolized units of blood be disposed of after a short post-thaw shelf life. Previous research in our lab demonstrated that rapid glycerol re ...
batch systems; chemistry; injection molding; models; process design
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... For batch processes described by 2D switched system models, the paper comes up with an infinite horizon linear quadratic fault-tolerant tracking control (LQFTTC). First, the paper leads a new variable into the process model with time delay to convert it to a new model without time delay, after that, an equivalent extended 2D switched system model is established. Next, by introducing a quadratic pe ...
... The conversion of 2ⁿᵈ generation biomass to 5-HMF and LA is a promising route for the production of key platform chemicals and renewable fuels. This work reports a clean synthesis of levulinic acid (LA) and 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (5-HMF) from waste biomass derived glucose in aqueous phase using –SO₃H functionalized ionic liquid (IL) catalyst [IL-SO₃H][Cl] and nickel sulfate (NiSO₄.6H₂O) co-catal ...
Pseudomonas putida; batch systems; biodegradation; calcium alginate; continuous systems; heat transfer; mass transfer
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... 3-Chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-CPD) biodegradation by Ca-alginate immobilized Pseudomonas putida cells was performed in batch system, continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), and packed-bed reactor (PBR). Batch system exhibited higher biodegradation rates and 3-CPD uptakes compared to CSTR and PBR. The two continuous systems (CSTR and PBR) when compared at 200 mg/L 3-CPD in the inlet exhibited the sam ...
... Additive manufacturing (3D printing) has greatly revolutionized the way researchers approach certain technical challenges. Despite its outstanding print quality and resolution, stereolithography (SLA) printing is cost-effective and relatively accessible. However, applications involving mass spectrometry (MS) are few due to residual oligomers and additives leaching from SLA-printed devices that int ...
aluminum oxide; batch systems; biofuels; catalysts; glucose; ion exchange resins; solvents; temperature
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... 5-HMF is a platform chemical that can be used in many applications such as biofuels, monomers, industrial feed stocks, etc. In this work 5-HMF was synthesized from glucose in a biphasic system using a batch reactor. Aluminium oxide and ion exchange resin were used as catalysts in this system. The organic solvent and aqueous solvent were methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) and 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (N ...
Ria M. Abdilla-Santes; Jozef G.M. Winkelman; Ilona van Zandvoort; Bert M. Weckhuysen; Pieter C.A. Bruijnincx; Edita Jurak; Peter J. Deuss; Hero J. Heeres
... 5-Hydroxy-2-methylfurfural (HMF) has a high derivatization potential and is considered the sleeping giant of biobased platform chemicals. It is accessible by the acid hydrolysis of various carbohydrate-containing feeds, preferably those high in fructose content. We here report a detailed study on the use of thick juice, an intermediate sucrose (SUC)-rich stream in a sugar factory, and pure SUC for ...
... Slaughterhouse wastewater (SHWW) has a great potential to generate biomethane energy when subjected to anaerobic digestion (AD). Nonetheless, the process is susceptible and prone to failure because of slow hydrolysis and the production of inhibitory compounds. Accordingly, to address this deficiency, anaerobic co-digestion (ACoD) is used to improve the treatment efficiency of the monodigestion of ...
Ganoderma lucidum; agitation; ambient temperature; ammonia; ammonium nitrogen; batch systems; chemical oxygen demand; fabrics; inoculum; municipal wastewater; mycelium; organic matter
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... In this study, we explored the ability of wild-Serbian Ganoderma lucidum mycelial pellets (GLMPs) in treating synthetic domestic wastewater in a batch reactor under various operating conditions. The GLMPs produce non-hazardous by-products, are environmentally sustainable and able to produce in mass bulk with consistent quality. Riding on the highly efficient of treatment of industrial (textile) wa ...
... In this study, the groundnut husk modified with Guar Gum (GG) is used for the removal of Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Ni²⁺ from the aqueous solution. The maximum adsorption capacity for Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Ni²⁺ is found to be in the order of 9.76mgg⁻¹, 9.26mgg⁻¹ and 6.74mgg⁻¹ respectively. The optimized adsorption parameters were: pH 5.0, equilibrium time 120min and adsorption temperature 298K for Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Ni² ...
batch systems; carbon dioxide; chemical industry; distillation; energy efficiency; energy requirements; hydrophilicity; mass transfer; risk reduction; solvents; wastes
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... In most chemical industries, solvent removal and recovery processes are heavily dependent on hazardous volatile solvents with energy-intensive distillation processes because of their ease of separation. An emerging promising alternative is implementing switchable solvents with on-demand and reversible switching of their physiochemical properties triggered by carbon dioxide (CO₂). Utilization and w ...
... Atmospheric water capture (AWC) has tremendous potential to address the global shortage of clean drinking water. The Ni₂Cl₂(BTDD) metal–organic framework (MOF) has shown optimal water sorption performance under low relative humidity conditions, but its potentially high production costs, stemming in part from its lengthy multiday synthesis, has hindered widespread implementation. As with most tradi ...
... Modified polyvinyl alcohol beads (PVA) are synthesized by adding conductive materials such as activated carbon (AC), magnetite particles (MT), and green tuff (GT) for serving as potential advantages carriers on anaerobic digestion (AD). This study aimed to study the effect of modified PVA beads on AD performance and investigate the probability of DIET occurrence on syntrophic propionate degradatio ...
batch systems; computer software; computers; geographic information systems; raster data
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... Batch processing of raster data performed by geographic information systems (GIS) is a time consuming procedure. Modern high performance GPUs are able to perform hundreds of arithmetical operations in parallel. These GPUs can help to reduce the computing time of such operations. In addition, most of the commonly used raster operations are I/O-bounded. Memory transfer between hard disk and RAM take ...
... Algae cultivation is the essential basis for microalgal biofuel production. Soluble algal products (SAP) are significant obstacle to large-scale, high-cell-density cultivation processes. SAP accumulation during batch cultivation of Scenedesmus sp. LX1 (a unique strain accumulating lipid substantially while growing fast under low-nutrient conditions) with different initial nitrogen concentrations ( ...
... This work was on the comparative evaluation of the property effects obtainable when acetylation is applied to parts of selected agro fibers that are obtainable within common localities. The fibers were subjected to different concentrations of acetylation treatment at ambient temperature for 3 h. The physico-chemical, morphological, and tensile properties of the fibers were examined after the treat ...
Adriana M. Dos Santos; Ariele C. Moreira; Bianca Rebelo Lopes; Mariana F. Fracola; Fernando G. de Almeida; Odair C. Bueno; Quezia B. Cass; Dulce Helena F. Souza
Atta sexdens; acetates; acetylcholine; acetylcholinesterase; ammonium; batch systems; choline; colorimetry; death; enzyme inhibition; hydrolysis; ion exchange chromatography; leaf-cutting ants; neurotransmitters; pH; phylogeny; sulfates; tandem mass spectrometry
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... Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is responsible for catalyzing the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) leading to acetate and choline (Ch) release. The inhibition of AChE produces a generalized synaptic collapse that can lead to insect death. Herein we report for the first time the isolation of two AChEs from Atta sexdens which were purified by sulphate ammonium precipitation followe ...
Actinobacteria; Bacteroidetes; Chloroflexi; Nitrosomonas; aeration; ammonia; ammonium nitrogen; batch systems; chemical oxygen demand; community structure; microbial communities; nitrification; nitrites; oxidation; sludge; total nitrogen; wastewater treatment; water
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... A sequencing batch reactor (SBR) with an intermittent aeration mode was established to achieve partial nitrification (PN) and the short-term effects of C/N ratios were investigated. Stable nitrite accumulation was achieved after 107 cycles, about 56d, with the average ammonia nitrogen removal efficiency (ARE) and nitrite accumulation rate (NAR) of 96.92% and 82.49%, respectively. When the C/N rati ...
... Achieving enhanced biological phosphorus removal dominated by Tetrasphaera utilizing waste activated sludge (WAS) as carbon source could solve the problems of insufficient carbon source and excessive discharge of WAS in biological phosphorus removal. Up to now, the sludge reduction ability of Tetrasphaera remained largely unknown. Furthermore, the difference between traditional sludge fermentation ...
... This study investigated the effects of the influent inorganic carbon (IC) availability on nitrifying microbial activity of a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) operated for partial-nitritation (PN) at mainstream conditions (temperature of 15 °C and low influent N concentration). By operating the reactor with influent ammonium to inorganic carbon centration ratio (NH₄⁺-N/IC) of 0.40 ± 0.01 mg N·mg C⁻¹, ...
... Conventional wastewater treatment technologies for biological nutrient removal (BNR) are highly dependent on aeration for oxygen supply, which represents a major operational cost of the process. Recently, phototrophic enhanced biological phosphorus removal (photo-EBPR) has been suggested as an alternative system for phosphorus removal, based on a consortium of photosynthetic microorganisms and che ...
... Single‐stage partial nitration and anammox (PN/A) process was achieved in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) using a submerged dynamic membrane (DM) in this study. The reactor was stably operated for 200 days, and the nitrogen removal efficiency (NRE) was sustained at 70.3 ± 7.2% at a nitrogen loading rate (NLR) ranging from 0.1 to 0.3 kgNm⁻³ day⁻¹ with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 hr. Whe ...
... The mainstream anammox process has attracted extensive attention recently. Compared to single-stage partial-nitrification/anammox (PN/A) system, two-stage PN/A process was more advantageous for achieving mainstream anammox. However, complex control strategy in partial-nitrification reactor (N-SBR) might not be feasible in practical application. The aim of this study was to provide an easy operatio ...
... Azo dyes are widely applied in the textile industry but are not entirely consumed during the dyeing process and can thus be discharged to the environment in wastewater. However, azo dyes can be degraded using various electron donors, and in this paper, Acid Orange 7 (AO7) degradation performance is investigated using methane (CH₄) as the sole electron donor. Methane has multiple sources and is rea ...
... Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a complex environmental problem, which has adverse effects on surface and ground waters due to low pH, high toxic metals, and dissolved salts. New bioremediation approach based on microbial fuel cells (MFC) can be a novel and sustainable alternative for AMD treatment. We studied the potential of MFC for acidic synthetic water treatment through pH neutralization in batch ...
... Poultry slaughterhouse wastewater (PSW) contains high organic matter and nutrients requiring thus a special treatment before its final disposal. In this work, acid precipitation (H₂SO₄) followed by microalgae “Chlorella vulgaris” cultivation both in batch and continuous processes was studied as an alternative method for PSW treatment. By reducing the pH value of PSW from 6 to 7 to 4, about 80% of ...
... Acidification due to microbial dechlorination of trichloroethene (TCE) can limit the bio-enhanced dissolution of TCE dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL). This study related the dissolution enhancement of a TCE DNAPL to the pH buffer capacity of the medium and the type of electron donor used. In batch systems, dechlorination was optimal at pH7.1–7.5, but was completely inhibited below pH6.2. In ...
... Potential surface water and groundwater contaminants include herbicides that are applied postemergence. Although applied to the plant canopy, a portion of any application reaches the soil either directly or via subsequent foliar washoff. This study examined sorption, degradation, and mobility of the postemergence herbicide acifluorfen (5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoic acid) i ...
... Acrylic acid grafted cellulosic Luffa cylindrical fiber was utilized for the removal of methylene blue and metal ions from the water system using batch process. The grafted sample used was found to demonstrate a maximum grafting efficiency of 90.8% under concentrations of 0.432×10−3mol/L, temperature of 35°C, time of 60min and pH of 7.0 respectively. The remarkable improvement in thermal propertie ...
activated sludge; adsorption; agricultural wastes; anaerobic ammonium oxidation; batch systems; biodegradation; bioenergy; drugs; environment; food waste; membrane bioreactors; microalgae; municipal solid waste; nutrition; pollutants; pollution control; population dynamics; research; systems engineering; upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor; water
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... This is a literature review for the year 2016 regarding to activated sludge in upflow anaerobic sludge blanket, sequencing batch reactor and membrane bioreactor. This article reviews process modeling and kinetic, population dynamic, pollution control, and system design and operation. Compared to past reviews, several topics show increasing concerns in 2016, like anammox process. It refers to the a ...
... The requirements of solid heterogeneous catalyst are always needed for the synthesis of biodiesel. New environment friendly and cheaper alternatives of solid catalyst are always on demand. Activated charcoal may play a good role in this field and fulfill all criteria of requirement. In this article, we have reported synthesis of cheap charcoal catalyst from wood of poplar tree and sesame. Function ...
... Stringent environmental legislation in Europe, especially in the Baltic Sea area, limits the discharge of nutrients to natural water bodies, limiting the aquaculture production in the region. Therefore, cost-efficient end-of-pipe treatment technologies to reduce nitrogen (N) discharge are required for the sustainable growth of marine land-based RAS. The following study examined the potential of fe ...
... The main challenge for partial nitrification is to reach stable nitrite accumulation, which strongly depends on the nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) growth in the reactor. The on-line estimation of active biomass may enhance the decision-making process to maintain a high nitrite accumulation in the reactor. In this work, we propose an active biomass estimator based on ASM1 and on-line oxygen uptak ...
... BACKGROUND: This study investigated the acute effect of benzo[a]anthracene, a significant compound among polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, on the biodegradation of a synthetic organic substrate—a peptone/meat extract mixture—under aerobic conditions. METHODS: A laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactor was sustained at steady state at a sludge age of 10 days with substrate feeding. Inhibition test ...
... Anammox bacteria enable efficient removal of nitrogen from sewage in processes involving partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A) or nitrification, partial denitrification, and anammox (N-PdN/A). In mild climates, anammox bacteria must be adapted to ≤15 °C, typically by gradual temperature decrease; however, this takes months or years. To reduce the time necessary for the adaptation, an unconvention ...
... Sludge treatment using free ammonia (FA) is an innovative approach that was recently reported effective achieving stable mainstream nitrogen removal via the nitrite pathway. This study aims to investigate the adaptation of nitrifying community and the response of nitrification performance to high-level of FA exposure under real wastewater conditions. Two parallel lab-scale sequencing batch reactor ...
arc furnaces; batch systems; model validation; models; prediction; process design; process monitoring
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... The present work addresses the problem of loss of model validity in batch process control via online monitoring and adaptation based model predictive control. To this end, a state space subspace-based model identification method suitable for batch processes is utilized and then a model predictive controller is designed. To monitor model performance, a model validity index is developed for batch pr ...
... Traditional soft sensors may be ill-suited for batch processes because they cannot efficiently handle process nonlinearity and/or time-varying changes as well as provide the prediction uncertainty. Therefore, a novel adaptive soft sensor, referred to as online ensemble Gaussian process regression (OEGPR), is proposed for nonlinear time-varying batch processes. The batch process is first divided in ...
... Living materials, which are composites of living cells residing in a polymeric matrix, are designed to utilize the innate functionalities of the cells to address a broad range of applications such as fermentation and biosensing. Herein, we demonstrate the additive manufacturing of catalytically active living materials (AMCALM) for continuous fermentation. A multi-stimuli-responsive yeast-laden hyd ...
... The primary aim of the study was to develop and validate an in-house upscale of Automatic Methane Potential Test System II for studying real-time inocula and real-scale substrates in batch, codigestion and enzyme enhanced hydrolysis experiments, in addition to semi-continuous operation of the developed equipment and experiments testing inoculum functional quality. The successful upscale to 5L enab ...
Adenoviridae; DNA; batch systems; countercurrent chromatography; gel chromatography; serotypes; viruses
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... Adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) was successfully separated by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) using a simple, yet efficient, two-column, quasi-continuous, simulated moving-bed process operated in an open-loop configuration. The operating cycle is divided into two identical half-cycles, each of them consisting of the following sequence of sub-steps: (i) elution of the upstream column and direction ...
... The assumption of equilibrium adsorption was applied to both batch incubation and soil column leaching experiments to estimate degradation rate constants of the pesticide aldicarb [2-methyl-2-(methylthio) propionaldehyde o-(methylcarbamoyl) oxim] in the liquid (μₗ) and sorbed (μₛ) phases. The estimation was based on the observed K d–μ relationship yielded in a soil amended with various amounts of ...
proteins; gelling properties; batch systems; dynamic testing; models; scanning electron microscopes; entropy; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; pH; Gibbs free energy; temperature; metal ions; desorption; adsorption
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... Designing an immobilised metal ion affinity process on large-scale demands that a thorough understanding be developed regarding the adsorption behaviour of proteins on metal-loaded gels and the characteristic adsorption parameters to be evaluated. In view of this requirement, interaction of α-amylase as a model protein with newly synthesised magnetic-poly(divinylbenzene-1-vinylimidazole) [m-poly( ...
... We studied the behavior of atrazine (AT), deethylatrazinc (DEA), and hydroxyatrazinc (HyA) in contact with humic acid, kaolinite, smectite, goethite, and ferrihydrite through adsorption kinetics and isotherms, and desorption isotherms, in laboratory batch systems. The initial triazine concentrations in solution ranged from 0.001 to 1 mg L⁻¹. The adsorption of the three triazines by each component ...
... Humic acid (HA) was isolated from lignite. Flocculent HA was made and used to adsorb and remove dye acid red 3R from aqueous solution. The adsorption experiments were carried out in a batch process to observe the effect of various parameters such as contact time, dose of flocculent HA, ionic strength (NaCl) as well as adsorption kinetics and isotherm. Results showed that adsorption of acid red 3R ...
... BACKGROUND: Pesticide degradation and adsorption in soils are key processes determining whether pesticide use will have any impact on environmental quality. Pesticide degradation in soil generally results in a reduction in toxicity, but some pesticides have breakdown products that are more toxic than the parent compound. Adsorption to soil particles ensures that herbicide is retained in the place ...
... The emerging insensitive munitions compound (IMC) 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole-5-one (NTO) is currently being used to replace conventional explosives such as 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazacyclohexane (RDX), but the environmental fate of this increasingly widespread IMC remains poorly understood. Upon release from unexploded solid phase ordinances, NTO exhibits high aqueous solubility and, hence, potential ...
... A novel core shell beaded chromatographic materials was prepared by grafting of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) on to the surface of poly(hydoxypropyl methacrylate/ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate), p(HPMA/EGDMA) beads via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). For grafting GMA, p(HPMA/EGDMA) beads were first modified with an ATRP initiator. A reaction with 2-bromo-2-methylprop ...
... The adsorpion behavior of Reactive Blue 4, a tri-azine dye, on dry Rhizopus oryzae biomass (ROB) has been investigated in aqueous solution with special reference to physicochemical parameters associated with the adsorption process. Adsorption of dye on the biomass is found to be a function of solution pH (optimum 3.0), while temperature has no significant effect. Adsorption rate of biomass is very ...
... In order to research the sorption of thorium(IV) and uranium(VI) ions from aqueous solutions, the granular-activated carbon was modified with nitric acid. The modified adsorbent was identified by BET, elemental analysis, SEM and FTIR method. The influences of different parameters such as pH, contact time, temperature and initial concentration were investigated using batch system. Adsorption of Th( ...
... In the present work Caryota urens seeds (CUS), a plant based adsorbent, were modified chemically using different chemical reagents. Among all reagents, NaOH was found to be the most effective modificant. Alkali treated C. urens seeds (ATCUS) exhibited higher removal efficiency (99%) towards Cu(II) than the raw CUS (91%). Characterization of both raw and modified CUS was carried out via SEM, EDX an ...
... Biosorption equilibrium and kinetics of TCS and MTCS sorption to inactivated dried sludge were studied in a batch system with respect to pH, temperature and sludge concentration. Linear and Freundlich isotherms were able to describe the adsorption system well. Sorption capacity increased from 4.80 to 7.36μg/g and 6.28 to 7.76μg/g for TCS and MTCS, respectively with an increase in temperature from ...
... 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, influence factors, adsorption isotherm models, kinetics and thermodynamic were i ...
... The removal of Cr³⁺ from water solutions by biosorbents from the rind, endosperm, and endosperm + episperm of the Jatropha curcas was evaluated. Adsorption tests were performed in batch systems for evaluating the influence of the solution’s pH, adsorbent mass, contact time, initial Cr³⁺ concentrations, and solution temperature during the adsorption process. Kinetic, adsorption isotherm, and thermo ...
... The capacity of a periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) to adsorb the aromatic compounds benzene, toluene, o-, and p-xylenes (BTX), which are usually present in produced waters, was investigated under both column and batch processes. The PMO was synthesized by condensation of 1,4 bis(triethoxisilyl)benzene (BTEB) under acidic conditions by using structure-directing agent (SDA) Pluronic P123 in th ...
... In recent years, studies on the more efficient use of natural materials in adsorption processes have increased significantly. Thus, obtaining new adsorbents from marine algae biomass with higher adsorptive performance will ensure a better use of these renewable resources. In this study, the adsorption of Cu(II) ions from aqueous solution was done using three types of adsorbent materials obtained f ...
... The adsorption potential of layered double hydroxides (LDH) of nickle–zinc–iron (NiZnFe) and its composites with single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and banana biochar (Bb) was investigated for divalent copper (Cu²⁺) removal in a batch system. Field emission scanning electron microscopy and FT-IR spectra confirmed the adsorption of Cu²⁺ onto LDH (NiZnFe) and its composites with Bb (LDH/Bb) and CNT ...
... The work carried out studies on the adsorption process of Fe³+ ions from aqueous solutions of chloride, nitrate and sodium sulfate salts in a batch process. Based on the obtained Fe3+ adsorption isotherms, a conclusion is made about a possible specific sorption mechanism. The simplified Boehm method was used to determine the number of basic and acidic functional groups on the surface of the invest ...
... Imazalil herbicide [1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-prop-2-enoxyethyl] imidazole] belongs to the Enilconazole family of herbicides, this compound is largely utilized on agricultural field crops in Morocco. Soil properties greatly improve the adsorption of this chemical compound in soils, but there is a need to understand their effect on said soils. This current study evaluates the adsorption behavior ...
... The adsorption in a batch system for methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) on waste ash were evaluated. The adsorption isotherms showed adsorptive maximum capacities for waste ash of MB and MO 40.983 mg g-1 35.614 mg g-1 respectively. The equilibrium adsorption data were fitted by Dubinin-Radushkevic (D-R) adsorption isotherm model. The estimated values of adsorption ene ...
... The novel alkali-treated pineapple residue was utilized for sequestration of Ni(II) ions from aqueous solution. On treatment with Sodium hydroxide the metal binding sites (free O−) of pineapple residue enhanced. Lignin and hemi-cellulose being substantial components in pineapple played a vital role in nickel adsorption. The prime functional groups present in ATPR that participated in nickel adsorp ...
... This study examines selenite [Se(IV)] and selenate [Se(VI)] adsorption on two‐line ferrihydrite in the presence and absence of two low‐molecular‐weight dissolved organic carbon (DOC) species, citric and salicylic acid. Ferrihydrite surface potential measurements were also examined to identify shifts in isoelectric points, which suggest possible adsorption mechanisms. Sorption was completed in batc ...
... The adsorption of benzothiophene sulfone (BTO) and dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO) from model diesel fuel were evaluated using granular activated carbon (GAC) and modified activated carbon. Modified activated carbon was impregnated with metal ions, Cu²⁺, Fe³⁺, and Ni²⁺, and the effect on its adsorption characteristics was determined. Adsorption performance was investigated using batch process at r ...
... Removal of dyes by low-cost adsorbents is an effective method in wastewater treatment. Iranian natural clays were determined to be effective adsorbents for removal of a basic dye (methylene blue) from aqueous solutions in batch processes. Characterizations of the clays were carried out by X-ray diffraction, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area analysis and field-emission scanning electron microscop ...
... The effective disposal of redundant straw is a significant work for environmental protection and full utilization of resource. In this work, the wheat straw has been modified by etherification to prepare a kind of quaternary ammonium straw adsorbents. The adsorption behaviors of the modified straw for methyl orange (MO) and acid green 25(AG25) were studied in both batch and column systems. The ads ...
... A large quantity of emerging contaminants are ionizable, and the ionized compounds display different adsorption behaviors than their neutral counterparts. In particular, a strong intermolecular force, negative charge assisted hydrogen bonding ((−)CAHB), was recently identified, which explains the unusually strong adsorption of negatively charged compounds on carbon nanotubes with oxygen-containing ...
... The retention profile of methylene blue from aqueous solutions onto the solid adsorbent date pits has been investigated in a batch system. The characterization and adsorption efficiency for methylene blue was evaluated using date pits. Fourier Transform Infra-Red, Scanning Electron Microscope, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis were performed to determine the characteristics of the material. The effe ...
... Cefazolin (CFZ) is a ubiquitous antibiotic in hospital settings and has been recognized as an emerging contaminant due to its ecotoxicity. Despite the growing concern around this compound, the literature addressing feasible advanced techniques for CFZ uptake from aqueous matrices is still scarce. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the adsorption of cefazolin on Spectrogel® organoclay ...
... A chitosan-coated cotton gauze was prepared by UV-curing and tested as adsorbent to remove copper (II) and chromium (VI) ions from water solutions. The adsorbent characterization was carried out by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy in Attenuated Total Reflection (FTIR-ATR).Adsorption of copper and chromium ion ...
... Leather tanning is consuming a large quantity of water and discharging a large volume of wastewater. This wastewater contains the high value of COD, BOD, TSS, TDS and heavy metals. In this study, spent tea leaves, a valueless waste produced during the manufacturing of tea beverage, were assessed for their potential to remove chromium (Cr) from tannery wastewater. Cr removal was studied by the batc ...
... Synthetic dyes present in effluent from textile, paper and paint industries contain crystal violet (CV), a known carcinogenic agent. This study investigates the modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes by acid reflux method and equilibrium and kinetic behaviour of adsorption of CV onto functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (fMWNTs) in batch system. High stability of the fMWNTs suspensio ...
... The adsorption behavior study of diethyl and dibutyl phthalates was investigated onto a new activated carbon prepared from an abundant biomass “Albizia julibrissin pods,” treated chemically by H₃PO₄. A series of experiments were conducted in a batch system to estimate the effect of operating conditions such as the adsorbent nature, the dose of adsorbent, the contact time, the initial concentration ...
... Adsorption of food dyes acid blue 9 and food yellow 3 onto chitosan was studied. Stirring rate influence on kinetics and mechanism was verified. Infra-red analysis was carried out before and after adsorption in order to verify the adsorption nature. Adsorption experiments were carried out in batch systems with different stirring rates (15–400rpm). Kinetic behavior was analyzed through the pseudo-f ...
... In the present study, a batch system was used to investigate the adsorption of chromium (VI) ions from an aqueous solution by graphene nanosheets. Graphene is decorated with functional groups containing oxygen such as epoxy and hydroxyl on the basal plane. The large negative charge density available on graphene causes effective adsorption of chromium (VI) ions from aqueous solutions. The adsorptio ...
... This study assesses the ability of two low-cost adsorbents made from waste of Rapanea ferruginea treated with ethanol (WRf) and its H₂SO₄-treated analog (WRf/H₂SO₄) for the removal of two cationic dyes methylene blue (MB) and crystal violet (CV) from aqueous solutions. The adsorbent was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, thermogravimetric analys ...
... In this study, sago waste (SW) exhibited great potential in developing an efficient adsorbent in removing methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. Three types of adsorbents, namely, powdered SW, carboxymethyl sago pulp (CMSP) hydrogel beads and CMSP-immobilized SW hydrogel beads (CMSP-SW), were produced using SW as the precursor. The MB adsorption was investigated in a batch system to study the ...
... In the present study, the use of the rice husk biomass as an alternative biosorbent for treating the estrone, 17 β-estradiol, and estriol hormones in monocomponent and multicomponent systems was investigated. The high-performance liquid chromatography technique (HPLC-UV) was applied in order to quantify the hormones, validating this method according to ANVISA and INMETRO. The biosorbent presented ...
... Adsorption of phenol from aqueous solution onto the Na-bentonite was investigated in a batch system. Equilibrium, thermodynamics and kinetic studies were conducted by considering the effects of pH, initial phenol concentration, contact time, and temperature. The results showed that the uptake of the phenol increased with an increase in initial phenol concentration. The pH for optimum adsorption wa ...
... In this work, thermally modified bentonite clay (Verde-lodo) was used for batch adsorption of silver from aqueous solution. The adsorption rate was evaluated by a kinetics study based on the following models: pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, intra-particle diffusion, Mass Transfer in External Film and Boyd model. Among these models, the Mass Transfer in External Film model presented better ...
... Adsorption studies were done on Boston fern leaves for the effective removal of Cu(II) ions from aqueous solution. It has been tested for the first time for heavy metal adsorption from aqueous solution. This promising material has shown remarkable adsorption capacity towards Cu(II) ions which confirm its novelty, ease of availability, non-toxic nature, cheapness, etc., and give the main innovation ...
Silvia Priscila Dias Monte Blanco; Fabiano Bisinella Scheufele; Aparecido Nivaldo Módenes; Karise Schneider; Ana Paula de Oliveira; Paulo Roberto Paraíso; Rosângela Bergamasco
activated carbon; adsorbents; adsorption; aqueous solutions; batch systems; copper; groundwater contamination; heavy metals; iron; kinetics; lead; metal ions; pH; silver; sorption isotherms; temperature; vegetables; water treatment
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... This study evaluates the application of the vegetal activated carbon (AC), vegetable AC impregnated with Ag and Cu (0.08% m/m) and cationic Supergelᵀᴹ SGC650H resin for adsorption of Fe³⁺ and Pb²⁺ ions in closed and batch system. The best adsorption capacities were obtained by using the cationic resin SGC650H, pH 3, temperature of 30 °C and stirring speed of 100 rpm. Thus, the kinetic and equilibr ...
... BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas chlororaphis GP72 is a biocontrol strain with great capacity to produce a wide range of secondary metabolites including phenazine derivatives. Phenazine‐1‐carboxylic acid (PCA) is an environmentally friendly antibiotic with broad‐spectrum biological and pharmaceutical activities. Many studies have been focused on engineering high‐yielding strains and optimizing fermentation ...
... Tamarind fruit shell (TFS) was converted to a cation exchanger (PGTFS-SP-COOH) having a carboxylate functional group at the chain end by grafting poly(hydroxyethylmethacrylate) onto TFS (a lignocellulosic residue) using potassium peroxydisulfate-sodium thiosulfate redox initiator, and in the presence of N, N ′-methylenebisacrylamide as a cross-linking agent, followed by functionalization. The chem ...
X-ray diffraction; adsorbents; adsorption; aqueous solutions; batch systems; catechol; coordination polymers; humans; hydrogen bonding; models; pH; process design; temperature; thermal stability; thermogravimetry; toxicity; water pollution; water vapor
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... Nowadays, water pollution caused by diverse poisonous compounds, particularly hydroxy aromatic compounds and their derivatives, has become a prominent environmental issue because of the possible toxicity to human beings. This research adopted an adsorptive method to remove catechol using a water-stable hydroxyl-functionalized terbium–organic framework for the first time. The as-synthesized new met ...
activated sludge; adsorbents; adsorption; batch systems; biofilters; cellulose; chemical composition; chemical precipitation; coagulation; cost effectiveness; habitats; irrigation; microfiltration; nanocrystals; oils; oxidation; renewable energy sources; wildlife
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... Produced water is responsible for the largest contribution in terms of waste stream volume associated with the production of oil and gas. Characterization of produced water is very crucial for the determination of its main components and constituents for optimal selection of the treatment method. This review aims to review and critically discuss various treatment options that can be considered cos ...
... Activated carbon was successfully treated with manganese oxide to further improve its surface properties for adsorptive desulfurization. The activated carbon-manganese oxide nanocomposite consisting 10% optimum metal loading showed significant adsorptive desulfurization efficiency. The textural properties (surface area 160.98 m²g⁻¹, total pore volume 0.141 cm³g⁻¹, and average pore diameter 9.27 nm ...
... The ability of Turkish illitic clay (TIC) in removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II) ions from aqueous solutions has been examined in a batch adsorption process with respect to several experimental conditions including initial solution pH, contact time, initial metal ions concentration, temperature, ionic strength, and TIC concentration, etc. The characterization of TIC was performed by using FTIR, XRD and X ...
... The potentiality of low cost natural/agricultural waste biomasses for the removal of Cu(II) ion from aqueous solution has been investigated in batch experiments. The effect of various physico-chemical parameters such as initial pH, initial Cu(II) concentration, adsorbent dosage, contact time and temperature has been studied. The optimum pH for adsorption was found to be 6 for all adsorbents used. ...
... In present study, pistachio shell was used as an adsorbent to remove Basic blue 41 dye (BB 41) from textile wastewater effluents with a batch and a continuous system. The structure and characteristics of the pistachio shell were determined by pHₚzc, FTIR spectroscopy, BET surface area and SEM-EDX analysis. A batch system was used to investigate the effects of dye concentration, pH, quantity and pa ...
... In this work, cobalt-methylimidazolate framework has been used as an adsorbent in the removal of Pb(II) from acid mine drainage in adsorption batch system. X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmet-Teller and transmission electron microscope were used for structural, morphological, and surface characteristics of cobalt-methylimidazolate framework. The concentration ...
... This work aimed at investigating the potential of almond gum as low cost adsorbent for the removal of the cationic dye; malachite green from aqueous solutions. Almond gum was first analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and then the adsorption behavior was studied in batch system. The effects of the adsorption parameters (adsorbent dose, ...
... In the present study, the adsorptive potential of modified bentonite in a batch system for the removal of aniline and phenol from aqueous solutions was investigated. The effect of various parameters including contact time (10–120 min), pH (2–10), adsorbent dosage (0.4–1.5 g/L) and initial concentration of aniline and phenol (50–200 mg/L) was investigated in this experimental laboratory study. Maxi ...
anaerobic ammonium oxidation; batch systems; bioprocessing; chemical oxygen demand; denitrification; engineering; municipal wastewater; nitrifying bacteria; nitrogen; phosphorus; sludge; tin
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... In this study, a novel laboratory-scale synchronous enhanced biological phosphorus removal and semi-nitritation (termed as EBPR-SN) combined with anammox process was put forward for achieving nutrient elimination from municipal wastewater at 27 ℃. This process consisted of two 10 L sequencing batch reactors (SBRs), i.e. EBPR-SN SBR followed by Anammox SBR. The EBPR-SN SBR was operated for 400 days ...
... Partial nitritation-anammox was carried out successfully in a continuous fed Sequencing Batch Reactor (cf-SBR), composed of 3 compartments operated in continuous mode. The reactor was operated with floccular biomass (flocs) and biofilm to remove nitrogen from the anaerobic effluent from the potato industry at different nitrogen loading rates (0.16 g TN L⁻¹ d⁻¹ - 0.8 g TN L⁻¹ d⁻¹). At the maximum n ...
anaerobic ammonium oxidation; batch systems; biofilm; denitrification; municipal wastewater; nitrogen; synergism; total nitrogen
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... In this study, an innovative partial nitrification-anammox (PN/A) and endogenous partial denitrification-anammox (EPD/A) process was developed in a single-stage integrated fixed film activated sludge sequencing batch reactor (IFAS-SBR) treating real municipal wastewater with C/N ratio below 3.2. Enhanced efficiency of total nitrogen (TN) removal reached 90.1% with low HRT of 12 h and DO of 0.4 ± 0 ...