Occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources and the potential of biochar for water quality improvement: A review

KN Palansooriya, Y Yang, YF Tsang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, the occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources was described in
relation to their treatment options based on both conventional (eg, coagulation-flocculation …

[HTML][HTML] An insight into bisphenol A, food exposure and its adverse effects on health: A review

MF Manzoor, T Tariq, B Fatima, A Sahar, F Tariq… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic chemical widely employed to synthesize epoxy resins,
polymer materials, and polycarbonate plastics. BPA is abundant in the environment, ie, in …

Comparative study of biofiltration process for treatment of VOCs emission from petroleum refinery wastewater—A review

S Malakar, PD Saha, D Baskaran… - … technology & innovation, 2017 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and many in-organic hazardous air pollutants are
generated from wastewater of petroleum refinery. Due to the regulatory norms and urgency …

Performance of a compost and biochar packed biofilter for gas-phase hydrogen sulfide removal

J Das, ER Rene, C Dupont, A Dufourny, J Blin… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of an aerobic biofilter packed
with compost for the removal of gas-phase hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S). After 52 d of operation …

Performance and neural modeling of a compost-based biofilter treating a gas-phase mixture of benzene and xylene

HM Giang, NTH Nga, ER Rene, HN Ha… - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Biofilter (BF) has been regarded as a versatile gas treatment technology for removing
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from contaminated gas streams. In order for BF to be …

Removal of hydrogen sulfide from biogas using activated carbon synthesized from different locally available biomass wastes-a case study from Palestine

H Sawalha, M Maghalseh, J Qutaina, K Junaidi… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The main aim of this study was to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from biogas by adsorption
using synthesized activated carbon prepared using locally available biomass. The effect of …

Comparison of the gaseous benzene adsorption capacity by activated carbons from Fraxinus excelsior L. as a lignocellulosic residual

K Isinkaralar - Chemical Papers, 2023 - Springer
Benzene vapor is notoriously known to induce adverse human health, which plays a definite
role in the deformation of cells. Various advanced adsorbents from lignocellulosic …

Mathematical modelling of the biofiltration treating mixtures of toluene and N-propanol in the biofilm and gas phase

S Li, SM Chithra, PN Sudha, SN Sankeshwari… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a mathematical model in the biofilm phase and in the gas phase that
has been successfully applied to investigate various aspects of the biofiltration process. The …

Performance and microbial analysis of a biotrickling filter inoculated by a specific bacteria consortium for removal of a simulated mixture of pharmaceutical volatile …

J Hu, L Zhang, J Chen, Y Luo, B Sun, G Chu - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Biotrickling filters (BTFs) could not achieve satisfactory performance for some recalcitrant
volatile organic compounds (VOCs) because of slow microbial adaptation and growth. The …

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 …