Fruit peel waste as a novel low-cost bio adsorbent

PD Pathak, SA Mandavgane… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Fruit peel waste (FPW) is abundantly available from the agricultural and food processing
industry and has been studied in recent past as an adsorbent. This paper critically reviews …

Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions by a novel biochar supported nanoscale iron sulfide composite

H Lyu, J Tang, Y Huang, L Gai, EY Zeng, K Liber… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel biochar supported nanoscale iron sulfide (FeS) composite (CMC-FeS@ biochar)
combining the advantages of biochar, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and FeS was …

Adsorption and coadsorption mechanisms of Cr (VI) and organic contaminants on H3PO4 treated biochar

N Zhao, C Zhao, Y Lv, W Zhang, Y Du, Z Hao, J Zhang - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
The study of simultaneous removal of heavy metals and organic contaminants has practical
applications due to the coexistence of complex pollutants in the wastewater or soil. In this …

Treatment of lead-contaminated water using activated carbon adsorbent from locally available papaya peel biowaste

S Abbaszadeh, SRW Alwi, C Webb, N Ghasemi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
The performance of activated carbon (AC) produced from papaya peel (PP) as a locally
available bioderived adsorbent in the removal of Pb (II) from metal-contaminated water is …

Biosorption of heavy metals from water: mechanism, critical evaluation and translatability of methodology

RJ Nathan, AK Jain, RJ Rosengren - Environmental Technology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of heavy metals in drinking water is a serious global issue. Sustainable
methods for treating drinking water such as biosorption are gaining popularity. The …

Improved remediation of co-contaminated soils by heavy metals and PAHs with biosurfactant-enhanced soil washing

X Zhang, X Zhang, S Wang, S Zhao - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Due to the huge toxicity of co-contaminated soil with PAHs and heavy metals and the
complexity of their remediation, it is thus critical to take effective remediation actions to …

H3PO4-modified Lagerstroemia speciosa seed hull biochar for toxic Cr(VI) removal: isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamic study

A Nawaz, B Singh, P Kumar - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023 - Springer
The novelty of the present work was to prepare biochar by utilizing waste biomass
(Lagerstroemia speciosa) seed hull (LSSH) through pyrolysis process followed by chemical …

Comparative study on the performance of Typha latifolia and Cyperus Papyrus on the removal of heavy metals and enteric bacteria from wastewater by surface …

MTMH Hamad - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Semi-arid countries continue to face water scarcity, especially with the current global climatic
changes. This scarcity has continuously increased over the last five decades in countries …

Pb (II) and Cd (II) removal from aqueous solution, shipyard wastewater, and landfill leachate by modified Rhizopus oryzae biomass

B Naeimi, R Foroutan, B Ahmadi… - Materials Research …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This study was designed to remove Pb (II) and Cd (II) from aqueous solution, shipyard
wastewater, and sanitary landfill leachate using an alkaline-modified Rhizopus oryzae …

Adsorptive performance of calcined Cardita bicolor for attenuating Hg(II) and As(III) from synthetic and real wastewaters

A Teimouri, H Esmaeili, R Foroutan… - Korean Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The first application of calcined Cardita bicolor oyster shell (CCBS) for Hg (II) and As (III)
adsorption from synthetic and real wastewaters was tested. The main elements in CCBS …