Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using advanced treatments. A review

N Morin-Crini, E Lichtfouse, M Fourmentin… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The rise of emerging contaminants in waters challenges the scientific community and water
treatment stakeholders to design remediation techniques that are simple, practical …

The use of activated carbon for the removal of pharmaceuticals from aqueous solutions: a review

F Mansour, M Al-Hindi, R Yahfoufi, GM Ayoub… - … Science and Bio …, 2018 - Springer
The presence of pharmaceutically active compounds in surface and ground water is of
concern due to the adverse effects they may have on human health, aquatic life, and the …

Preparation of activated carbon from peanut shell by conventional pyrolysis and microwave irradiation-pyrolysis to remove organic dyes from aqueous solutions

J Georgin, GL Dotto, MA Mazutti, EL Foletto - Journal of Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbon samples were prepared from peanut shell by conventional pyrolysis (P
sample) and microwave irradiation followed by pyrolysis (MW-P sample). These samples as …

Caffeine removal from aqueous media by adsorption: an overview of adsorbents evolution and the kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies

SAL Bachmann, T Calvete, LA Féris - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Caffeine is an emerging pollutant and is considered the most representative pollutant of the
Pharmaceutical Active due to its high consumption by the general population. It can be used …

Brine pre-treatment technologies for zero liquid discharge systems

GU Semblante, JZ Lee, LY Lee, SL Ong, HY Ng - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
The management of brine produced by the reverse osmosis process is challenging due to its
high salt and organic content. Limitations in brine disposal options sometimes necessitate …

Engineered tea-waste biochar for the removal of caffeine, a model compound in pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), from aqueous media

S Keerthanan, A Bhatnagar, K Mahatantila… - … Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to synthesize engineered tea-waste biochar, pyrolyzed at 700° C using
steam activation (TWBC-SA) for caffeine (CFN) removal from aqueous media. The …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of methylene blue by coal-based activated carbon in high-salt wastewater

J Wang, J Ma, Y Sun - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
High-salt printing and dyeing wastewater is a difficult industrial wastewater to treat. Coal-
based activated carbon (CBAC) can be used as an adsorbent to treat high-salt printing and …

Porous carbon: A versatile material for catalysis

I Matos, M Bernardo, I Fonseca - Catalysis Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous catalysis is an exciting field in constant development. New and improved
catalysts that can both be effective and economical are always on demand. Activated …

Bayesian computational technique for modeling caffeine adsorption in a fixed-bed column: use of the maximum adsorption capacity deterministically and experimental …

J Toffoli de Oliveira, AB da Luz Arsufi… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This work applied a Bayesian computational technique for parameter estimation of
adsorption breakthrough curve models with experimental data of caffeine (CAF) adsorption …

Co-gasification of woody biomass and chicken manure: Syngas production, biochar reutilization, and cost-benefit analysis

WC Ng, S You, R Ling, KYH Gin, Y Dai, CH Wang - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The management and disposal of livestock manure has become one of the top
environmental issues at a global scale in line with the tremendous growth of poultry industry …