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Adsorption of lead ions from wastewater using nano silica spheres synthesized on calcium carbonate templates

Heliyon, 2020
Lead is a heavy metal that is bio accumulative and non-biodegradable that poses a threat to our health when it exists in excess in our bloodstream. It has found its way into wastewater from mostly chemical industrial processes.
Milton Manyangadze, Nyaradzai M.H. Chikuruwo, T. Bala Narsaiah, Ch. Shilpa Chakra, Gratitude Charis, Gwiranai Danha, Tirivaviri A. Mamvura   +6 more
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Tertiary-Treated Municipal Wastewater is a Significant Point Source of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Into Duluth-Superior Harbor [PDF]

, 2011
In this study, the impact of tertiary-treated municipal wastewater on the quantity of several antibiotic resistance determinants in Duluth-Superior Harbor was investigated by collecting surface water and sediment samples from 13 locations in Duluth ...
Allen H. K., Alonso A., Amann R. I., Andersson D. I., Arthurson V., Auerbach E. A., Benson D. A., Berhardt A. E., Berhardt A. E., Canton R., Cardinale M., Chopra I., Cotner J. B., David T. Tan, Davies J., Diehl D. L., D’Costa V. M., Ghosh S., Graham D. W., Jessica J. Eichmiller, Levy S. B., Levy S. B., Ling L. L., Lipsitch M., Martínez J., Merlin C., Mi Yan, Moura A., Munir M., Nelson D. K., Novo A., Patrick J. McNamara, Pruden A., Ramsden S. J., Sambrook J., Seurinck S., Smith D. L., Sommer M. O. A., Staley J. T., Storteboom H., Tchobanoglous G., Thioulouse J., Thompson J. D., Timothy M. LaPara, Tucker R. Burch, Xi C., Yi L., Zhang T., Zhang X., Zhang X.-X.   +49 more
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Combustion behaviour of Olive pruning/animal manure blends in a fluidized bed combustor

Heliyon, 2017
Olive pruning and animal manure blends were burned in a fluidized bed system, in order to investigate their valorization for thermal energy production.
Despina Vamvuka, Nicolaos Alloimonos
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of emission indices and air quality implications of liquefied petroleum gas burners

Heliyon, 2020
Major cities in Nigeria has adopted the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as their main source for domestic cooking, however, this adoption led to different designs of LPG burners in Nigeria market.
Daniel Olawale Oke, Bamidele Sunday Fakinle, Jacob Ademola Sonibare, Funso Alaba Akeredolu   +3 more
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Insights into singlet oxygen generation and electron-transfer process induced by a single-atom Cu catalyst with saturated Cu-N4 sites

iScience, 2022
Summary: Persulfate-based nonradical oxidation processes are appealing in water treatment for the efficient and selective degradation of trace contaminants in complex water matrices.
Zhicong Lu, Peng Zhang, Chun Hu, Fan Li
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of the effectiveness of a hydrocarbon liquid solidifier

Heliyon, 2020
Solidifiers are dry, granular hydrophobic polymers that form physical bonds with hydrocarbons by molecular interactions (hydrogen bonding, London forces), and are used to immobilize hydrocarbon spill propagation and dispersion.
Jola J. Solomon, Alan M. Hanley, Thomas R. Hanley   +2 more
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Ecodesign of Batch Processes: Optimal Design Strategies for Economic and Ecological Bioprocesses [PDF]

, 2007
This work deals with the multicriteria cost-environment design of multiproduct batch plants, where the design variables are the equipment item sizes as well as the operating conditions.
Azzaro-Pantel, Catherine, Dietz, Adrian, Domenech, Serge, Pibouleau, Luc   +3 more
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Novel design methods for conventional oil-water separators

Heliyon, 2019
The regulatory effluent oil limit which is the allowable quantity of hydrocarbons in industrial and stormwater effluents varies from one country to another.
William E. Odiete, Jonah C. Agunwamba
doaj   +1 more source

Controllable preparation and performance of bio-based poly(lactic acid-iminodiacetic acid) as sustained-release Pb2+ chelating agent

iScience, 2021
Summary: The bio-based lactic acid (LA) and the common metal ion chelating agent iminodiacetic acid (IDA) are used to design and prepare a polymeric sustained-release Pb2+ chelating agent by a brief one-step reaction.
Jian-Yun Lin, Xi-Ying Cao, Ying Xiao, Jin-Xin Wang, Shi-He Luo, Li-Ting Yang, Yong-Gan Fang, Zhao-Yang Wang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (CSCEE), editorial

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2020
Sarper Sarp
doaj   +2 more sources