Membrane processes for removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) from water and wastewaters

M Taheran, SK Brar, M Verma, RY Surampalli… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), which find their way easily into the water
sources, are emerging as a major concern for drinking water quality and aquatic species …

A critical review on membrane separation processes applied to remove pharmaceutically active compounds from water and wastewater

CF Couto, LC Lange, MCS Amaral - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds are a real threat all around the world. Conventional
water and wastewater treatment are not efficient in removing this kind of organic …

Improved water purification by PVDF ultrafiltration membrane modified with GO-PVA-NaAlg hydrogel

A Ghobadi Moghadam, A Hemmati - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This work presents a modified polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration membrane
blended with graphene oxide-polyvinyl alcohol-sodium alginate (GO-PVA-NaAlg) hydrogel …

Effective leachate treatment by a pilot-scale submerged electro-membrane bioreactor

MH Farsani, RJ Yengejeh, AH Mirzahosseini… - … science and pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Most landfill leachates contain organic compounds that cannot be easily separated by
conventional biological processes. Recently, integration of membrane bioreactors and …

Computational simulation and modelling of uranium extraction using tributylphosphate through membrane extractor

R Syah, D Ramadan, M Elveny, Y Cao, A Khan… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Non-disperse solvent extraction is an effective technique for the extraction of metal ions from
aqueous solution. In this study, uranium extraction using n-dodecane solvent containing …

A review on rotating biological contactors

S Waqas, MR Bilad - Indonesian Journal of Science and …, 2019 - ejournal.kjpupi.id
Rotating biological contactors (RBC) is a wastewater treatment process that provides a both
acceptable effluent quality and organic removal efficiency at a comparatively very low cost. It …

Phenanthrene biodegradation by immobilized microbial consortium in polyvinyl alcohol cryogel beads

A Partovinia, F Naeimpoor - International Biodeterioration & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a group of widespread toxic
compounds, has been one of the environmental issues in wastewater treatment systems for …

Current knowledge on the application of membrane-based technologies for the removal of cytostatics from water

TIA Gouveia, AL Garcia-Costa, A Alves… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cytostatics are a class of pharmaceuticals of major concern due to their increasing
consumption in cancer therapy, their resistance to conventional wastewater treatment …

Bio-film and bio-entrapped hybrid membrane bioreactors in wastewater treatment: Comparison of membrane fouling and removal efficiency

B Rafiei, F Naeimpoor, T Mohammadi - Desalination, 2014 - Elsevier
Hybrid membrane bioreactors have emerged to alleviate membrane fouling, the drawback of
conventional membrane. In this study immobilized acclimatized activated sludge on either …

Comparison of phenanthrene biodegradation by free and immobilized cell systems: formation of hydroxylated compounds

A Partovinia, F Naeimpoor - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2014 - Springer
One of the foremost environmental issues having a key role in the feasibility study of
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) biodegradation is the concern of the toxicity of the …