Biochar for remediation of agrochemicals and synthetic organic dyes from environmental samples: A review

RK Gautam, M Goswami, RK Mishra, P Chaturvedi… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of agrochemicals in farming sector to control insects and pests; and use of
synthetic organic dyes to color the products are increasing continuously due to the rapid …

Biofiltration of hydrogen sulfide: Trends and challenges

K Vikrant, SK Kailasa, DCW Tsang, SS Lee… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Expansion of modern industry coupled with a lack of effective treatment systems has
resulted in excessive release of toxic and odorous pollutants such as hydrogen sulfide (H 2 …

Treatment of malodorous air in biotrickling filters: A review

P Rybarczyk, B Szulczyński, J Gębicki… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Odour nuisance, resulting mainly from the presence of the compounds containing
osmophore group and characterized by low olfactory threshold, is associated with danger …

The phytoremediation of indoor air pollution: a review on the technology development from the potted plant through to functional green wall biofilters

PJ Irga, TJ Pettit, FR Torpy - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2018 - Springer
Poor indoor air quality is a health problem of escalating magnitude, as communities become
increasingly urbanised and people's behaviours change, lending to lives spent almost …

Adsorption of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution by activated carbon prepared from almond shell: kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics study

MK Rai, BS Giri, Y Nath, H Bajaj, S Soni… - Journal of Water …, 2018 - iwaponline.com
Microporous activated carbon was prepared from almond shell powder and activated with
H3PO4 and was used for the removal of Cr (VI). The characterization of activated carbon …

Biodegradation and kinetic study of benzene in bioreactor packed with PUF and alginate beads and immobilized with Bacillus sp. M3

MK Kureel, SR Geed, BS Giri, BN Rai, RS Singh - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Benzene removal in free and immobilized cells on polyurethane foam (PUF) and polyvinyl
alcohol (PVA)-alginate beads was studied using an indigenous soil bacterium Bacillus sp …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in bioremediation of pesticide residues in the environment

BS Giri, S Geed, K Vikrant, SS Lee, KH Kim… - Environmental …, 2021 - eeer.org
The increasing use of various pesticides (eg, organophosphate, organochlorine,
carbamates, and pyrethroid) has helped to improve agricultural productivity by minimizing …

Performance of a biofilter with compost and activated carbon based packing material for gas-phase toluene removal under extremely high loading rates

M Kumar, BS Giri, KH Kim, RP Singh, ER Rene… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of a biofilter packed with a
mixture of compost and activated carbon, for gas-phase toluene removal under very high …

Effects of concentration and gas flow rate on the removal of gas-phase toluene and xylene mixture in a compost biofilter

ER Rene, N Sergienko, T Goswami, ME López… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the performance of a compost/ceramic bead biofilter (6: 4
v/v) for the removal of gas-phase toluene and xylene at different inlet loading rates (ILR) …

Air biofilters for a mixture of organic gaseous pollutants: an approach for industrial applications

M Ferdowsi, B Khabiri, G Buelna… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Hazardous airborne pollutants are frequently emitted to the atmosphere in the form of a
gaseous mixture. Air biofilters as the primary biotechnological choice for waste gas …