Sustainable technologies for water purification from heavy metals: review and analysis

S Bolisetty, M Peydayesh, R Mezzenga - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Water pollution is a global problem threatening the entire biosphere and affecting the life of
many millions of people around the world. Not only is water pollution one of the foremost …

Building composite indicators using multicriteria methods: a review

S El Gibari, T Gómez, F Ruiz - Journal of Business Economics, 2019 - Springer
Composite indicators are increasingly recognised as a useful tool in policy analysis and
public communication. They provide simple comparisons of units that can be used to …

[HTML][HTML] The role of wastewater treatment in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) and sustainability guideline

K Obaideen, N Shehata, ET Sayed, MA Abdelkareem… - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
The world is currently striving to achieve the globally adopted sustainable development
goals (SDGs). Exploring the role of technology in achieving the SDGs is critical for the …

Environmental comparison of biochar and activated carbon for tertiary wastewater treatment

KA Thompson, KK Shimabuku, JP Kearns… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Micropollutants in wastewater present environmental and human health challenges.
Powdered activated carbon (PAC) can effectively remove organic micropollutants, but PAC …

[HTML][HTML] Activated carbon coupled with advanced biological wastewater treatment: A review of the enhancement in micropollutant removal

M Gutiérrez, V Grillini, DM Pavlović… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study consists of a review on the removal efficiencies of a wide spectrum of
micropollutants (MPs) in biological treatment (mainly membrane bioreactor) coupled with …

Dynamic optimization of wastewater treatment process based on novel multi-objective ant lion optimization and deep learning algorithm

G Niu, X Li, X Wan, X He, Y Zhao, X Yi, C Chen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel dynamic optimization control based on multi-objective ant lion
optimization (DMOALO) and deep learning algorithm is proposed, which could optimize …

[HTML][HTML] Indicators for sustainability assessment of small-scale wastewater treatment plants in low and lower-middle income countries

C Cossio, J Norrman, J McConville, A Mercado… - Environmental and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment in low and lower-middle income countries is often limited by lack of
local technical expertise, institutional capacity, and financial resources, making it …

Municipal wastewater treatment plants coupled with electrochemical, biological and bio-electrochemical technologies: Opportunities and challenge toward energy self …

J Tang, C Zhang, X Shi, J Sun… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) will face challenges in the coming decades
including reducing energy consumption and decreasing carbon emissions. These …

Slurry photocatalytic membrane reactor technology for removal of pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater: Towards cytostatic drug elimination

R Janssens, MK Mandal, KK Dubey, P Luis - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
The potential of photocatalytic membrane reactors (PMR) to degrade cytostatic drugs is
presented in this work as an emerging technology for wastewater treatment. Cytostatic drugs …

Multi-criteria group decision-making based sustainability measurement of wastewater treatment processes

J Ren, H Liang - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2017 - Elsevier
There are various processes which can be used for wastewater treatment (WT), and the
selection of the most sustainable one among different processes is a hard task. This study …