A Moroccan bentonite was activated by sodium carbonate (Na–Be), and a combined chemical thermal activation (Na–Be450). The materials characterization performed XRD, EDS, FTIR, SEM porosity measurements. efficiency of Na–Be Na–Be450 as low-cost adsorbents to remove nickel silver from aqueous solution checked. Langmuir, Freundlich Langmuir-Freundlich models were used for the analysis equilibrium ...

Presents the findings of a study conducted to examine the efficiency of the combined anaerobic-aerobic reactors for the treatment of three different tannery industrial wastewaters, focusing on the fate of chromium and other associated metals. Examines elimination rates of such metals with respect to each successive treatment process. Discusses the correlation between the chemical characteristic...

Nickel-resistant bacteria have been isolated so far only in contaminated soils and wastewaters polluted with different industrial sources. The aim of our study was to determine if nickel-resistant bacteria could also be isolated from human samples. In this brief communication, we describe how we were able to isolate human bacterial strains that grew without oxygen and in the presence of high co...

Many impurities in waters and wastewaters are present as colloidal dispersions, i.e. they occur in particulate form within the approximate size range 1 to 10 -3 μm (refer Fig 1.3). Examples of this type of suspension include clays, substances of biological origin such as natural colour, proteins, carbohydrates and their natural or industrial derivatives. Invariably suspensions of this type poss...

The present investigation has been carried out to assess a chromium, cobalt, and cadmium from wastewaters by natural and modified zeolites were examined by using batch type method. A clinoptilolite type synthetic / natural zeolite were pretreated with HCl and HNO3 to improve the adsorption capacity for heavy metals. The removal efficiencies and kinetics of heavy metals such as chromium, cobalt ...

Present methods for the determination of sulfide in wastewater are hindered by poor detection limits and extensive sample pretreatment. A less problematic method has been developed with a method detection limit of 2.5 μg L-1. With this technique, sparged hydrogen sulfide is precipitated in an acetate-supporting electrolyte by electrogenerated silver ions. Analysis of basepreserved samples was p...

BACKGROUND Microalgae have shown clear advantages for the production of biofuels compared with energy crops. Apart from their high growth rates and substantial lipid/triacylglycerol yields, microalgae can grow in wastewaters (animal, municipal and mining wastewaters) efficiently removing their primary nutrients (C, N, and P), heavy metals and micropollutants, and they do not compete with crops ...

A bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae CBL-1, was isolated from heavy metal laden industrial wastewater and could tolerate Cd (1500μg/mL), Cr (800μg/mL), Cu (600μg/mL), Pb (700μg/mL), Zn (800μg/mL) and Ni (1000μg/mL). K. pneumoniae showed optimum growth at 30oC and pH at 7. K. pneumoniae could decrease 46%, 68%, 83% and 93% of cadmium (100μg/mL) from the medium after 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours, respec...

Anaerobic digestion is an engineered methanogenic decomposition of organic matter under oxygen-free conditions and involves a mixed consortium of different species of anaerobic microoganisms that transform organic matter into biogas. The process is successfully used for the treatment of municipal sludge, animal manure, industrial sludge, and industrial and municipal wastewaters. Applications of...