Recent trends in treatment and fabrication of plant-based fiber-reinforced epoxy composite: a review

AH Birniwa, SS Abdullahi, M Ali… - Journal of Composites …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural fiber (NF) is one of the many resources that nature has provided. NFs decompose
quickly and are biodegradable, renewable, and cost-effective. It may be scavenged from a …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse sustainable materials for the treatment of petroleum sludge and remediation of contaminated sites: A review

AH Jagaba, SRM Kutty, IM Lawal, N Aminu, A Noor… - Cleaner Waste …, 2022 - Elsevier
abstract Activities in the petroleum industry unavoidably generates huge amount of
petroleum sludge that contain hazardous constituents. Numerous treatment techniques are …

Removal of nutrients from pulp and paper biorefinery effluent: Operation, kinetic modelling and optimization by response surface methodology

AH Jagaba, SRM Kutty, M Naushad, IM Lawal… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effectiveness of extended aeration system (EAS) and rice straw
activated carbon-extended aeration system (RAC-EAS) in the treatment of pulp and paper …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and invitro toxicity assay of bio-reduced hexavalent chromium by Acinetobacter sp. isolated from tannery effluent

AF Abdulmalik, HM Yakasai, S Usman… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium, a transition metal element widely distributed in the earth's crust, with the valence
from− 2 to+ 6, but exists mainly in the form of trivalent and hexavalent states. Hexavalent …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating water contamination by controlling anthropogenic activities of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) for surface water quality assurance

HA Muhammed, A Yahaya, SS Abdullahi… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have wide applications in agriculture, industry, and
domestic uses. Unfortunately, they are resistant to photolytic biodegradation and exist for a …

[HTML][HTML] Combined treatment of domestic and pulp and paper industry wastewater in a rice straw embedded activated sludge bioreactor to achieve sustainable …

AH Jagaba, SRM Kutty, L Baloo, AH Birniwa… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pulp and paper industry has been recognized as one of the largest users of water
worldwide. Water is used in nearly every step of the manufacturing process. It generates …

Synthesis of gum Arabic magnetic nanoparticles for adsorptive removal of ciprofloxacin: equilibrium, kinetic, thermodynamics studies, and optimization by response …

AH Birniwa, REA Mohammad, M Ali, MF Rehman… - Separations, 2022 - mdpi.com
Given the increasing risks that antibiotic abuse poses to microecology and human health, it
is imperative to develop incredibly powerful adsorbents. This study investigated the use of …

Polymer-based nano-adsorbent for the removal of lead ions: kinetics studies and optimization by response surface methodology

AH Birniwa, S Kehili, M Ali, H Musa, U Ali, SRM Kutty… - Separations, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work successfully created a polypyrrole-polyethyleneimine (PPy-PEI) nano adsorbent
for the elimination of the lead ion Pb2+ from an aqueous solution. An efficient conducting …

Waste derived biocomposite for simultaneous biosorption of organic matter and nutrients from green straw biorefinery effluent in continuous mode activated sludge …

AH Jagaba, SRM Kutty, L Baloo, G Hayder, AH Birniwa… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The conventional disposal of green straws through burning can be eliminated in a
biorefinery that converts them into a range of sustainable commercial products. However …

[HTML][HTML] Pretreated palm oil clinker as an attached growth media for organic matter removal from synthetic domestic wastewater in a sequencing batch reactor

BNS Al-dhawi, SRM Kutty, AAS Ghaleb… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Attached-growth systems are biological wastewater treatment processes with biomass
attached to a media for organic matter and nutrient removal from wastewater. In this regard …