Adsorption of organic pollutants by natural and modified clays: a comprehensive review

AM Awad, SMR Shaikh, R Jalab, MH Gulied… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adsorption process has been widely used for treatment of wastewaters due to its simplicity
and lower costs as compared to other traditional technologies. Among the alternative …

Adsorption behaviour of pollutants: Heavy metals, radionuclides, organic pollutants, on clays and their minerals (raw, modified and treated): A review

R Novikau, G Lujaniene - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing anthropogenic pressure results in environmental pollution and thus
adversely affects the integrity of ecosystems. Consequently, various methods of removing …

Recent achievements in polymer bio-based flocculants for water treatment

P Maćczak, H Kaczmarek, M Ziegler-Borowska - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymer flocculants are used to promote solid–liquid separation processes in potable water
and wastewater treatment. Recently, bio-based flocculants have received a lot of attention …

Modified-starch applications as fluid-loss reducers in water-based drilling fluids: A review of recent advances

S Davoodi, M Al-Shargabi, DA Wood… - Journal of cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
A type of natural resource found in nature, starch and its derivatives, homologues, and other
compounds have a wide range of sources. These materials are cheap to obtain and have …

Chitosan/graphene oxide composite as an effective removal of Ni, Cu, As, Cd and Pb from wastewater

AA Menazea, HA Ezzat, W Omara, OH Basyouni… - Computational and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The possible interactions between some divalent heavy metals and chitosan/graphene
oxide (Cs/GO) were studied by density functional theory (DFT) at B3LYP level with LANL2DZ …

Understanding the roles and characterizing the intrinsic properties of synthetic vs. natural polymers to improve clarification through interparticle Bridging: A review

M Lapointe, B Barbeau - Separation and Purification Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Flocculation and settling performance (kinetic, robustness, upflow velocity, and overall solids
removal) have been significantly improved over the past forty years due to the development …

Epigrammatic progress and perspective on the photocatalytic properties of BiVO4-based photocatalyst in photocatalytic water treatment technology: A review

MFR Samsudin, S Sufian, BH Hameed - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) via photocatalyst has
shown great promises as a new frontier environmental friendly and sustainable wastewater …

Preparation and performance of a novel starch-based inorganic/organic composite coagulant for textile wastewater treatment

L Zhou, H Zhou, X Yang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Inorganic/organic composite coagulants have received wide attention in recent years due to
their outstanding properties in wastewater treatment. However, non-biodegradable synthetic …

Dewatered and stacked mine tailings: a review

E Furnell, K Bilaniuk, M Goldbaum, M Shoaib… - Acs Es&T …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tailings storage is a prescient issue in mining, representing a visible and destructive liability.
Dewatering tailings to a paste-like consistency is a popular option to reduce tailings volumes …

Review on Synthesis, Modification, Morphology, and Combination of BiVO4-based Catalysts for Photochemistry: Status, Advances, and Perspectives

B Guan, J Chen, Z Li, Z Zhuang, Y Chen, Z Ma… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Faced with the aggravation of environmental pollution and the looming energy crisis, BiVO4,
as an emerging and promising photocatalyst, has drawn more and more attention of …