Effective water/wastewater treatment methodologies for toxic pollutants removal: Processes and applications towards sustainable development

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham, S Karishma… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Release of pollutants due to inflating anthropogenic activities has a conspicuous effect on
the environment. As water is uniquely vulnerable to pollution, water pollution control has …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on the biochar production techniques, characterization, stability and applications for circular bioeconomy

PR Yaashikaa, PS Kumar, S Varjani, A Saravanan - Biotechnology reports, 2020 - Elsevier
There is an upsurge enthusiasm for utilizing biochar produced from waste-biomass in
different fields, to address the most important ecological issues. This review is focused on an …

Application of adsorption process for effective removal of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater

BS Rathi, PS Kumar - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants in the marine ecosystem, as well as their possible impact on live
species, have become a rising cause of worry. A traditional wastewater treatment plants …

Recent advances in removal techniques of Cr (VI) toxic ion from aqueous solution: A comprehensive review

H Karimi-Maleh, A Ayati, S Ghanbari, Y Orooji… - Journal of molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, due to the economic and industrial development, water contaminated with heavy
metals is a significant concern and one of the acute global environmental problems …

A review on effective removal of emerging contaminants from aquatic systems: Current trends and scope for further research

BS Rathi, PS Kumar, PL Show - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater is water that has already been contaminated by domestic, industrial and
commercial activity that needs to be treated before it could be discharged into some other …

A review on recent trends in the removal of emerging contaminants from aquatic environment using low-cost adsorbents

M Varsha, PS Kumar, BS Rathi - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs), a class of contaminants with low concentrations but
significant harm, have received a lot of attention in recent times. ECs comprises of various …

Degradation of toxic agrochemicals and pharmaceutical pollutants: Effective and alternative approaches toward photocatalysis

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging concern regarding the remediation of environmental pollution has expanded
tremendously in recent years. Pharmaceutical industries and agricultural sectors release an …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging pollutants of severe environmental concern in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review on current developments and future research

RK Mishra, SS Mentha, Y Misra, N Dwivedi - Water-Energy Nexus, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental contaminants have emerged significantly due to the enormous consumption
of medications, personal-care products, antibiotics, and hormones for cosmetic and health …

A comprehensive review on sources, analysis and toxicity of environmental pollutants and its removal methods from water environment

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, RV Hemavathy… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural and human anthropogenic activities increase the concentration of the toxic pollutant
in the water environment; they could cause harmful effects even in their lower concentration …

Generation of novel npn (CeO2-PPy-ZnO) heterojunction for photocatalytic degradation of micro-organic pollutants

S Rajendran, TKA Hoang, ML Trudeau, AA Jalil… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, hetero junction materials (pnp and npn) have been developed for uplifting the
visible light activity to destroy the harmful pollutants in wastewater. This manuscript presents …