scholarly journals Treatment of Wastewater by Nanofiltration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Amine Didi
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Separation And Purification ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
Nickel Iron ◽  
Aqueous Effluents ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Cadmium Lead ◽  
Living Organisms

In recent years, some countries have implemented regulations governing aqueous discharges. With a view to sustainable development, manufacturers are looking for wastewater treatment technologies to control their discharges. Nanofiltration seems particularly suitable for the separation characteristics that it allows with regard to the size of the target molecules. Pollution by rare earths and heavy metals affects groundwater and surface water. This changed the quality of the water and made it unsafe to use. Water pollution is a big problem, given the diversity of sources and characteristics of polluting species, the main ones being industrial, urban and agricultural discharges, generated by human activity. The great difficulty being that heavy metals are not biodegradable and tend to accumulate in living organisms (fish, mollusks, vegetables, etc.) consumed by humans. For these concerns, environmental laws have become more severe. For this, the treatment of aqueous effluents has become important. It can be concluded that separation and purification chemistry is an area of topical research. The discharges coming from the industry contain heavy metals (chromium, copper, zinc, nickel, iron, cobalt, cadmium, lead, …) which are harmful for the human health, the fauna and flora. It is necessary to be well controlled. This chapter presents a study of nanofiltration for industrial wastewater treatment.

scholarly journals Advances in Synthesis and Applications of Microalgal Nanoparticles for Wastewater Treatment

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Agarwal ◽  
Ritika Gupta ◽  
Neeraj Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Algae Biomass ◽  
Synthesis Of Nanoparticles ◽  
Microalgae Culture ◽  
Treatment Processes ◽  
Inorganic Substances ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Rapid Industrialization

Rapid industrialization, economic development, and population overgrowth are the major reasons responsible for the release of organic and inorganic substances into the environment, further leading to environmental pollution and contamination of water. Nowadays, it is truism that wastewater treatment has raised concern worldwide and is the need of the hour. Therefore, it is necessary to conserve sustainable energy and adopt advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Microalgae culture is gaining tremendous attention as it provides a combined benefit of treating wastewater as a growth medium and algae biomass production which can be used for several livestock purposes. Microalgae are ubiquitous and extremely diverse microorganisms which can accumulate toxic contaminants and heavy metals from wastewater, making them superior contender to become a powerful nanofactory. Furthermore, they are versatile, relatively convenient, and easy to handle, along with various other advantages such as synthesis can be performed at low temperature with greater energy efficiency, less toxicity, and low risk to the environment. Comparing with other organisms such as fungi, yeast, and bacteria, microalgae are equally important organisms in the synthesis of nanoparticles; therefore, the study of algae-mediated biosynthesis of nanometals can be taken towards a newer branch and it has been termed as phytonanotechnology. Here, an overview of recent advances in wastewater treatment processes through an amalgamation of nanoparticles and microalgae is provided.

Wastewater Treatment in Removal of Heavy Metals

2019 ◽  
pp. 220-240
Author(s):  
Tehseen Yaseen ◽  
Anum Yaseen
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Metal Removal ◽  
Heavy Metal Removal ◽  
New Process ◽  
Removal Of Heavy Metals ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
Nano Science

Nanotechnology is the area of nano science that shows great potential to establish a new process for wastewater treatment. It has been applied on a nanometer scale level. Currently, limited water resources and real treatment of wastewater is a chief requirement for the growing economy. It is in great demand to introduce the progressive wastewater treatment technologies. Therefore, the modern innovative processes in nanomaterial sciences have been appealing the target of scientists. The chapter addresses the developments in nanotechnology with respect to wastewater treatment, especially the removal of heavy metals and to the environmental applications. It will discuss the application of different classes of nanomaterials for wastewater treatment in removal of heavy metals and its possible effects to the environment. Therefore, the scope is to offer an overview of how nanomaterials are causing concerns related to heavy metal removal for water and in the surrounding environment.

scholarly journals Treatment of Wastewater Using Seaweed: A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nithiya Arumugam ◽  
Shreeshivadasan Chelliapan ◽  
Hesam Kamyab ◽  
Sathiabama Thirugnana ◽  
Norazli Othman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Printing Industry ◽  
Adsorption Method ◽  
Untreated Wastewater ◽  
Treatment Technologies ◽  
Simulated Wastewater ◽  
Real Wastewater

Inadequately treated or untreated wastewater greatly contribute to the release of unwanted toxic contaminants into water bodies. Some of these contaminants are persistent and bioaccumulative, becoming a great concern as they are released into the environment. Despite the abundance of wastewater treatment technologies, the adsorption method overall has proven to be an excellent way to treat wastewater from multiple industry sources. Because of its significant benefits, i.e., easy availability, handling, and higher efficiency with a low cost relative to other treatments, adsorption is opted as the best method to be used. However, biosorption using naturally found seaweeds has been proven to have promising results in removing pollutants, such as dyes from textile, paper, and the printing industry, nitrogen, and phosphorous and phenolic compounds, as well as heavy metals from various sources. Due to its ecofriendly nature together with the availability and inexpensiveness of raw materials, biosorption via seaweed has become an alternative to the existing technologies in removing these pollutants from wastewater effectively. In this article, the use of low-cost adsorbent (seaweed) for the removal of pollutants from wastewater has been reviewed. An extensive table summarises the applicability of seaweed in treating wastewater. Literature reported that the majority of research used simulated wastewater and minor attention has been given to biosorption using seaweed in the treatment of real wastewater.

Bioaccumulation of Chromium(III) from Aqueous Solutions of a Leather Wastewater Treatment Plant by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yeast

2020 ◽  
Vol 115 (11) ◽  
pp. 413-417
Author(s):  
Patrizia Janković ◽  
Renos Spinosi ◽  
Anna Bacardit
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Exposure Period ◽  
Residual Water ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Removal Of Heavy Metals ◽  
Living Organisms

With many industries discharging heavy metals into natural water resources, heavy metals have been found to accumulate in various living organisms which can ultimately threaten human life and pose a big threat to the environment. Thus, in the pursuit of a solution to the above mentioned problem, bioaccumulation has emerged as an interesting option for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater. In this paper, the effectiveness of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the bioaccumulation of Cr3+ has been tested. Also, different factors influencing Cr3+ uptake have been discussed.  This work has demonstrated that Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an effective Cr3+ biosorbent for tannery wastewater. The conditions of use of this yeast to achieve optimal chromium (III) absorption are: i) when a growth of the biosorbent equivalent to a similar concentration of Cr3+ is obtained, which contains the residual water that needs to be treated; ii) the smaller the biosorbent is the better the biosorption; iii) the uptake of Cr3+ is more efficient when no extra growth medium is added to the wastewater; iv) the longer the exposure period of the yeast to Cr3+ , the bigger the Cr3+ reduction. Since Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an inexpensive, readily available source of biomass, this discovery could be of great use for a low-budget and efficient wastewater treatment system

Sustainability assessment of advanced wastewater treatment technologies

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Høibye ◽  
J. Clauson-Kaas ◽  
H. Wenzel ◽  
H. F. Larsen ◽  
B. N. Jacobsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Ozone Treatment ◽  
Advanced Treatment ◽  
Pathogenic Microorganisms ◽  
Sand Filtration ◽  
Treatment Methods ◽  
Treatment Technologies

As a consequence of the EU Water Framework Directive more focus is now on discharges of hazardous substances from wastewater treatment plants and sewers. Thus, many municipalities in Denmark may have to adopt to future advanced treatment technologies. This paper describes a holistic assessment, which includes technical, economical and environmental aspects. The technical and economical assessment is performed on 5 advanced treatment technologies: sand filtration, ozone treatment, UV exclusively for disinfection of pathogenic microorganisms, membrane bioreactor (MBR) and UV in combination with advanced oxidation. The technical assessment is based on 12 hazardous substances comprising heavy metals, organic pollutants, endocrine disruptors as well as pathogenic microorganisms. The environmental assessment is performed by life cycle assessment (LCA) comprising 9 of the specific hazardous substances and three advanced treatment methods; sand filtration, ozone treatment and MBR. The technical and economic assessment showed that UV solely for disinfection purposes or ozone treatment is the most advantageous advanced treatment methods if the demands are restricted to pathogenic microorganisms. In terms of sustainability, sand filtration is the most advantageous method based on the technical and environmental assessment due to the low energy consumption and high efficiency with regards to removal of heavy metals.

INFLUENCE OF THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF THE SEREPOK RIVER (VIETNAM) ON ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN ORGANS OF FISH

2017 ◽  
pp. 98-105
Author(s):  
Ngo The Cuong ◽  
Tran Hoan Quoc ◽  
Svetlana Vasilievna Zolotokopova
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
River Water ◽  
Bottom Sediments ◽  
Heavy Metal Concentration ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
Industrial Regions ◽  
Cadmium Lead ◽  
Sarotherodon Galilaeus ◽  
Water Bottom

The article focuses on the study of change of containing heavy metals (zinc, copper, iron, cadmium, lead, arsenic) in the abiotic and biotic components of the Serepok river (Vietman) influenced by wastewater discharge from industrial areas. Heavy metal content was determined in the river water and bottom sediments in the four zones: above and within the boundaries of industrial regions Xoa Phu and Tam Thang and in two water reservoirs situated below the boundaries of those industrial areas. Tilapia Galilean ( Sarotherodon galilaeus ), Hemibagrus ( Hemibagrus ), and sazan ( Cyprinus carpio ) caught in these areas were the hydrobionts under study in which liver, gills, skeleton and muscles accumulation of heavy metals was detected. In the organs of fish caught in the river within industrial region, heavy metals concentration was 3-7 times higher. The greatest concentration of heavy metals was found in the liver and gills of fish caught in the boundaries of industrial regions, the least concentration was in the muscles. In most cases, significant correlation between heavy metal concentration in organs of fishes and in river water, bottom sediments has been revealed.

Review of Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Application in Communities in the Amazonian Varzea

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Paulo Borges Pedro ◽  
Maria Cecília Rosinski Lima Gomes ◽  
Ana Claudeíse Silva do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Treatment Technologies

Heavy Metals Uptake from Aqueous Effluents by Novel Adsorbent derived from Tannin Extracts Role of Tannin Source

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Sánchez-Martín ◽  
Víctor Encinas-Sánchez ◽  
Jesús Beltrán-Heredia
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Aqueous Effluents ◽  
Heavy Metals Uptake

Use of chemical upgrading (CU) in Hungary and Slovakia

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Murcott ◽  
Donald R. F. Harleman
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Biological Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Domestic Sewage ◽  
Metal Salts ◽  
Plant Performance ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Low Doses ◽  
The Past ◽  
Treatment Technologies

In the past decade, the development of polymers and new chemical technologies has opened the way to using low doses of chemicals in wastewater treatment. “Chemical upgrading” (CU) is defined in this paper as an application of these chemical technologies to upgrade overloaded treatment systems (typically consisting of conventional primary plus biological treatment) in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Although some of the chemical treatment technologies are proven ones in North America, Scandinavia, and Germany, a host of factors, for example, the variations in composition and degree of pollution, the type of technologies in use, the type and mix of industrial and domestic sewage, and the amount of surface water, had meant that the viability of using CU in CEE countries was unknown. This report describes the first jar tests of CU conducted during the summer of 1993. The experiments show CU's ability to improve wastewater treatment plant performance and to potentially assist in the significant problem of overloaded treatment plants. Increased removal of BOD, TSS, and P in the primary stage of treatment is obtained at overflow rates above 1.5 m/h, using reasonably priced, local sources of metal salts in concentrations of 25 to 50 mg/l without polymers.

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