Lithium extraction from unconventional aqueous resources–a review on recent technological development for seawater and geothermal brines

EA Mends, P Chu - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing adoption of lithium in clean energy technologies has promoted significant
development of novel and environmentally sustainable techniques for lithium extraction from …

Leaching nickel sulfide tailings with activated carbon in sulfuric acid medium

EA Mends, SE Arthur, AM Tita, S Hussaini… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The growing demand for nickel increases the interest in its extraction from secondary
sources, such as mine flotation tailings. This paper proposes the use of activated carbon as …

Efficient Cr(VI) sequestration from aqueous solution by chemically modified Garcinia kola hull particles: characterization, isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies

LT Popoola - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
There is a need for the removal of hexavalent chromium from contaminated water prior to its
discharge into the environment, as part of industrial effluents, due to its toxic nature. In this …

Investigation of leaching of nickel sulfide flotation tailings to recover valuable metals

EA Mends, AM Tita, S Hussaini, JS Thella, L Pan… - Minerals …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global transition towards renewable energy, driven by low-carbon theories and
technologies, has resulted in an increasing surge in the demand for critical and unique …

Enhancing the physical qualities of activated carbon produced from palm kernel shell via response surface methodology—process variable optimization

C Owusu, EA Mends, G Acquah - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024 - Springer
The current investigation assessed the influence of operating conditions on the physical
qualities of activated carbon produced from palm kernel shell. The response surface …

Evaluation of heavy metal fixation ability from drilling waste of oil and gas wells using treated sugarcane bagasse

F Saffarian, SA Hosseini… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The drilling industry is one of the main sectors of the oil industry, and oil drilling
is one of the most specialized industrial activities. Large-scale production of sugarcane …

Experimental investigation of magnetized-Cocos nucifera husk supported Citrullus lanatus peel microparticles as loss circulation agent in water-based drilling fluids

LT Popoola, AO Gbadamosi - South African Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - journals.co.za
Lost circulation agents (LCAs) are usually added to drilling fluids (DFs) for fluid loss control
into formation. This improves their filtration and rheological properties that are advantageous …