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Removal of emerging contaminants from the environment by adsorption
A. Carmalin Sophia,Eder C. Lima +1 more
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Adsorption is a promising method worldwide for EC removal since it is low initial cost for implementation, highly-efficient and has simple operating design.About:
This article is published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.The article was published on 2018-04-15. It has received 587 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products & Wastewater.read more
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Emerging contaminants of high concern and their enzyme-assisted biodegradation - A review.
TL;DR: Immobilization is highlighted as a promising approach to improve enzyme catalytic performance and stabilization, as well as, to protect the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme against the undesirable consequences of harsh reaction environment.
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Adsorption of Pharmaceuticals from Water and Wastewater Using Nonconventional Low-Cost Materials: A Review
Júlia Resende de Andrade,Maria da Conceição F. de Oliveira,Meuris Gurgel Carlos da Silva,M.G.A. Vieira +3 more
TL;DR: In this article, the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment, its major causes, and implications along with effective procedures for their removal from contaminated water have been studied, where adsorption stands out as a promising treatment method, since it offers advantages such as lower energy consumption and simpler operation conditions in comparison to other tertiary treatments.
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Adsorption of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater by modified biochar: A review.
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of biochar modification methods for removing emerging contaminants (ECs) from water by modified biochar is presented. And the main research directions and trends, as well as recommendations and suggestions for future development are pointed out.
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A review on effective removal of emerging contaminants from aquatic systems: Current trends and scope for further research.
TL;DR: The purpose of this study is to consider the adsorption as a beneficial treatment of emerging contaminants also advanced and cost effective emerging contaminates treatment methods.
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Removal of pesticides from water and wastewater: Chemical, physical and biological treatment approaches
TL;DR: A detailed description of a variety of chemical, physical, and biological approaches for pesticide removal from water, such as advanced oxidation processes, adsorption, activated sludge, membrane bioreactors, and membrane technologies is provided in this article.
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Adsorption of sodium diclofenac on graphene: a combined experimental and theoretical study.
Iuri Medeiros Jauris,Carolina F. Matos,Caroline Saucier,Eder C. Lima,Aldo J. G. Zarbin,Solange Binotto Fagan,Fernando Machado Machado,Ivana Zanella +7 more
TL;DR: The graphene-family are promising materials for extracting s-DCF from wastewater effluents and the general-order kinetic model shows the best fit to the experimental data compared with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic adsorption models.
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Adsorption Properties of Tetracycline onto Graphene Oxide: Equilibrium, Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies
Ehsan Ezzatpour Ghadim,Firouzeh Manouchehri,Gholamreza Soleimani,Hadi Hosseini,Salimeh Kimiagar,Shohreh Nafisi +5 more
TL;DR: Investigation of TC adsorption kinetics showed that the equilibrium was reached within 15 min following the pseudo-second-order model with observed rate constants of k2 = 0.2742–0.5362 g/mg min (at different temperatures).
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Effective adsorption of non-biodegradable pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater with different carbon materials
Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas,Silvia Álvarez-Torrellas,José A. Peres,V. Gil-Álvarez,Gabriel Ovejero,Juan García +5 more
TL;DR: Adsorption on carbon materials has been shown to be an effective treatment for the removal of two representative pharmaceutical compounds (carbamazepine, CBZ, and ciprofloxacin, CPX) in ultrapure water, as isolated compounds and as a mixture of both of them as discussed by the authors.
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Adsorption of ofloxacin and norfloxacin on carbon nanotubes: hydrophobicity- and structure-controlled process.
TL;DR: OFL and NOR adsorption was controlled by their both structural- and hydrophobic- properties, indicating that hydrophobicity was not the only factor controlling the difference between OFL and Norfloxacin on CNTs.
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Comparison of a homemade cocoa shell activated carbon with commercial activated carbon for the removal of reactive violet 5 dye from aqueous solutions
Marielen C. Ribas,Matthew A. Adebayo,Matthew A. Adebayo,Liziê D. T. Prola,Eder C. Lima,Renato Cataluña,Liliana Amaral Féris,M.J. Puchana-Rosero,Fernando Machado Machado,Flávio A. Pavan,Tatiana Calvete,Tatiana Calvete +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a homemade furnace setup for preparation of chemically activated carbon was proposed in a quest for industrial wastewater treatment, and three carbon adsorbents with inorganic: organic ratio of 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 were prepared.