State-of-the-art applications of fly ash from coal and biomass: A focus on zeolite synthesis processes and issues

C Belviso - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the years, the production of waste ash from many sources (eg coal, biomass, industrial,
animal, and municipal solid waste) and from conventional and renewable energy …

Global development of various emerged substrates utilized in constructed wetlands

Y Yang, Y Zhao, R Liu, D Morgan - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Substrate selection is one of the key technical issues for constructed wetlands (CWs), which
works for wastewater treatment based mainly on the biofilm principle. In recent years, many …

Removal and recovery of phosphate from water using sorption

P Loganathan, S Vigneswaran… - Critical Reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Sorption is an effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly treatment process for the
removal of phosphorus from wastewater sources which otherwise can cause eutrophication …

A review on the utilization of fly ash

M Ahmaruzzaman - Progress in energy and combustion science, 2010 - Elsevier
Fly ash, generated during the combustion of coal for energy production, is an industrial by-
product which is recognized as an environmental pollutant. Because of the environmental …

Synthesis of porous MgO-biochar nanocomposites for removal of phosphate and nitrate from aqueous solutions

M Zhang, B Gao, Y Yao, Y Xue, M Inyang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012 - Elsevier
A new synthesis was developed to create highly porous nanocomposite material consisting
of MgO nano-flakes within a biochar matrix that has high sorption ability for ionic …

Adsorptive removal of phosphate from water using mesoporous materials: A review

W Huang, Y Zhang, D Li - Journal of Environmental Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Mesoporous materials have significant potential for use as adsorbents for removal of
phosphate from water. The chemical and structural properties of materials greatly affect their …

Removal of arsenic, methylene blue, and phosphate by biochar/AlOOH nanocomposite

M Zhang, B Gao - Chemical engineering journal, 2013 - Elsevier
In this work, a biochar based composite material with AlOOH nano-flakes was fabricated
from AlCl 3 pretreated biomass through slow pyrolysis in a N 2 environment at 600° C …

Nitrogen and phosphorus recovery from wastewater

S Sengupta, T Nawaz, J Beaudry - Current Pollution Reports, 2015 - Springer
Use of nitrogen-and phosphorus-based synthetic fertilizers shows an increasing trend, but
this has led to large-scale influx of reactive nitrogen in the environment, with serious …

Removal of phosphate from water by lanthanum-modified zeolites obtained from fly ash

J Goscianska, M Ptaszkowska-Koniarz… - Journal of colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The possibility and effectiveness of removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions with the
use of new low-cost synthetic zeolites obtained from fly ash and modified with lanthanum …

Kinetics, isotherm, thermodynamic, and adsorption mechanism studies of La (OH) 3-modified exfoliated vermiculites as highly efficient phosphate adsorbents

WY Huang, D Li, ZQ Liu, Q Tao, Y Zhu, J Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract La (OH) 3-modified exfoliated vermiculites were fabricated, characterized, and
investigated for phosphate removal in batch tests for the first time. The BET surface area of …