Dyeing wastewaters are toxic and carcinogenic to both aquatic life and human beings.
Adsorption technology, as a facile and effective method, has been extensively used for …

Access to drinkable water is becoming more and more challenging due to worldwide
pollution and the cost of water treatments. Water and wastewater treatment by adsorption on …

Biomass waste represents the promising surrogate of fossil fuels for energy recovery and
valorization into value-added products. Among thermochemical conversion techniques of …

The presence of emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals in aquatic means
presents as a serious threat, since their real consequences for the environment and human …

Applicability of biochar in water treatment is gaining interest due to its sustainability and low
production cost. Herein, the biochar (BC) and activated biochar (ABC) synthesized from the …

Activated carbons (AC) were prepared by carbonization and KOH activation using rice husk
as feedstock. The effects of impregnation ratios and activation temperatures on the …

Response surface methodology (RSM) is a powerful tool in designing the experiments and
optimizing different environmental processes. However, when it comes to wastewater …

With the continuous rise of industrialization and agriculture, the concentration of organic
contaminants such as dyes in the ecosystem has increased in subsequent years, causing …

Currently used textile dyes are not highly toxic or carcinogenic, but the intense and
persistent color of the effluent is problematic. Of the remediation processes investigated, the …

Herein, NaOH solution of a finite concentration was used to pretreat starch, which serves a
novel effective pretreatment. A starch-based high-performance adsorptive hydrogel (STAH) …