Potential use of algae for heavy metal bioremediation, a critical review

AK Zeraatkar, H Ahmadzadeh, AF Talebi… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Algae have several industrial applications that can lower the cost of biofuel co-production.
Among these co-production applications, environmental and wastewater bioremediation are …

A review on zinc and nickel adsorption on natural and modified zeolite, bentonite and vermiculite: Examination of process parameters, kinetics and isotherms

S Malamis, E Katsou - Journal of hazardous materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Adsorption and ion exchange can be effectively employed for the treatment of metal-
contaminated wastewater streams. The use of low-cost materials as sorbents increases the …

Pyrolyzing pharmaceutical sludge to biochar as an efficient adsorbent for deep removal of fluoroquinolone antibiotics from pharmaceutical wastewater: Performance …

Q Wu, Y Zhang, M Cui, H Liu, H Liu, Z Zheng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study explored the impact of pyrolysis parameters and modification methods on the
characteristics of pharmaceutical sludge biochar, and investigated its capacity and …

Bacterial biosorbents and biosorption

K Vijayaraghavan, YS Yun - Biotechnology advances, 2008 - Elsevier
Biosorption is a technique that can be used for the removal of pollutants from waters,
especially those that are not easily biodegradable such as metals and dyes. A variety of …

Is the free energy change of adsorption correctly calculated?

Y Liu - Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2009 - ACS Publications
In the study of adsorption, changes in free energy (Δ G°), enthalpy (Δ H°), and entropy (Δ S°)
have been most frequently calculated from the Langmuir equilibrium constant. In a strict …

Aqueous phase environmental friendly organic corrosion inhibitors derived from one step multicomponent reactions: a review

C Verma, J Haque, MA Quraishi, EE Ebenso - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
Use of organic compounds as corrosion inhibitors is one of the most profitable, effective and
ease methods because of their simplicity and cost-effective synthesis using commercially …

Biosorption isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics

Y Liu, YJ Liu - Separation and purification technology, 2008 - Elsevier
Biosorption, as a cost-effective technology for the removal of soluble heavy metals and
organics from aqueous solutions, has been extensively studied, and most biosorption …

Recovery of precious metals through biosorption—a review

N Das - Hydrometallurgy, 2010 - Elsevier
Recovery of precious metals like gold, silver, palladium platinum etc. is interesting due to its
high market prices along with various industrial applications. Conventional technologies viz …

Adsorption of Zn (II) from aqueous solution by using different adsorbents

AK Bhattacharya, SN Mandal, SK Das - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2006 - Elsevier
The removal of Zn (II) from aqueous solution by different adsorbents was investigated.
Clarified sludge (a steel industry waste material), rice husk ash, neem bark and a chemical …

Sorption and desorption of lead (II) from wastewater by green algae Cladophora fascicularis

L Deng, Y Su, H Su, X Wang, X Zhu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2007 - Elsevier
Biosorption is an effective method to remove heavy metals from wastewater. In this work,
adsorption features of Cladophora fascicularis were investigated as a function of time, initial …