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Exploring the Effects of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen on Biomass and Lipid Synthesis in Brackish Water Cyanobacteria: A Study on Sustainable Biofuel Production

by Jambulingam Ranjitha Sivaraman Chandhinipriya

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

This work is mainly focused on the enhancement of biomass and lipid productivity of the cyanobacterial strains isolated from seawater to produce biodiesel. Initially, Seawater was collected, cultured, and analyzed to isolate cyanobacterial strains. The isolated cyanobacterial species were analyzed...

Saline water carbon +4 more

Screening, Identification, and Optimization of Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria from Post-coal Mining Ponds of Different Ages in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Eko Kusumawati et al. View all

Issue 3

Air pollution and health

This research was conducted to isolation, screening, identification, and culture conditions optimization (pH, temperature, thiosulfate concentration, and incubation period) of potential sulfur-oxidizing bacterial (SOB) to reduce sulfur concentrations in post-coal mining ponds water of various ages...

bioremediation coal mining +2 more

Formaldehyde degradation using Biofilter loaded with Compost, Vermiculite and Activated Carbon: Performance and Optimization

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Dr.J.Jeyanthi et al. View all

Issue 3

Air pollution and health

Formaldehyde is one of the typical indoor pollutants causing theprevalence of acute health issues among those residing in indoor environments. Biofiltrationis a commonly adopted technique to treat indoor air pollutants. In this investigation, a biofilter was fabricated and compactly filled with...

biofilter EBRT +4 more

Conversion of the styrofoam waste into a high-capacity and recoverable adsorbent in the removing the toxic Pb(II) from water media

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Wahyuni et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The sequential nitration and magnetization of waste styrofoam to form a novel adsorbent has been investigated. The novelty of this study assigned approach lies in the introduction of an anionic surface on the styrofoam, enabling it to adsorb cationic Pb2+ ion, combined with its magnetic property...

Styrofoam magnetic +5 more

Transport of alumina nanoparticles in natural waters and water saturated porous media- an analysis of the effect of various environmental parameters

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Mrudula Pulimi et al. View all

Issue 1

Air pollution and health

To control the use and disposal of products containing nanoparticles and lessen the risks they pose to soil and aquatic ecosystems, it is essential to understand the fate and transport of Al2O3 NPs. The stability, settling, retention, and transport of Al2O3 NPs in aqueous environments and saturated...

Aluminium oxide nanoparticle transport +2 more

Rural Tourism Image Optimization by Big Data Technology in Green Environment

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Lanlan Li et al. View all

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

In recent years, the need for the rapid development of rural tourism in China has resulted in a large consumption of ecological resources, which has seriously damaged the ecological balance of travel destinations. Rural tourism in many parts of China is increasingly lacking distinctive local...

ecological resources green evaluation +3 more

Mass-flux Reduction and Mass Removal Relationships (MFR-MR) of Pool-dominated Multicomponent DNAPLs in Heterogeneous Geological System

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Nihat Hakan Akyol et al. View all

Issue 4

Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation

Contamination of groundwater by chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethylene (TCE, tetrachloroethylene (PCE), and 1,1-dichloroethylene (1,1DCE) is a widespread problem that can seriously threaten human health and the environment. These compounds are often present as dense nonaqueous phase liquid...

DNAPL dichloroethylene +4 more

Remediation of Pool Dominated Trichloroethene Source Zones in Heterogeneous Porous Media by Cosmetic Surfactant Flooding

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Gokce Akyol et al. View all

Issue 3

Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation

A series of flow-cell experiments were performed to investigate the performance of cosmetic rhamnolipid surfactant flooding on the relationship between source zone mass removal and mass flux reduction for pool-dominated DNAPL TCE source zones in heterogeneous porous media. The results were also...

Cosmetic surfactant Dissolution +4 more

Implementation a combination of bio-desulfusization and trickling filtration technologies with a variety of coconut shell charcoal filter media in reducing the content of H2S and TSS in the leather-based clothing industry

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Elanda Fikri et al. View all

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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Waste generated as a result of the leather processing industry can be in the form of solid, liquid and gas waste. Waste generated from the textile industry made from clothing H2S and TSS which if not treated properly, will be very dangerous for health and the environment. One of the efforts to...

Bio-Desulfurization Trickling Filter +2 more

Waste Treatment of Milk Using Aerobic And Anaerobic Honeycomb Waste Processing System To Reduce COD, Bod, NH3N,TSS, Oil, Fat And pH

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Elanda Fikri et al. View all

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Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The dairy industry is one of the industries that continues to grow in Indonesia in line with the large demand for dairy foods. Liquid waste originating from the dairy industry has a special character, namely susceptibility to bacteria. This waste is very easy to decompose and if it is not...

Milk Liquid Waste Bamboo Honeycomb Biofilter +2 more

Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions with hybrid bioprocess: biosorption on modified cork powder and soluble turnip peroxidase

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Azizi Ahmed et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Methylene blue (MB) removal from aqueous media using hybrid bioprocess: biosorption on modified cork powder (SDS-cork) and soluble turnip peroxidase (STP) was investigated. Cork powder was modified with sodium lauryl sulphate (SDS). Chemical composition of the biosorbent were characterized by...

cationic methylene blue dye wastewater treatment +3 more

Detoxification of As(III) in Aqueous Media by Using Photo-Fenton Method

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Endang Tri Wahyuni et al. View all

Issue 4

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

In this paper, photo-Fenton method has been systematically examined to oxidize the toxic and mobile As(III) in the solution by •OH radicals resulted from the reactions between Fe2+ and H2O2 under UV light, to form the less toxic and insoluble As(V). The effects of various experimental parameters...

Photo-oxidation Photo-Fenton +4 more

ECO-FRIENDLY DYEING OF COTTON FABRIC WITH WASTE TEA LEAVES BASED TANNIN NATURAL DYE

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Dr. Muhammad Naveed Anjum et al. View all

Issue 3

General

Natural products have always been appreciated due to the awareness about environmental standards for global health by using green technologies in their isolation and extraction. Thereupon natural dyes have been used in all fields due to having ecofriendly, therapeutic and aesthetic nature. For the...

Cotton Microwave radiation +3 more

Efficient anionic surfactant treatment of cork for cationic dye removal from aqueous media

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Dr.Fouad KRIKA et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Sodium dodecyl sulfate sulfate modified Algerian cork powder (SDS-ACP) with interesting biosorption capacity was prepared for dye removal from aqueous media. The decolorization performance of SDS-ACP was studied using methylene blue (MB) as a model dye. Experiments were conducted in batch sysytem...

Eco-friendly isolation of tannin based natural colorant from coconut coir (Cocos nucifera) for dyeing of bio-mordanted wool fabric

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shumaila kiran et al. View all

Issue 1

General

Due to hazardous effluent load of synthetic dyes, the global community is now seeking inclusion of natural products particularly green dyes and pigment in various fields. Current study has been concerned with utilization of eco-friendly tools for isolation of colorants from plant wastes such as...

Coconut coir microwave treatment and wool dyeing +3 more

Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) using industrial by-product: Sorption behavior of steel slag for metal-rich mine water

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Faradiella Mohd Kusin et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

This study highlights the potential of steel slag, which is an industrial by-product of steel making industry as treatment media for metal-rich acid mine drainage (AMD). A series of batch adsorption studies has been done to demonstrate the effects of contact time, solution pH, initial concentration...

Adsorption Acid Mine Drainage +4 more

Inexpensive and universal growth media for biomass production of microalgae

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Magdalena Zabochnicka-Świątek mzabochnicka@is.pcz.pl et al. View all

Issue 1

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development

New challenges for industrial microbiology and biotechnology of algae are to increase the efficiency of microalgae growth rates and decrease the cultivation costs. Algae could be cultivated in fresh water as well as in salty sea water or wastewater. Microalgae biomass can be used as a sorbent to...

Isolation of Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria from Polluted Water and Screening for Their Efficiency of Sulfide Oxidase Production

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Yousef, N. et al. View all

Issue 3

Multidisciplinary research in environmental science

Presence of sulfide in the environment represents huge concerns to biological life. The high costs and low safety of chemical and physical removal strategies lead to finding alternative strategies. Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) are consider a promising alternative strategy, where they play a...

sulfur-oxidizing bacteria polluted water +3 more

Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions Using Luffa Adsorbent Modified with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Anionic Surfactant

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Hamed Abbasi et al. View all

Issue 3

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Methylene blue is one of the most widely used dyes in various industries such as textiles and dyeing which, due to toxicity, causes several environmental problems as well as difficulties in wastewater treatment process. Therefore, many studies have been carried out on the removal of the dye from...

Anionic surfactant Luffa L20 +3 more

Assessment of the biodegradation capacity of Azolla on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in crude oil

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Taylan Kösesakal et al. View all

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Environmental Sciences

In this study, the potential use of Azolla filiculoides Lam. for the bioremediative solution to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution due to crude oil spills in freshwater was investigated. The plants were grown in nitrogen-free Hoagland nutrient solution media containing 0.05%, 0.1%, 0.2%...

Relative growth rate crude oil +3 more

Nano Zero-Valent Iron Supported on Activated Carbon: Effect of AC/nZVI Ratio on Removal of Nickel Ion from Water

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ULUCAN-ALTUNTAS Kubra et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The present study investigated the possible effect of contact time, initial nickel concentration, and adsorbent concentration on removing Ni (II) ion, which is toxic to living organisms, from the aqueous media using nano zero valent iron (nZVI) and nano zero valent iron coated powdered activated...

Nano Zero Valent Iron Activated carbon +3 more

Role of Microorganisms in Permeable Reactive Bio-Barriers (PRBBs) for Environmental Clean-Up: A Review

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Alok Sinha et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

It is an indisputable fact that any environmental clean-up technology generating certain kind of effective result would be easily supported. One of them includes Permeable reactive bio-barrier which is an innovative technology started from 90’s to treat a variety of contaminants along the natural...

Permeable reactive barriers Bio-barriers +2 more

Color Removal from Wastewater by Using Two-Step (Biological and Chemical) Aerobic Filter Reactors

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Yağmur Uysal et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental Sciences

The discharge of colored textile wastewaters containing dyes with different chemical characteristics into the receiving streams is a problem for toxicological, ecological and also esthetical reasons. Most of dyes are stable, and not easily degradable by the conventional treatment methods, so removal...

Aerobic color +4 more

Adsorption of UV254 in Kerian River water onto ZeliacTM: Analysis using linear and non-linear forms of isotherm models

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Hamidi Abdul Aziz et al. View all

Issue 1

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

The composite media, Zeliac TM was developed with the initial aim to provide low cost adsorbent with promising adsorption capacity. This study was conducted to investigate the removal of UV absorbance at 254 nm (UV 254) in Kerian river water using Zeliac TM as the media. Batch experiments study was...

Aromatic compounds Natural organic matter +3 more

The Potential of Wastewater Reuse for Agricultural Irrigation in Libya: Tobruk as a case study

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Abdelkader Abdulla et al. View all

Issue 2

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

The aim of this paper is to highlight the way towards the exploitation of treated wastewater for food crops production in order to cope with the acute water scarcity and its hazardous consequences. Reclaimed water reuse has not been practiced in Tobruk, and hence, lack of relevant data and...

wastewater reuse Water scarcity +4 more