A review of ammonia removal using a biofilm-based reactor and its challenges

M Zulkifli, HA Hasan, SRS Abdullah… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive growth of industries leads to uncontrolled ammonia releases to environment. This
can result in significant degradation of the aquatic ecology as well as significant health …

Role of the biofilms in wastewater treatment

S Sehar, I Naz - Microbial biofilms-importance and applications, 2016 - books.google.com
Biological wastewater treatment systems play an important role in improving water quality
and human health. This chapter thus briefly discusses different biological methods, specially …

Identification and elucidation of the designing and operational issues of trickling filter systems for wastewater treatment

I Ali, Z Khan, C Peng, I Naz, M Sultan… - Polish Journal of …, 2017 - avesis.metu.edu.tr
Water pollution has become a major environmental concern for public and environmental
health in developing countries. Water resources are being contaminated mainly due to …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of lab-scale filtration system for grey water treatment and reuse

A Tusiime, H Solihu, J Sekasi, HE Mutanda - Environmental Challenges, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we evaluate the performance of a lab-scale filtration system for greywater
treatment and reuse using sand and granular activated carbon as filter media. Using a …

Decentralized wastewater treatment using passively aerated biological filter

SI Abou-Elela, MS Hellal, OH Aly… - Environmental …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of a novel pilot-scale passively aerated biological
filter (PABF) as a low energy consumption system for the treatment of municipal wastewater …

Experimental study on Maize Cob trickling filter-based wastewater treatment system: design, development, and performance evaluation

I Ali, Z Khan, M Sultan, M Mahmood… - Polish Journal of …, 2016 - avesis.metu.edu.tr
In developing countries, good-quality water is contaminated due to the disposal of untreated
municipal and industrial wastewater (WW) into natural water reservoirs. Most of the …

[PDF][PDF] Wastewater Evaluation for Multan, Pakistan: Characterization and Agricultural Reuse.

ZM Khan, RM Asif Kanwar, HU Farid, M Sultan… - Polish Journal of …, 2019 - pjoes.com
Wastewater (WW) volume generated from both domestic and industrial sectors has
increased due to rapid industrialization and urbanization. WW is increasingly used on farms …

Efficiency of a locally designed pilot-scale trickling biofilter (TBF) system in natural environment for the treatment of domestic wastewater

T Rasool, A Rehman, I Naz, R Ullah… - Environmental …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the present study, a cost-effective and simple stone media pilot-scale trickling biofilter
(TBF) was designed, constructed and operated in a continuous recirculation mode for …

Effect of the chemical composition of filter media on the microbial community in wastewater biofilms at different temperatures

I Naz, D Hodgson, A Smith, J Marchesi, S Ahmed… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This study investigates the microbial community composition in the biofilms grown on two
different support media in fixed biofilm reactors for aerobic wastewater treatment, using next …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial biofilm attachment to sustainable carriers as a clean-up strategy for wastewater treatment: A review

A Lago, V Rocha, O Barros, B Silva… - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment using biofilm technology with sustainable carriers contributes towards
the circular bioeconomy. The use of renewable biological materials and wastes as novel …