Selenium removal from water using adsorbents: A critical review

KZ Benis, KN McPhedran, J Soltan - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Selenium (Se) has become an increasingly serious water contamination concern worldwide.
It is an essential micronutrient for humans and animals, however, can be extremely toxic if …

Synthesis of hybrid magnesium hydroxide/magnesium oxide nanorods [Mg (OH) 2/MgO] for prompt and efficient adsorption of ciprofloxacin from aqueous solutions

O Falyouna, K Bensaida, I Maamoun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The antibiotic ciprofloxacin (CIP) is recognized as a contaminant of emerging concern
because its persistent occurrence in water accelerates the growth of deadly antimicrobial …

Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of algae-derived biodiesel: Current challenges and future prospects

A Kushwaha, AN Yadav, B Singh, V Dwivedi… - Waste-to-Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
For sustainability assessment of algal biodiesel production, life cycle analysis (LCA) offers a
quantitative measure. In this chapter, various literature available on LCA studies of algae …

Langmuir adsorption kinetics in liquid media: interface reaction model

MA Islam, MA Chowdhury, MSI Mozumder… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Adsorption kinetic equation has been derived assuming that the process follows the
behavior of a heterogeneous chemical reaction at the solid–liquid interface. This equation is …

The Elovich isotherm equation: Back to the roots and new developments

J Debord, M Harel, JC Bollinger, KH Chu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
This work seeks to debunk the claim that the Elovich isotherm is vastly inferior to the
Langmuir or Freundlich isotherm in the correlation of adsorption equilibrium data. This …

A detailed insight on fabricated porous chitosan in eliminating synthetic anionic dyes from single and multi-adsorptive systems with related studies

C Patra, E Suganya, S Sivaprakasam… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan was fabricated via gelation method using CaBr 2. xH 2 O/methanol solution and
was studied as a potential adsorbent (MCh) in adsorbing anionic synthetic dyes like …

A holistic approach for melanoidin removal via Fe-impregnated activated carbon prepared from Mangifera indica leaves biomass

S Rizvi, L Goswami, SK Gupta - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Melanoidins are dark brown coloured complex amino‑carbonyl biopolymer comprising the
chief component present in the distillery wastewater with high organic load. In this study …

Influence of pore fluid salinity on shrinkage and water retention characteristics of biochar amended kaolin for landfill liner application

W Cai, S Bordoloi, CWW Ng, AK Sarmah - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar amended clay layer has emerged as a sustainable hydraulic barrier for hazardous
municipal waste containment system. The effects of pore fluid salinity on soil shrinkage and …

Adsorption of 4-nitrophenol onto iron oxide bentonite nanocomposite: process optimization, kinetics, isotherms and mechanism

D Ewis, MM Ba-Abbad, A Benamor, N Mahmud… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Despite its importance in chemical industry, 4-Nitrophenol (4-NP) is a persistent organic
pollutant that has serious effects on the ecosystem. In the present study, Box–Behnken …

A feasibility study of Indian fly ash-bentonite as an alternative adsorbent composite to sand-bentonite mixes in landfill liner

CB Gupt, S Bordoloi, S Sekharan, AK Sarmah - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Multi-layered engineered landfill consists of the bottom liner layer (mainly bentonite clay (B))
upon which the hazardous wastes are dumped. In current practice, sand (S) is mixed with …