Applications of chitosan in environmental remediation: A review

P Pal, A Pal, K Nakashima, BK Yadav - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental biotechnology is the use of biotechnology to develop and regulate biological
systems for the remediation of environmental contamination. Nature has gifted ample …

Treatment of industrial oily wastewater by advanced technologies: a review

AI Adetunji, AO Olaniran - Applied Water Science, 2021 - Springer
Oily wastewater consists of fats, oils and greases together with a broad spectrum of
dissolved organic and/or inorganic substances in suspension. It is regarded as one of the …

Oil and grease removal from wastewaters: sorption treatment as an alternative to state-of-the-art technologies. A critical review

AMA Pintor, VJP Vilar, CMS Botelho… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Oil and grease (O&G) is a class of pollutants with very low affinity to water. Their removal
from wastewaters is often challenging and involves the combination of different treatment …

Palm oil industry in South East Asia and the effluent treatment technology—A review

MJ Iskandar, A Baharum, FH Anuar… - … technology & innovation, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The progress of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) treatment in meeting with the
regulation and standard stipulated by the Environmental Authority always been a major …

Oil removal from aqueous state by natural fibrous sorbent: An overview

R Wahi, LA Chuah, TSY Choong, Z Ngaini… - Separation and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The threat of oil pollution increases with the expansion of oil exploration and production
activities, as well as the industrial growth around the world. The study on the treatment of oily …

Biological activities of chitosan and chitooligosaccharides

W Xia, P Liu, J Zhang, J Chen - Food hydrocolloids, 2011 - Elsevier
Chitosan and its oligosaccharides, which are known to possess multiple functional
properties, have attracted considerable interest due to their biological activities and potential …

Magnetic polymer nanocomposites for environmental and biomedical applications

S Kalia, S Kango, A Kumar, Y Haldorai… - Colloid and Polymer …, 2014 - Springer
Hybrid nanomaterials have received voluminous interest due to the combination of unique
properties of organic and inorganic component in one material. In this class, magnetic …

[PDF][PDF] The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know?

D Sheil, A Casson, E Meijaard, M Noordwijk… - 2009 - re.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in
The ongoing expansion of oil palm plantations in the humid tropics, especially in Southeast
Asia, is generating considerable concern and debate. Amid industry and environmental …

Pollution control technologies for the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) through end-of-pipe processes

TY Wu, AW Mohammad, JM Jahim, N Anuar - Journal of environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Palm oil production is one of the major industries in Malaysia and this country ranks one of
the largest productions in the world. In Malaysia, the total production of crude palm oil in …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption capacity of activated carbon derived from date seeds: Characterization, optimization, kinetic and equilibrium studies

AD Alsulaili, AA Refaie, HA Garcia - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural wastes have the potential to be reused in applications such as water/wastewater
treatment. Several studies have focused on activating organic waste, such as date seeds, to …