Microalgae are a promising feedstock for the production of biofuels, nutraceuticals,
pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, due to their superior capability of converting solar energy …

Nitrogen-containing amino and azo compounds are widely used in textile, agricultural and
chemical industries. Most of these compounds have been demonstrated to be resistant to …

Bioactive compounds in cash crops can be obtained from horticulture, oil and medicinal
crops sources. Conventional extraction methods have disadvantages such as low extraction …

Two important challenges need to be addressed to realize a practical biorefinery for the
conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals:(i) effective methods for the degradation and …

There are two main mysteries in bulk nanobubbles which are cavitation nuclei. One is the
mechanism of stability of a bulk nanobubble. The other is the problem whether OH radicals …

In the first part of this two article series on the imperative technologies for wastewater
treatment, a review of oxidation processes operating at ambient conditions was presented. It …

Fricke reaction, KI oxidation and decomposition of porphyrin derivatives by use of seven
types of sonochemical apparatus in four different laboratories were examined in the range of …

Cavitation results in the generation of hot spots, highly reactive free radicals, and turbulence
associated with liquid circulation currents, which can result in the intensification of various …

Cavitational reactors are a novel and promising form of multiphase reactors, based on the
principle of release of large magnitude of energy due to the violent collapse of the cavities …

Curcumin, a dietary phytochemical, has been extracted from rhizomes of Curcuma amada
using ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE) and the results compared with the conventional …