Selective electrochemical synthesis of urea from nitrate and CO2 via relay catalysis on hybrid catalysts

Y Luo, K Xie, P Ou, C Lavallais, T Peng, Z Chen… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The nitrogen cycle needed for scaled agriculture relies on energy-and carbon-intensive
processes and generates nitrate-containing wastewater. Here we focus on an alternative …

Towards carbon-neutral biotechnologies for rural wastewater: A review of current treatment processes and future perspectives

X Zhang, G Ma, T Chen, C Yan, Y Chen, Q Wang… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the growing awareness of carbon neutrality worldwide, the development of advanced
sustainable biotechnologies for rural wastewater treatment is currently receiving extensive …

Assessing sustainability of microalgae-based wastewater treatment: Environmental considerations and impacts on human health

A Bhatt, N Sahu, AC Dada, SK Prajapati… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
An integrated life cycle assessment (LCA) and quantitative microbial risk assessment
(QMRA) were conducted to assess microalgae-mediated wastewater disinfection (M-WWD) …

Life cycle assessment of nutrient recovery strategies from domestic wastewaters to quantify environmental performance and identification of trade-offs

CM Pausta, P Kalbar, D Saroj - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Increase in anthropogenic activities proliferated the consumption of resources such as
phosphorus; and increase the adverse environmental impacts especially eutrophication on …

Immobilized microalgae: principles, processes and its applications in wastewater treatment

Y Li, X Wu, Y Liu, B Taidi - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
Microalgae have emerged as potential candidates for biomass production and pollutant
removal. However, expensive biomass harvesting, insufficient biomass productivity, and low …

Spatial and Temporal Modeling on Energy Consumption of Wastewater Treatment Based on Machine Learning Algorithms

R Huang, C Yu, H Wang, S Zhang, L Wang, H Li… - ACS ES&T …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To explore the water-energy-carbon nexus of wastewater treatment (WWT), advanced tools
such as machine learning play a crucial role. Current research has primarily constructed …

Microalgae as a single-pot system for nutrient removal and wastewater treatment: comparison of effluents and species performance

SC Gowd, K Mehta, P Ganeshan, J Murugaiyan… - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
Microalgae paves the way towards a negative emission technology; however, single-pot
systems combining nutrient removal and wastewater treatment are scarce in the literature. In …

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES: VOLCANIC ROCK POTENTIAL FOR SOIL REMINERALIZATION

E Cardozo, V Pinto, W Nadaleti, P Thue… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Brazil is one of the world's largest importers of agricultural inputs, with 84% of fertilizers used
in the country originating from imports. The widespread use of soluble chemical fertilizers …

Pathways for decarbonizing the sponge iron industries: Effect of energy balance and impact assessment

SC Gowd, K Rajendran - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The major share of energy consumption during steel manufacturing is spent on iron making.
The unavailability of the required quantity of recyclable steel in India has made the …

Water–Energy–Nutrients Nexus of Urban Environments

A Silva-Afonso, C Pimentel-Rodrigues - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The objective of this article is to deepen knowledge about the existing connections, at the
level of urban environments, between energy, water, and nutrients (or food). Energy and …