Nanobubbles in water and wastewater treatment systems: small bubbles making a big difference

M Jia, MU Farid, JA Kharraz, NM Kumar, SS Chopra… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of nanobubbles (NBs) in 1994, NBs have been attracting growing
attention for their fascinating properties and have been studied for application in various …

Fundamentals and applications of nanobubbles: A review

AW Foudas, RI Kosheleva, EP Favvas… - … Research and Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanobubble technology is an emerged solution to address climate change, environmental
challenges, cost and energy reduction in industrial processes, optimization of therapeutic …

Recent advances in fundamentals and applications of nanobubble enhanced froth flotation: A review

D Tao - Minerals Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanobubbles are tiny in size but huge in importance for many scientific fields and
applications in biology, agriculture, medicine, environment and engineering. Literature on …

Effects of influent physicochemical characteristics on air dissolution, bubble size and rise velocity in dissolved air flotation: A review

N Rajapakse, M Zargar, T Sen, M Khiadani - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbubble (MB) aided clarification is applied in many industries due to its high efficiency,
high loading rate and compact unit size over most other conventional technologies …

Bulk nanobubbles, generation methods and potential applications

EP Favvas, GZ Kyzas, EK Efthimiadou… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The existence of nanobubbles, especially bulk nanobubbles, remains a mystery mainly due
to their stability and longevity, properties that are investigated by many research groups …

Bulk nanobubbles in the mineral and environmental areas: Updating research and applications

A Azevedo, H Oliveira, J Rubio - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decade, the research with bulk nanobubbles (ultrafine bubbles with a diameter< 1
μm, according to ISO 20480-1: 2017) has been rapidly increasing in the academic and …

Advanced nanobubble flotation for enhanced removal of sub-10 µm microplastics from wastewater

M Jia, MU Farid, YW Ho, X Ma, PW Wong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Sub-10 µm microplastics (MPs) in aquatic environments pose significant ecological and
health risks due to their mobility and potential to carry harmful microcontaminants. Our …

[HTML][HTML] An innovative flake graphite upgrading process based on HPGR, stirred grinding mill, and nanobubble column flotation

F Ma, D Tao, Y Tao, S Liu - International Journal of Mining Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Physical upgrading of graphite is typically achieved with many stages of grinding and
flotation to produce a concentrate with approximately 95% carbon grade. An innovative …

Regulation of bubble size in flotation: A review

H Wang, W Yang, X Yan, L Wang, Y Wang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the flotation process, hydrophobic minerals are transferred to the foam by bubbles.
The size of bubbles has a significant influence on the capture probability of the bubbles and …

Froth flotation separation of phosphate ore using a novel hammer-like amidoxime surfactant

W Li, Z Huang, H Wang, R Liu, L Ouyang… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phosphate fertilizer, as a necessary nutrient for crops in agriculture, plays a vital role in
addressing global food security concerns. The source of phosphate fertilizer is mainly …