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1. Model-based opti mization of phosphorus management strategies in Sur WWTP, Madrid

Author:
Lizarralde, I.; Fernández-Arévalo, T.; Manas, A.; Ayesa, E.; Grau, P.
Source:
Water research 2019 v.153 pp. 39-52
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; mathematical models; phosphorus; pollutants;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Phosphorus has been considered as a pollutant to be removed from the wastewater. In the last years, however, it has been considered a valuable asset that needs to be recovered due to its shortage in nature. The study of optimum phosphorus management in wastewater treatment plants is not straightforward, due to the complexity of technologies and configurations that may be applied for phosphorus rem ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2018.12.056

2. Feasibility of industrial-scale treatment of dye wastewater via bio-adsorption technology

Author:
Li, Wei; Mu, Bingnan; Yang, Yiqi
Source:
Bioresource technology 2019 v.277 pp. 157-170
ISSN:
0960-8524
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; adsorption; desorption; dyes; pollution;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... This review emphasizes the importance of costs in industrial-scale treatment of dye wastewater and provides a way to assess the cost-based feasibility of bio-adsorption technologies. Dye wastewater is one of the major contributors to environmental pollution. Bio-adsorption has attracted considerable attentions in dye wastewater treatment due to its technical feasibility, flexibility and operation ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.002

3. Research progress and application prospect of anaerobic biological phosphorus removal

Author:
Yang, Fengxia; Zhang, Chaosheng; Rong, Hongwei; Cao, Yongfeng
Source:
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2019 v.103 no.5 pp. 2133-2139
ISSN:
0175-7598
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; phosphates; phosphorus; thermodynamics;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Anaerobic biological phosphorus removal has proposed a new direction for the removal of phosphorus from wastewater, and the discovery of phosphate reduction makes people have a more comprehensive understanding of microbial phosphorus cycling. Here, from the perspective of thermodynamics, the bioreduction reaction of phosphate was analyzed and its mechanism was discussed. The research progress of p ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00253-019-09634-0

4. Microalgal-bacterial aggregates for wastewater treatment: A mini-review

Author:
Lee, Yu-Jen; Lei, Zhongfang
Source:
Bioresource technology reports 2019 pp. 100199
ISSN:
2589-014X
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; aeration; bacteria; energy costs; hydrodynamics; microalgae;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Microalgal-bacterial aggregates (MABAs) are an aggregate form of the microalgal-bacterial consortium that can be applied for wastewater treatment at reduced aeration energy costs with great potential for recovery of valuable resources. This mini-review discussed current research status and the future prospects for the MABA studies, including light sources to microalgal cells, fluid hydrodynamics a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biteb.2019.100199

5. ENERWATER - A standard method for assessing and improving the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants

Author:
Longo, S.; Mauricio-Iglesias, M.; Soares, A.; Campo, P.; Fatone, F.; Eusebi, A.L.; Akkersdijk, E.; Stefani, L.; Hospido, A.
Source:
Applied energy 2019
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; case studies; energy conservation; energy efficiency; stakeholders;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper describes the first methodology specifically tailored to estimate energy efficiency at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Inspired by the cycle of continuous improvement, the method i) precisely defines the concept of energy efficiency in WWTPs, ii) proposes systematic and comparable ways to measure it, and iii) allows benchmarking and diagnosing energy hotspots. The methodology deliv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.130

6. Towards the biofilm characterization and regulation in biological wastewater treatment

Author:
Huang, Hui; Peng, Chong; Peng, Pengcheng; Lin, Yuan; Zhang, Xuxiang; Ren, Hongqiang
Source:
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2019 v.103 no.3 pp. 1115-1129
ISSN:
0175-7598
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; biofilm; microbial activity; microbial physiology;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... There is an increasing need for application of biofilm process in the upcycling of wastewater treatment plants all around the world in recent years, yet there are few literatures on summarizing wastewater biofilm during the life cycle. In particular, there is a vacancy on characterization at various stages of biofilm and its regulation. This review provided a whole look at biofilm formation and it ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00253-018-9511-6

7. Exploring wastewater system performance under future threats: Does enhancing resilience increase sustainability?

Author:
Sweetapple, Chris; Fu, Guangtao; Farmani, Raziyeh; Butler, David
Source:
Water research 2019 v.149 pp. 448-459
ISSN:
0043-1354
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; case studies; rain; watersheds;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Sustainability and resilience are both key considerations in the design and operation of wastewater systems. However, there is currently a lack of understanding of the relationship between these two goals and of the effects of increasing resilience on sustainability. This paper, therefore, presents a framework for analysis of the effects of resilience-enhancing interventions on sustainability, and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.025

8. Potentials and challenges of phosphorus recovery as vivianite from wastewater: A review

Author:
Wu, Yang; Luo, Jingyang; Zhang, Qin; Aleem, Muhammad; Fang, Fang; Xue, Zhaoxia; Cao, Jiashun
Source:
Chemosphere 2019 v.226 pp. 246-258
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; chemistry; economic valuation; engineering; phosphorus; sludge;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Due to the shortage of phosphorus resources and the limitations of existing phosphorus recovery methods, phosphorus recovery in the form of vivianite has attracted considerable attention with its natural ubiquity, easy accessibility and foreseeable economic value. This review systematically summarizes the chemistry of vivianite, including the characteristics, formation process and influencing fact ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.138

9. Quantifying the organic content of saline wastewaters: Is chemical oxygen demand always an achievable parameter?

Author:
Basereh Taromsary, Negar; Bonakdarpour, Babak; Amoozegar, Mohammad Ali; Fallah, Narges; Fadaei Tehran, Arezou
Source:
Talanta 2019 v.197 pp. 509-516
ISSN:
0039-9140
Subject:
industrial wastewater,   etc   ; chemical oxygen demand; desalination; salinity;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The study presented in this paper takes a comprehensive approach to the measurement of the COD of saline industrial wastewaters taking into account both their widely varying salinity levels and the substantial interference of chloride with the conventional method of COD measurement. To this end, three approaches for combating the chloride interference associated with the measurement of COD using t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.talanta.2019.01.028

10. The impact of powdered keramsite on activated sludge and wastewater treatment in a sequencing batch reactor

Author:
Masłoń, Adam; Tomaszek, Janusz A.; Zamorska, Justyna; Zdeb, Monika; Piech, Adam; Opaliński, Ireneusz; Jurczyk, Łukasz
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019 v.237 pp. 305-312
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
wastewater treatment,   etc   ; activated sludge; bioreactors; clay; powders;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... As the efficiency of biological wastewater treatment in activated sludge systems can be increased if powdered mineral materials are added, the work described here investigated the effect of powdered keramsite on activated sludge and wastewater treatment in a sequencing batch reactor on the laboratory scale. Specifically, experiments were carried out on two sequencing batch reactors, with the refer ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.035

11. Amino-functionalized biomass-derived porous carbons with enhanced aqueous adsorption affinity and sensitivity of sulfonamide antibiotics

Author:
Wang, Yu; Jiao, Wen-Bin; Wang, Jun-Tao; Liu, Gui-Fang; Cao, Hai-Lei; Lü, Jian
Source:
Bioresource technology 2019 v.277 pp. 128-135
ISSN:
0960-8524
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; adsorption; antibiotics; carbon; pH; remediation; sulfadiazine;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... In view of the increasing concerns in antibiotics contamination, advanced technologies for antibiotics removal have been receiving widespread research attention in the fields of environmental sciences. This work has developed a series of amino-functionalized porous carbon materials (NH2-BPCs), via a facile chemical modification method, which have been found efficient for the removal of sulfonamide ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.033

12. Correction to: Efficient removal of dyes from dyeing wastewater by powder activated charcoal/titanate nanotube nanocomposites: adsorption and photoregeneration

Author:
Lin, Yingchao; Ma, Jun; Liu, Wen; Li, Zeyu; He, Kai
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.10 pp. 10274-10275
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; adsorption; charcoal; dyes; nanocomposites; nanotubes;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The original publication of this paper contains a mistake. The published Fig. 8 does not cite the related reference, and several grammar errors has been found in the image. The improved version of Fig. 8 and its caption is shown in this correction. These errors do not change the conclusions ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04690-5

13. Experimental analysis of a novel ozone generator configuration for use in water treatment applications

Author:
Draou, Abdelkader; Nemmich, Said; Nassour, Kamel; Benmimoun, Youcef; Tilmatine, Amar
Source:
TheInternational journal of environmental studies 2019 v.76 no.2 pp. 338-350
ISSN:
1029-0400
Subject:
wastewater treatment,   etc   ; energy efficiency; models; ozone;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Volume dielectric barrier discharge (VDBD) is considered to be the most effective method for ozone generation. This paper reports a comparison between a simple ‘classic’ VDBD cylindrical ozone generator and a ‘metallic-mesh-filled-air-gap cylindrical dielectric barrier discharge’ model. The obtained results show that although the majority of ozone generators are of the volume discharge type, the n ...
DOI:
10.1080/00207233.2018.1499698

14. Designed and real hydraulic load of household wastewater treatment plants

Author:
Bugajski, Piotr M.; Kurek, Karolina; Młyński, Dariusz; Operacz, Agnieszka
Source:
Journal of water and land development 2019 v.40 no.1 pp. 155-160
ISSN:
2083-4535
Subject:
wastewater treatment,   etc   ; pollutants; sewage; sewage treatment;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The paper presents the results of the analysis concerning the verification of the actual hydraulic load and the load of organic pollutants compared to the conditions designed for 4 household wastewater treatment plants. The researches were carried out in the annual period from May 2015 to April 2016. Based on the conducted analysis, it was found that objects act as underloaded hydraulically and th ...
DOI:
10.2478/jwld-2019-0017

15. Dynamic characteristics of soluble microbial products in a granular sludge reactor

Author:
Xie, Wen-Ming; Qiao, Li-Li; Fang, Fang; Li, Wen-Wei; Meng, Han; Wang, Guo-Xiang; Zhang, Li-Min
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.212 pp. 576-581
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
wastewater treatment,   etc   ; bioreactors; granules; polysaccharides; sludge;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Soluble microbial products constitutes a major fraction of organic matters in biological wastewater treatment effluent, severely challenging downstream deep purification treatment processes. Effective control of soluble microbial products necessitate a full understanding on soluble microbial products properties in biological bioreactors, including the rapidly developing aerobic granular sludge sys ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.082

16. Performance and Stability of a Dynamically controlled EBPR Anaerobic/Aerobic Granular Sludge Reactor

Author:
De Vleeschauwer, Flinn; Caluwé, Michel; Dobbeleers, Thomas; Stes, Hannah; Dockx, Lennert; Kiekens, Filip; D'aes, Jolien; Copot, Cosmin; Dries, Jan
Source:
Bioresource technology 2019
ISSN:
0960-8524
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; chemical oxygen demand; phosphorus; sludge;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Treatment of rapidly varying wastewaters in anaerobic/aerobic aerobic granular sludge (AGS) systems remains problematic. This study investigated AGS formation and the impact of varying COD and phosphorus concentrations on an enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) AGS SBR with a conductivity based anaerobic and OUR based aerobic dynamically controlled step. Phase 1 investigated the developme ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2019.02.052

17. Effect of hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin on the cometabolism of phenol and phenanthrene by a novel Chryseobacterium sp.

Author:
Xiao, Meng; Yin, Xiangyang; Gai, Hengjun; Ma, Honglei; Qi, Yanfeng; Li, Kun; Hua, Xia; Sun, Meng; Song, Hongbing
Source:
Bioresource technology 2019 v.273 pp. 56-62
ISSN:
0960-8524
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; Chryseobacterium; coal; phenanthrenes; phenol; solubility; toxicity;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Cometabolic degradation is an effective method to remove the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with phenol as growth substrate from coal chemical wastewater (CCW). Unfortunately, the toxicity and low solubility of PAHs always restrict their degradation. In this study, Chryseobacterium sp. H202 was firstly isolated from the aerobic segment of CCW. Then, to improve the cometabolic degradation ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biortech.2018.10.087

18. Role of adding dried sludge micropowder in aerobic granular sludge reactor with extended filamentous bacteria

Author:
Liu, Jun; Li, Jun; Xie, Kai; Sellamuthu, Balasubramanian
Source:
Bioresource technology reports 2019 v.5 pp. 51-58
ISSN:
2589-014X
Subject:
municipal wastewater,   etc   ; bacteria; granules; pollution control; sludge;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... This work investigated the extended filamentous bacteria and role of sludge micropowder (prepared from dried municipal wastewater sludge) addition in an aerobic granular sludge-sequencing batch reactor (AGS-SBR). Type 021N strain is one of the dominant extended filaments and remarkably diminished after micropowder addition. Then, sludge volume index (SVI5) value decreased from 172 to 44 mL/g. Micr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biteb.2018.12.002

19. Unraveling the Morphology–Function Relationships of Polyamide Membranes Using Quantitative Electron Tomography

Author:
Song, Xiaohui; Smith, John W.; Kim, Juyeong; Zaluzec, Nestor J.; Chen, Wenxiang; An, Hyosung; Dennison, Jordan M.; Cahill, David G.; Kulzick, Matthew A.; Chen, Qian
Source:
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2019 v.11 no.8 pp. 8517-8526
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
wastewater,   etc   ; adsorption; engineering; morphometry; nanomaterials; polyamides; tomography;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... An understanding of how complex nanoscale morphologies emerge from synthesis would offer powerful strategies to construct soft materials with designed structures and functions. However, these kinds of morphologies have proven difficult to characterize, and therefore manipulate, because they are three-dimensional (3D), nanoscopic, and often highly irregular. Here, we studied polyamide (PA) membrane ...
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b20826

20. Intensification of heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalysis using the NETmix mili-photoreactor under microscale illumination for oxytetracycline oxidation

Author:
Espíndola, Jonathan C.; Cristóvão, Raquel O.; Santos, Sara G.S.; Boaventura, Rui A.R.; Dias, Madalena M.; Lopes, José Carlos B.; Vilar, Vítor J.P.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.681 pp. 467-474
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
wastewater; wastewater treatment,   etc   ; films (materials); irradiation; lighting; oxidation; oxytetracycline; photocatalysis; photocatalysts; slabs; stainless steel; titanium dioxide;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study focuses on the intensification of heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalysis for the removal of a contaminant of emerging concern (CEC), oxytetracycline (OTC), as a polishing step of urban wastewaters, using an innovative NETmix mili-photoreactor under UVA-LEDs illumination. The effect of catalyst coated surface per reactor volume and the illumination mechanism, back-side (BSI) or front-side (FS ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.066