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 …

Agricultural waste peels as versatile biomass for water purification–A review

A Bhatnagar, M Sillanpää, A Witek-Krowiak - Chemical engineering journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Agricultural waste peels have been recognized as an ecological burden for the society.
However, waste peels, as lignocellulosic biomass-rich materials, have stimulated new …

Applicability of agricultural waste and by-products for adsorptive removal of heavy metals from wastewater

TAH Nguyen, HH Ngo, WS Guo, J Zhang, S Liang… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
This critical review discusses the potential use of agricultural waste based biosorbents
(AWBs) for sequestering heavy metals in terms of their adsorption capacities, binding …

A review on adsorptive separation of toxic metals from aquatic system using biochar produced from agro-waste

PS Kumar, R Gayathri, BS Rathi - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is a basic and significant asset for living beings. Water assets are progressively
diminishing due to huge populace development, industrial activities, urbanization and rural …

Fe3O4/cyclodextrin polymer nanocomposites for selective heavy metals removal from industrial wastewater

AZM Badruddoza, ZBZ Shawon, WJD Tay… - Carbohydrate …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin (CM-β-CD) polymer modified Fe3O4
nanoparticles (CDpoly-MNPs) was synthesized for selective removal of Pb2+, Cd2+, Ni2+ …

Removal of heavy metals from water by macro-mesoporous calcium alginate–exfoliated clay composite sponges

SP Santoso, A Kurniawan, AE Angkawijaya… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The contamination of drinking water and freshwater by heavy metals has become a growing
concern for human health and environment that calls for immediate remedial action …

Recycling of eggshell waste into low-cost adsorbent for Ni removal from wastewater

G De Angelis, L Medeghini, AM Conte… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
The disposal of about 8 million ton/year of eggshell waste produced worldwide is an
environmentally challenging issue. However, this waste can be converted to new materials …

Equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies for biosorption of cadmium and nickel on grapefruit peel

M Torab-Mostaedi, M Asadollahzadeh… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2013 - Elsevier
The biosorption of cadmium and nickel onto grapefruit peel from aqueous solution has been
investigated using batch technique. Experiments are carried out as a function of solution pH …

Fruit peel waste as a novel low-cost bio adsorbent

PD Pathak, SA Mandavgane… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Fruit peel waste (FPW) is abundantly available from the agricultural and food processing
industry and has been studied in recent past as an adsorbent. This paper critically reviews …

Removal of nickel (II) ions from aqueous solutions by biosorption on sugarcane bagasse

I Alomá, MA Martín-Lara, IL Rodríguez… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2012 - Elsevier
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility of sugarcane bagasse for the
removal of nickel from aqueous solution. Batch experiments were performed to study the …