Technological trends in heavy metals removal from industrial wastewater: A review

R Shrestha, S Ban, S Devkota, S Sharma… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization, with economic prosperity set as the prime goal, has always created
some secondary intolerable problems such as heavy metal contamination, wastewater that …

Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, ED van Hullebusch… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Currently, due to the rapid growth of urbanization and industrialization in develo**
countries, a large volume of wastewater is produced from industries that contain chemicals …

Preparation, modification and environmental application of biochar: A review

J Wang, S Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochar is a carbon-rich material which can be prepared from various organic waste
feedstock, such as agricultural wastes and municipal sewage sludge. Biochar has received …

Sewage sludge-derived biochar for the adsorptive removal of wastewater pollutants: a critical review

S Rangabhashiyam, PV dos Santos Lins… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The production of biochar from sewage sludge pyrolysis is a promising approach to
transform the waste resultant from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to a potential …

A critical review on arsenic removal from water using biochar-based sorbents: The significance of modification and redox reactions

R Amen, H Bashir, I Bibi, SM Shaheen, NK Niazi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is considered to be the cost-effective, environmentally-friendly and sustainable
sorbent that has an extraordinary potential to efficiently remove toxic elements, including …

Removal of hexavalent chromium via biochar-based adsorbents: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future perspectives

R Sinha, R Kumar, P Sharma, N Kant, J Shang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium originates from geogenic and extensive anthropogenic activities and significantly
impacts natural ecosystems and human health. Various methods have been applied to …

Hydrochar-nanoparticle integration for arsenic removal from wastewater: challenges, possible solutions, and future horizon

AK Khanzada, HE Al-Hazmi, B Śniatała… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) contamination poses a significant threat to human health, ecosystems, and
agriculture, with levels ranging from 12 to 75% attributed to mine waste and stream …

A systematic review on adsorptive removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions: Recent advances

AU Rajapaksha, R Selvasembian, A Ashiq… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The contamination of natural resources by hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) originating from
natural and anthropogenic activities is a serious environmental concern. Although many …

A critical review on bioremediation technologies for Cr (VI)-contaminated soils and wastewater

S **a, Z Song, P Jeyakumar, SM Shaheen… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Chromium (Cr) is a potentially toxic metal originating from natural processes and
anthropogenic activities such as the iron-steel, electroplating, and leather industries, which …

Advances and prospects of biochar in improving soil fertility, biochemical quality, and environmental applications

J Nepal, W Ahmad, F Munsif, A Khan… - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
With the global food deficit increasing and rising climate change issues, there is a need to
find green solutions to improve soil fertility and productivity while enhancing soil biochemical …