Challenges and opportunities of biocoagulant/bioflocculant application for drinking water and wastewater treatment and its potential for sludge recovery

SB Kurniawan, SRS Abdullah, MF Imron… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The utilization of metal-based conventional coagulants/flocculants to remove suspended
solids from drinking water and wastewater is currently leading to new concerns. Alarming …

Revolutionary technique for sustainable plant-based green coagulants in industrial wastewater treatment—A review

AA Owodunni, S Ismail - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemical coagulants have been extensively used in wastewater treatment from industrial
processes due to their removal efficiencies. Notwithstanding, recent studies have reported …

Coagulation treatment of wastewater: kinetics and natural coagulant evaluation

N Precious Sibiya, S Rathilal, E Kweinor Tetteh - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, three coagulants (ferromagnetite (F), alum (A), and eggshells (E)) and their
hybrids (FA, FE, and FEA) were investigated as possible cost-effective coagulants for the …

Exploring the extraction methods for plant-based coagulants and their future approaches

A Ahmad, SB Kurniawan, SRS Abdullah… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of plant-based coagulants in wastewater treatment has increasingly
progressed in the coagulation–flocculation process toward green economy and cleaner …

Plant-based coagulants/flocculants: characteristics, mechanisms, and possible utilization in treating aquaculture effluent and benefiting from the recovered nutrients

MM Alnawajha, SB Kurniawan, MF Imron… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The increasing intensification of the aquaculture industry requires the development of new
strategies to reduce the negative impacts of wastewater on the environment. Plant-based …

Utilization of Alyssum mucilage as a natural coagulant in oily-saline wastewater treatment

MB Fard, D Hamidi, K Yetilmezsoy, J Alavi… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment with natural coagulants is an area that is well-researched and
covered in the literature, but new research in this current and ongoing field is still interesting …

Plant-based versus metal-based coagulants in aquaculture wastewater treatment: Effect of mass ratio and settling time

A Ahmad, SRS Abdullah, HA Hasan… - Journal of water process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Azadirachta indica, or Neem, is a natural plant commonly used in medicine and pesticides
due to the useful compounds it contains. This study aimed to determine the performance of …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and efficacy of cactus-banana peels composite as a natural coagulant for water treatment

HM Kalibbala, PW Olupot, OM Ambani - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Aluminium and ferric salts continue to be used as coagulants in drinking water treatment.
Natural coagulants can be used for the same purpose because they are cheaper, locally …

Insight on extraction and characterisation of biopolymers as the green coagulants for microalgae harvesting

TH Ang, K Kiatkittipong, W Kiatkittipong, SC Chua… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review presents the extractions, characterisations, applications and economic analyses
of natural coagulant in separating pollutants and microalgae from water medium, known as …

Potential of local plant leaves as natural coagulant for turbidity removal

A Ahmad, SRS Abdullah, HA Hasan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The performance of local plants was tested using synthetic turbid water resembling real
wastewater by measuring their ability to remove turbidity. The selected plants were A. indica …