An update on sustainabilities and challenges on the removal of ammonia from aqueous solutions: A state-of-the-art review

ME Mugwili, FB Waanders, V Masindi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An insightful attempt has been made in this review and the primary objective was to
meticulously provide an update on the sustainabilities, advances and challenges pertaining …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of geological originated materials as a trend for adsorption in wastewater treatment

Y Vieira, MS Netto, ÉC Lima, I Anastopoulos… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorption is a unit operation widely used for the tertiary treatment of the most diverse
effluents, whose mechanism is based on removing recalcitrant compounds from the organic …

Emerging remediation potentiality of struvite developed from municipal wastewater for the treatment of acid mine drainage

V Masindi, E Fosso-Kankeu, E Mamakoa… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The valorisation of wastewaters for minerals recovery and their potential beneficiation has
gained enormous attention recently. In this study the removal of phosphate and ammonia …

Environmental sustainability of municipal wastewater treatment through struvite precipitation: Influence of operational parameters

A Mavhungu, S Foteinis, R Mbaya, V Masindi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental sustainability of wastewater treatment through phosphate (P) and
ammonia (N) chemical precipitation (struvite) was examined using the life cycle assessment …

Phosphorus removal enhancement of magnesium modified constructed wetland microcosm and its mechanism study

W Lan, J Zhang, Z Hu, M Ji, X Zhang, J Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, low phosphorus removal efficiency hampered the further
application of constructed wetlands (CWs). In this study, magnesium (Mg)-containing …

A novel technology for neutralizing acidity and attenuating toxic chemical species from acid mine drainage using cryptocrystalline magnesite tailings

V Masindi - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study was developed with the aim of beneficiating two waste materials by
converting them into a resource. Magnesite tailings, which is the byproduct of magnesite …

Synthesis of cryptocrystalline magnesite–bentonite clay composite and its application for neutralization and attenuation of inorganic contaminants in acidic and …

V Masindi, MW Gitari, H Tutu, M DeBeer - Journal of water process …, 2017 - Elsevier
The primary aim of this study was to synthesize cryptocrystalline magnesite–bentonite clay
composite by mechanochemical activation and evaluate its usability as low cost adsorbent …

Sources of heavy metals pollution

V Masindi, P Mkhonza, M Tekere - Remediation of Heavy Metals, 2021 - Springer
Heavy metals emanate from geogenic (natural) and anthropogenic (man-made) sources.
These chemical species can poses severe ecological pollution and environmental …

Synthesis and characterization of a magnetic nanosorbent modified with Moringa oleifera leaf extracts for removal of nitroaromatic explosive compounds in water …

MM Kgatitsoe, S Ncube, H Tutu, IA Nyambe… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, magnetite nanoparticles functionalized with Moringa oleifera plant leaf extracts
were synthesized and investigated as potential nanosorbents in the extraction of …

Removal of arsenic from wastewaters by cryptocrystalline magnesite: complimenting experimental results with modelling

V Masindi, WM Gitari - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Availability of arsenic in waterbodies has posed devastating impacts to terrestrial and
aquatic organisms. As such, prudent and pragmatic technologies need to be developed to …