Phycoremediation of wastewater for pollutant removal: a green approach to environmental protection and long-term remediation

SD Priyadharshini, PS Babu, S Manikandan… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface and water bodies in many parts of the world are affected due to eutrophication,
contamination and depletion. The approach of wastewater treatment using algae for …

Valorization of wastewater: A paradigm shift towards circular bioeconomy and sustainability

D Kundu, D Dutta, P Samanta, S Dey… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Limitation in the availability of natural resources like water is the main drive for focussing on
resource recovery from wastewater. Rapid urbanization with increased consumption of …

Mechanism and challenges behind algae as a wastewater treatment choice for bioenergy production and beyond

G Yadav, S Shanmugam, R Sivaramakrishnan… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional wastewater (WW) treatment uses activated sludge process, which is accepted
worldwide. However, the sustainability of such a process is questioned in terms of …

Advancements in swine wastewater treatment: Removal mechanisms, influential factors, and optimization strategies

N Chen, X Zhang, Q Du, J Huo, H Wang, Z Wang… - Journal of Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Swine wastewater (SWW) is a mixture of organic matter, nutrients, pollutants, and heavy
metals that can pose significant risks to the environment and human health if left untreated …

Approaching the circular economy: Biological, physicochemical, and electrochemical methods to valorize agro-industrial residues, wastewater, and industrial wastes

D Nesterov, I Barrera-Martínez… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The circular economy policy enables the use of waste as an input to generate value
repeatedly or at least to have the opportunity to be used a second time to extract valuable …

Microbial fuel cell in long-term operation and providing electricity for intermittent aeration to remove contaminants from sewage

QN Ho, K Mitsuoka, N Yoshida - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) show promise in sewage treatment because they can directly
convert organic matter (OM) into electricity. This study aimed to demonstrate MFCs stability …

Scalability of the multi-anode plug flow microbial fuel cell as a sustainable prospect for large-scale design

PA Opoku, H **gyu, L Yi, D Ewusi-Mensah… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Designing scalable and cost-effective microbial fuel cells for practical applications is a
problem in wastewater treatment. The performance and scalability of the new multi-anode …

Microbial fuel cells: Devices for real wastewater treatment, rather than electricity production

J Yu, Y Park, E Widyaningsih, S Kim, Y Kim… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
For last two decades, various microbial fuel cells have been studied to treat real wastewater
and simultaneously produce electricity. The performance of 106 MFCs using real …

Long-term evaluation of an air-cathode microbial fuel cell with an anion exchange membrane in a 226L wastewater treatment reactor

M Sugioka, N Yoshida, T Yamane, Y Kakihana… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the treatment of municipal wastewater using microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has been
extensively studied, scaling the systems up for practical use remains challenging. In this …

Effects of concentration variations on the performance and microbial community in microbial fuel cell using swine wastewater

H Ni, K Wang, S Lv, X Wang, L Zhuo, J Zhang - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The variation of substrate concentration in anode chamber directly affects the power
generation efficiency and decontamination performance of microbial fuel cell (MFC). In this …