Removal of phenolic compounds from industrial waste water based on membrane-based technologies

W Raza, J Lee, N Raza, Y Luo, KH Kim… - Journal of industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Phenol and its derivatives from various man-made activities pose threats to public health
and aquatic ecosystems. A number of technologies (eg., adsorption, oxidation, and …

Immobilization of microbial cells for the biotreatment of wastewater: a review

ZB Bouabidi, MH El-Naas, Z Zhang - Environmental chemistry letters, 2019 - Springer
Industrial wastewater often contains different complex impurities that are hazardous to the
environment and human health, making wastewater treatment a necessity prior to its …

Removal of methylene blue and phenol onto prepared activated carbon from Fox nutshell by chemical activation in batch and fixed-bed column

A Kumar, HM Jena - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Fox nutshell was used as a new precursor for the production of a high surface area activated
carbon with zinc chloride activator at 600° C activation temperature and 2.0 impregnation …

Biological wastewater treatment and bioreactor design: a review

CM Narayanan, V Narayan - Sustainable environment research, 2019 - Springer
Various processes that have been successfully developed for wastewater treatment
(treatment of industrial wastes/effluents) have been surveyed with special reference to …

Biodegradation of phenol by Pseudomonas putida immobilized in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel

MH El-Naas, SA Al-Muhtaseb, S Makhlouf - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Batch experiments were carried out to evaluate the biodegradation of phenol by
Pseudomonas putida immobilized in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel pellets in a bubble column …

Biodegradation of aromatic compounds: current status and opportunities for biomolecular approaches

B Cao, K Nagarajan, KC Loh - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2009 - Springer
Biodegradation can achieve complete and cost-effective elimination of aromatic pollutants
through harnessing diverse microbial metabolic processes. Aromatics biodegradation plays …

Nanotechnology-based water quality management for wastewater treatment

L Madhura, S Singh, S Kanchi, M Sabela… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Water contamination by pollutants has become one of the most critical health problem
worldwide. In the current era, the supply of high-quality drinking water to the society with …

Aerobic biodegradation of phenols: a comprehensive review

T Al-Khalid, MH El-Naas - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Phenol and its derivatives are hazardous pollutants that are highly toxic even at low
concentrations. The management of wastewater containing high concentrations of phenols …

Biodegradation of phenol

CI Nair, K Jayachandran, S Shashidhar - African journal of biotechnology, 2008 - ajol.info
The use of microbial catalysts in the biodegradation of organic compounds has advanced
significantly during the past three decades. It has been found that large numbers of microbes …

Phenol degradation by Bacillus cereus: pathway and kinetic modeling

A Banerjee, AK Ghoshal - Bioresource Technology, 2010 - Elsevier
The microbial degradation of phenol by pure cultures Bacillus cereus MTCC 9817 strain
AKG1 and B. cereus MTCC 9818 strain AKG2 is studied in batch mode for several initial …