Application of Opuntia ficus-indica in bioremediation of wastewaters. A critical review

T Nharingo, M Moyo - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
Heavy metal ion, pesticide and dye wastewaters cause severe ecological contamination
with conventional treatment methods proving inadequate, unsuccessful or expensive to …

Use of residues and by-products of the olive-oil production chain for the removal of pollutants from environmental media: A review of batch biosorption approaches

I Anastopoulos, I Massas, C Ehaliotis - Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Residues and by-products of the olive-oil production chain have been widely studied as
biosorbents for the removal of various pollutants from environmental media due to their …

Cr (VI) adsorption by a green adsorbent walnut shell: adsorption studies, regeneration studies, scale-up design and economic feasibility

M Banerjee, RK Basu, SK Das - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural water resources are polluted due to human activities like discharge from municipal
and industrial wastewater. In general industrial wastewater contains toxic chemicals like …

Kinetic and thermodynamic studies on biosorption of Cr(VI) on raw and chemically modified Datura stramonium fruit

S Kumar, T Shahnaz, N Selvaraju… - Environmental monitoring …, 2020 - Springer
Biosorption of Cr (VI) on sulfuric and phosphoric acid–treated Datura stramonium fruit was
investigated in batch mode. The various parameters that influence the biosorption process …

Selective removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewater by rice husk: kinetic, isotherm and spectroscopic investigation

U Khalil, MB Shakoor, S Ali, SR Ahmad, M Rizwan… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chromium (Cr) in water bodies is considered as a major environmental issue around the
world. In the present study, aqueous Cr (VI) adsorption onto rice husk was studied as a …

Kinetics, equilibrium modeling, and thermodynamics on removal of Cr (VI) ions from aqueous solution using novel composites with strong base anion exchanger …

ES Dragan, D Humelnicu, MV Dinu, RI Olariu - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Efficient removal of hexavalent chromium Cr (VI) is a stringent issue which requires efficient
and, preferable, reusable sorbents. In this context, novel composite sorbents were designed …

Exploring the use of cactus Opuntia ficus indica in the biocoagulation–flocculation of Pb(II) ions from wastewaters

T Nharingo, MT Zivurawa, U Guyo - International Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - Springer
Coagulation–flocculation processes play an important role in the treatment of water using
inorganic and synthetic materials. Presently, cactus Opuntia ficus indica is explored as a …

Biosorption of chromium (VI) from aqueous solutions and ANN modelling

S Nag, A Mondal, N Bar, SK Das - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
The use of sustainable, green and biodegradable natural wastes for Cr (VI) detoxification
from the contaminated wastewater is considered as a challenging issue. The present …

Alkali treated water chestnut (Trapa natans L.) shells as a promising phytosorbent for malachite green removal from water

MA Qaiyum, J Mohanta, R Kumari… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Search for eco-friendly adsorbents for sustainable dye treatment is on the rise. The present
study demonstrated the enhanced removal of malachite green (MG) with alkali-modified …

[HTML][HTML] Ion exchange recovery of chromium (VI) and manganese (II) from aqueous solutions

ON Kononova, GL Bryuzgina, OV Apchitaeva… - Arabian Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sorption recovery of toxic ions–chromium (VI) and manganese (II)–from aqueous solutions
with different acidity (0.001–0.5 M HCl) was investigated on cation and anion exchangers …