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Abioye KJ, Harun NY, Sufian S, Yusuf M, Jagaba AH, Waqas S, Ayodele BV, Kamyab H, Alam M, Gupta M, Gill HS, Rezania S, Chelliapan S, Kang K. Optimization of syngas production from co-gasification of palm oil decanter cake and alum sludge: An RSM approach with char characterization. Environ Res 2024; 246:118027. [PMID: 38159670 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.118027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The study explores co-gasification of palm oil decanter cake and alum sludge, investigating the correlation between input variables and syngas production. Operating variables, including temperature (700-900 °C), air flow rate (10-30 mL/min), and particle size (0.25-2 mm), were optimized to maximize syngas production using air as the gasification agent in a fixed bed horizontal tube furnace reactor. Response Surface Methodology with the Box-Behnken design was used employed for optimization. Fourier Transformed Infra-Red (FTIR) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopic (FESEM) analyses were used to analyze the char residue. The results showed that temperature and particle size have positive effects, while air flow rate has a negative effect on the syngas yield. The optimal CO + H2 composition of 39.48 vol% was achieved at 900 °C, 10 mL/min air flow rate, and 2 mm particle size. FTIR analysis confirmed the absence of C─Cl bonds and the emergence of Si─O bonds in the optimized char residue, distinguishing it from the raw sample. FESEM analysis revealed a rich porous structure in the optimized char residue, with the presence of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and aluminosilicates. These findings provide valuable insights for sustainable energy production from biomass wastes.
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- Kunmi Joshua Abioye
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia; Centre of Urbanization and Resource Sustainability, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia; Centre of Urbanization and Resource Sustainability, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CETRI), Process Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, 3737 Wascana Parkway, S4S 0A2, Canada; Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Membranes and Water Security, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, UTE University, Calle Rumipamba S/N and Bourgeois, Quito, Ecuador; Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600 077, India; Process Systems Engineering Centre, Department of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Research and Development, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
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- University Centre for Research & Development, Mechanical Department, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Engineering Department, Razak Faculty of Technology & Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Biorefinery Research Institute and Department of Chemical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1, Canada
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Mojiri A, Vishkaei MN, Zhou JL, Trzcinski AP, Lou Z, Kasmuri N, Rezania S, Gholami A, Vakili M, Kazeroon RA. Impact of polystyrene microplastics on the growth and photosynthetic efficiency of diatom Chaetoceros neogracile. Mar Environ Res 2024; 194:106343. [PMID: 38215624 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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The increasing prevalence of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments has raised concerns about its impact on marine life. Among the different types of microplastics, polystyrene microplastics (PSMPs) are one of the most commonly detected in aquatic systems. Chaetoceros neogracile (diatom) is an essential part of the marine food web and plays a critical role in nutrient cycling. This study aimed to monitor the ecotoxicological impact of PSMPs on diatoms and observe enzymatic interactions through molecular docking simulations. Results showed that diatom growth decreased with increasing concentrations and exposure time to PSMPs, and the lowest photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm) value was observed after 72 and 96 h of exposure to 200 mg L-1 of PSMPs. High concentrations of PSMPs led to a decrease in chlorophyll a content (up to 64.4%) and protein content (up to 35.5%). Molecular docking simulations revealed potential interactions between PSMPs and the extrinsic protein in photosystem II protein of diatoms, suggesting a strong affinity between the two. These findings indicate a detrimental effect of PSMPs on the growth and photosynthetic efficiency of diatoms and highlight the need for further research on the impact of microplastics on marine microbial processes.
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- Amin Mojiri
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, 40450, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Shahin Shahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahin Shahr, Iran
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- School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, 710055, Shaanxi, China
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Kalami S, Diakina E, Noorbakhsh R, Sheidaei S, Rezania S, Vasseghian Y, Kamyab H, Mohammadi AA. Metformin-modified polyethersulfone magnetic microbeads for effective arsenic removal from apatite soil leachate water. Environ Res 2024; 241:117627. [PMID: 37967700 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Arsenic is the hazardous species and still is the global challenge in water treatment. Apatite soil is highly rich in arsenic species, and its mining presents various environmental issues. In this study, novel magnetic microbeads as adsorbent were developed for the elimination of hazardous arsenic ions from apatite soil's aqueous leachate before discharging into environment. The microbeads were fabricated with metformin polyether sulfone after being doped with zero-valent iron (Met-PES/ZVI). The microbeads were characterized using various techniques, including FTIR, XRD, SEM-EDX, VSM, and zeta potential analysis. The developed adsorbent demonstrated a significant elimination in arsenic in aqueous leachate, achieving 82.39% removal after 30 min of contact time, which further increased to 90% after 180 min of shaking. The kinetic analysis revealed that the pseudo-second-order model best represented the adsorption process. The intra-particle diffusion model indicated that the adsorption occurred in two steps. The Langmuir model (R2 = 0.991), with a maximum adsorption capacity of 188.679 mg g-1, was discovered to be the best fit for the experimental data as compared Freundlich model (R2 = 0.981). According to the thermodynamic outcome (ΔG < -20 kJ/mol), the adsorption process was spontaneous and involved physisorption. These findings demonstrate the potential of magnetic Met-PES/ZVI microbeads as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of arsenic from apatite soil aqueous leachate.
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- Shakila Kalami
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Petroleum, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran, 14335-186, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia; Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Mishref Campus, Kuwait
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), PO Box 31745-139, Karaj, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; University Centre for Research & Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, 140413, India
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- Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, UTE University, Calle Rumipamba S/N and Bourgeois, Quito, Ecuador; Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600 077, India
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, 9318614139, Iran
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Kamyab H, Chelliapan S, Hayder G, Yusuf M, Taheri MM, Rezania S, Hasan M, Yadav KK, Khorami M, Farajnezhad M, Nouri J. Exploring the potential of metal and metal oxide nanomaterials for sustainable water and wastewater treatment: A review of their antimicrobial properties. Chemosphere 2023; 335:139103. [PMID: 37271472 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are of particular interest as antimicrobial agents in water and wastewater treatment due to their broad suppressive range against bacteria, viruses, and fungi commonly found in these environments. This review explores the potential of different types of metallic NPs, including zinc oxide, gold, copper oxide, and titanium oxide, for use as effective antimicrobial agents in water and wastewater treatment. This is due to the fact that metallic NPs possess a broad suppressive range against bacteria, viruses, as well as fungus. In addition to that, NPs are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. Despite the fact that most research has been focused on silver NPs because of the antibacterial qualities that are known to be associated with them, curiosity about other metallic NPs as potential antimicrobial agents has been growing. Zinc oxide, gold, copper oxide, and titanium oxide NPs are included in this category since it has been demonstrated that these elements have antibacterial properties. Inducing oxidative stress, damage to the cellular membranes, and breakdowns throughout the protein and DNA chains are some of the ways that metallic NPs can have an influence on microbial cells. The purpose of this review was to engage in an in-depth conversation about the current state of the art regarding the utilization of the most important categories of metallic NPs that are used as antimicrobial agents. Several approaches for the synthesis of metal-based NPs were reviewed, including physical and chemical methods as well as "green synthesis" approaches, which are synthesis procedures that do not involve the employment of any chemical agents. Moreover, additional pharmacokinetics, physicochemical properties, and the toxicological hazard associated with the application of silver NPs as antimicrobial agents were discussed.
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- Hesam Kamyab
- Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, UTE University, Calle Rumipamba S/N and Bourgeois, Quito, Ecuador; Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Kajang, 43000, Malaysia; Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 600 077, India; Process Systems Engineering Centre (PROSPECT), Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
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- Engineering Department, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jln Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Kajang, 43000, Malaysia; Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Selangor Darul Ehsan, Kajang, 43000, Malaysia
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- Institute of Hydrocarbon Recovery, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, 32610, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biomaterials, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Madhyanchal Professional University, Ratibad, Bhopal, 462044, India; Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences Research Group, Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Thi-Qar, Nasiriyah, 64001, Iraq
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- Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, UTE University, Calle Rumipamba S/N and Bourgeois, Quito, Ecuador; Facultad de Ingeniería en Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil, Ecuado
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- Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Asghari Z, Sereshti H, Soltani S, Taghizadeh M, Karami S, Esmaeili Bidhendi M, Rezania S. An alginate-based eutectogel impregnated with polyvinylpyrrolidone/benzoic acid deep eutectic solvent and magnetic carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes: Evaluated as sorbent in green microextraction of pesticides. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2023; 1229:123865. [PMID: 37690386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2023.123865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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This article presents the synthesis and application of a novel magnetic eutectogel constituting a polymeric deep eutectic solvent (PDES), carboxylated multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT-COOH), and super-dispersible/super-paramagnetic polyvinylpyrrolidone coated-Fe3O4 nanocrystals incorporated in alginate gel. Different methods were used for the characterization of novel polymeric based DES gel including FT-NMR, ATR-FTIR, and SEM were used. The novel DES eutectogel was used for the extraction of pesticides from honey. The modified eutectogel with PDES, MWCNT, and PDES-MWCNT showed 1.8-, 1.4-, and 2.5-fold enhancement in the sorption efficiency under green magnetic micro-solid-phase extraction (MSPE) method before GC-MS analysis. Important factors including the acidity of the samples, adsorption and desorption conditions, and the ionic strength of the preparation solution were investigated. The matrix effect, specificity, the quantification limits (0.023-1.023 μg kg-1), linear dynamic range (0.023-500 µg kg-1 with R2 of 0.9845-0.9986), relative standard deviations (<8.4%), were evaluated. In addition, the method was used to analyze 12 pesticides in four samples of honey. In the spiked concentration range of 0.1 to 10 μg kg-, the obtained recoveries were between 73.2 and 110.8% (RSD% = 8.1%, n = 3).
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- Zeinab Asghari
- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, United States
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- School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417614411, Iran
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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Algethami JS, Yadav KK, Gacem A, Ali IH, Rezania S, Alhar MSO, Mezni A, Jeon BH, Chaiprapat S. Magnetic sporopollenin supported magnesium nanoparticles for removal of tetracycline as an emerging contaminant from water. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023:10.1007/s11356-023-28134-3. [PMID: 37294491 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28134-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Since the release of antibiotics as emerging contaminants into the environmental water can cause severe difficulties for human health, their removal from the water is necessary. In this regard, a novel environmentally friendly adsorbent was developed based on green sporopollenin, which was magnetized and modified with magnesium oxide nanoparticles to produce MSP@MgO nanocomposite. The newly developed adsorbent was applied to remove tetracycline antibiotic (TC) from aqueous media. The surface morphology of the MSP@MgO nanocomposite was characterized using FTIR, XRD, EDX, and SEM techniques. The effective parameters of the removal process were studied, and it was confirmed that the chemical structure of TC was highly affected by changes in pH solution due to different pKa; therefore, the results showed that pH 5 was the optimum. Also, the maximum sorption capacity of MSP@MgO for TC for adsorption was obtained at 109.89 mg.g-1. In addition, the adsorption models were investigated, and the process was fitted with the Langmuir model. Thermodynamic parameters showed that the process was spontaneous (ΔG < 0), endothermic (ΔH > 0) and the adsorption mechanism was following the physisorption mechanism at room temperature.
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- Jari S Algethami
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Najran University, P.O. Box, 1988, Najran, 11001, Saudi Arabia
- Promising Centre for Sensors and Electronic Devices (PCSED), Najran University, Najran, 11001, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Madhyanchal Professional University, Ratibad, Bhopal, 462044, India.
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, PSU Energy Systems Research Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
- Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences Research Group, Scientific Research Center, Al-Ayen University, Thi-Qar, Nasiriyah, 64001, Iraq.
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University 20 Août 1955, 21000, Skikda, Algeria
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Earth Resources & Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222-Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, PSU Energy Systems Research Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
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Mohammadi Nezhad A, Talaiekhozani A, Mojiri A, Sonne C, Cho J, Rezania S, Vasseghian Y. Photocatalytic removal of ceftriaxone from wastewater using TiO 2/MgO under ultraviolet radiation. Environ Res 2023; 229:115915. [PMID: 37076030 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Pharmaceutical compounds are among the environmental contaminants that cause pollution of water resources and thereby threaten ecosystem services and the environmental health of the past decades. Antibiotics are categorized as emerging pollutants due to their persistence in the environment that are difficult to remove by conventional wastewater treatment. Ceftriaxone is one of the multiple antibiotics whose removal from wastewater has not been fully investigated. In this study, TiO2/MgO (5% MgO) the efficiency of photocatalyst nanoparticles in removing ceftriaxone was analyzed by XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis, BET, EDS, and FESEM. The results were compared with UVC, TiO2/UVC, and H2O2/UVC photolysis processes to evaluate the effectiveness of the selected methods. Based on these results, the highest removal efficiency of ceftriaxone from synthetic wastewater was 93.7% at the concentration of 400 mg/L using TiO2/MgO nano photocatalyst with an HRT of 120 min. This study confirmed that TiO2/MgO photocatalyst nanoparticles efficiently removed ceftriaxone from wastewater. Future studies should focus on the optimization of reactor conditions and improvements of the reactor design to obtain higher removal of ceftriaxone from wastewater.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Jami Institute of Technology, Isfahan, Iran; Alavi Educational and Cultural Complex, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Higashihiroshima, 739-8725, Japan
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- Department of Ecoscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark; Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan.
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Sereshti H, Amirafshar A, Kadi A, Rashidi Nodeh H, Rezania S, Hoang HY, Barghi A, Vasseghian Y. Isolation of organophosphate pesticides from water using gold nanoparticles doped magnetic three-dimensional graphene oxide. Chemosphere 2023; 320:138065. [PMID: 36754307 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Pesticides are a large group of pristine organic contaminants, which are widely discharged into environmental water due to agricultural activities. Hence, extraction, determination, and removal of pesticides from water resources are necessary for human health. In this study, novel adsorbent was developed based on three-dimensional magnetic graphene coated with gold nanoparticles (3D-MG@AuNPs) for extraction of chlorpyrifos, dicrotophos, fenitrothion, and piperophos as four specific organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) from wastewater and tap water samples. The proposed nanocomposite was characterized; FTIR and EDX are performed for the expected functional groups and elemental analysis, SEM showed the unique and spherical AuNPs are well dispersed over graphene sheets. In this investigation, the important parameters that have effect on the extraction efficiency, including the desorbing solvent, desorbing solvent volume, vortex time, the extraction time, adsorbent dosage, pH of sample solutions, and salt effect were evaluated. In conclusion, the measured amounts of the chosen OPPs were determined using the gas chromatography microelectron capture (μECD-GC) method. Limits of quantification (S/N ratio of 10) and detection (S/N ratio of 3) were attained at concentrations of 0.26-0.43 μg.L-1 and 0.08-0.14 μg.L-1, respectively. According to the results of the investigations, the synthesized 3D-MG@AuNPs did not require any complicated sample preparation methods; therefore, it is a very good choice for solid magnetic phase extraction studies.
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- Hassan Sereshti
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91779-48944, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Food and Biotechnology, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Center for Advanced Chemistry, Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Viet Nam; Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Viet Nam.
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- Institute of Agricultural Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan, 49315, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; School of Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; Department of Sustainable Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602105, India.
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Nawrot N, Pouch A, Matej-Łukowicz K, Pazdro K, Mohsin M, Rezania S, Wojciechowska E. A multi-criteria approach to investigate spatial distribution, sources, and the potential toxicological effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments of urban retention tanks. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:27895-27911. [PMID: 36396761 PMCID: PMC9995424 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24168-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Bottom sediments deposited in retention tanks (RTs) located on two urban streams (Oliwski and Strzyza) in the central part of Gdansk (Poland) were analysed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons' (PAHs) content. PAHs were extracted from samples with methylene chloride, then the extracts were subjected to clean-up applying the solid phase extraction (SPE) method. Quantitative and qualitative determination of 16 PAHs was performed with the use of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry technique. A multi-dimensional approach was applied to analyse PAHs' spatial distribution, source, and contamination status. Potential sources of PAHs were verified using isomer ratios supported by a statistical approach. The Σ16PAHs (in mg/kg d.w.) ranged from 1.95 ± 0.64 to 20.4 ± 6.8 for RTs located on the Oliwski Stream and from 0.50 ± 0.17 to 8.6 ± 2.9 for RTs located on the Strzyza Stream. PAHs detected in bottom sediments were mainly composed of 4- and 5-ring compounds. PAH isomer ratios such as Phen/Anth, Flth/Pyr, B(a)A/B(a)A + Chry, Inpy/Inpy + B(ghi)P, Flth/Flth + Pyr, Anth/Anth + Phen, and Flth/Flth + Pyr suggested delivery pathways for biomass, coal, and petroleum combustion. Petrogenic PAHs related to fuel leaks from cars were not detected. Statistical analyses confirmed traffic and heating system sources, while factor analysis (FA) pointed out the abrasion of wasting parts of vehicles. Based on threshold levels presented in sediment quality guidelines (SQGs), in most cases, PAHs were at low levels with occasional negative biological effects on organisms. Only sediments deposited in two RTs located on the Oliwski Stream presented harmful features for sediment-dwelling organisms. The risk assessment performed accordingly to the Σ16PAHs presented a moderate and high risk for biota. This study not only reflects the direct threat related to PAH content in bottom sediments, but also highlights the overall pollution of an area, considered to be a recreational part of the city (Oliwski Stream catchment). The findings of this study highlight the need to launch preventative methods to protect the area against pollution from heating system emission and traffic.
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- Nicole Nawrot
- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdansk, Poland.
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- Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Marine Geotoxicology Laboratory, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712, Sopot, Poland
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- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdansk, Poland
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- Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Marine Geotoxicology Laboratory, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712, Sopot, Poland
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- School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistokatu 7, P.O. Box 111, 80100, Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdansk, Poland
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Taghavijeloudar M, Yaqoubnejad P, Ahangar AK, Rezania S. A rapid, efficient and eco-friendly approach for simultaneous biomass harvesting and bioproducts extraction from microalgae: Dual flocculation between cationic surfactants and bio-polymer. Sci Total Environ 2023; 854:158717. [PMID: 36108873 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Microalgal biomass harvesting and cell disruption are the main bottlenecks for downstream processing of microalgae such as high-value bioproducts extraction and biofuels production. In this study, we evaluated the performance of dual flocculation between cationic surfactants and bio-polymer of chitosan for simultaneous biomass harvesting and bioproducts extraction from Chlorella sorokiniana microalgae. First, the effects of individual natural flocculants of chitosan and two cationic surfactants: cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) on biomass harvesting were studied. Next, the synergistic effect of dual flocculation between the cationic surfactants and chitosan on harvesting efficiency, time and flocculant dosage was investigated. Finally, we evaluated the potential of high value bioproducts extraction from microalgae after the individual and dual flocculation processes. Zeta potential analysis and microscopic images were employed to achieve mechanistic understanding. Maximum biomass harvesting efficiencies of 85 %, 88 % and 78 % were achieved using individual flocculants of chitosan, CTAB and DTAB, under their optimum dosages of 100, 400 and 4000 mg/L, respectively. A significant synergistic effect of dual flocculation between chitosan (C) and cationic surfactants on biomass harvesting efficiency (CTAB-C: 99 % and DTAB-C: 97 %), settling time (CTAB-C: 2 min and DTAB-C: 5 min) and optimum dosage of surfactants (CTAB-C: 100 mg/L and DTAB-C: 1000 mg/L) was observed. The synergistic effect was associated with multiple flocculation mechanisms of charge neutralization and bridging induced by cationic surfactants and chitosan, respectively. Furthermore, bioproducts recovery efficiencies of 12 %, 25 % and 15 % of cell dry weight were achieved for protein, carbohydrate and lipid, respectively by using dual flocculation of CTAB surfactant and chitosan at much lower dosage of 100 mg/L.
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- Mohsen Taghavijeloudar
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, 151-744 Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, 47148-7313 Babol, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, 47148-7313 Babol, Iran
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, South Korea
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Esmaeili Bidhendi M, Parandi E, Mahmoudi Meymand M, Sereshti H, Rashidi Nodeh H, Joo SW, Vasseghian Y, Mahmoudi Khatir N, Rezania S. Removal of lead ions from wastewater using magnesium sulfide nanoparticles caged alginate microbeads. Environ Res 2023; 216:114416. [PMID: 36181897 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this study, an adsorbent made of alginate (Alg) caged magnesium sulfide nanoparticles (MgS) microbeads were used to treat lead ions (Pb2+ ions). The MgS nanoparticles were synthesized at low temperatures, and Alg@MgS hydrogel microbeads were made by the ion exchange process of the composite materials. The newly fabricated Alg@MgS was characterized by XRD, SEM, and FT-IR. The adsorption conditions were optimized for the maximum removal of Pb2+ ions by adjusting several physicochemical parameters, including pH, initial concentration of lead ions, Alg/MgS dosage, reaction temperature, equilibration time, and the presence of co-ions. This is accomplished by removing the maximum amount of Pb2+ ions. Moreover, the adsorbent utilized more than six times with a substantial amount (not less than 60%) of Pb2+ ions was eliminated. Considering the ability of sodium alginate (SA) for excellent metal chelation and controlled nanosized pore structure, the adsorption equilibrium of Alg@MgS can be reached in 60 min, and the highest adsorption capacity for Pb2+ was 84.7 mg/g. The sorption mechanism was explored by employing several isotherms. It was found that the Freundlich model fits the adsorption process quite accurately. The pseudo-second-order model adequately described the adsorption kinetics.
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- Mehdi Esmaeili Bidhendi
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; Department of Sustainable Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, 602105, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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Jume BH, Valizadeh Dana N, Rastin M, Parandi E, Darajeh N, Rezania S. Sulfur-Doped Binary Layered Metal Oxides Incorporated on Pomegranate Peel-Derived Activated Carbon for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27248841. [PMID: 36557973 PMCID: PMC9781041 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27248841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In this study, a novel biomass adsorbent based on activated carbon incorporated with sulfur-based binary metal oxides layered nanoparticles (SML-AC), including sulfur (S2), manganese (Mn), and tin (Sn) oxide synthesized via the solvothermal method. The newly synthesized SML-AC was studied using FTIR, FESEM, EDX, and BET to determine its functional groups, surface morphology, and elemental composition. Hence, the BET was performed with an appropriate specific surface area for raw AC (356 m2·g−1) and modified AC-SML (195 m2·g−1). To prepare water samples for ICP-OES analysis, the suggested nanocomposite was used as an efficient adsorbent to remove lead (Pb2+), cadmium (Cd2+), chromium (Cr3+), and vanadium (V5+) from oil-rich regions. As the chemical structure of metal ions is influenced by solution pH, this parameter was considered experimentally, and pH 4, dosage 50 mg, and time 120 min were found to be the best with high capacity for all adsorbates. At different experimental conditions, the AC-SML provided a satisfactory adsorption capacity of 37.03−90.09 mg·g−1 for Cd2+, Pb2+, Cr3+, and V5+ ions. The adsorption experiment was explored, and the method was fitted with the Langmuir model (R2 = 0.99) as compared to the Freundlich model (R2 = 0.91). The kinetic models and free energy (<0.45 KJ·mol−1) parameters demonstrated that the adsorption rate is limited with pseudo-second order (R2 = 0.99) under the physical adsorption mechanism, respectively. Finally, the study demonstrated that the AC-SML nanocomposite is recyclable at least five times in the continuous adsorption−desorption of metal ions.
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- Binta Hadi Jume
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Hafr Al Batin, Al Jamiah District, P.O. Box 1803, Jeddah 39524, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 1913674711, Iran
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- Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan 8199696555, Iran
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj 6719418314, Iran
- Correspondence: (E.P.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
- Correspondence: (E.P.); (S.R.)
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Smaali A, Berkani M, Benmatti H, Lakhdari N, Al Obaid S, Alharbi SA, Fakhreddine B, Ines A, Marouane F, Rezania S, Lakhdari N. Degradation of Azithromycin from aqueous solution using Chlorine-ferrous- oxidation: ANN-GA modeling and Daphnia magna biotoxicity test assessment. Environ Res 2022; 214:114026. [PMID: 35977588 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Azithromycin (AZM), an antibacterial considered one of the most consumed drugs, especially during the period against the Covid 19 pandemic, and it is one of the persistent contaminants that can be released into aquatic ecosystems. The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of a Fenton-like process (chlorine/iron) for the degradation of AZM in an aqueous medium by determining the impact of several factors (the initial concentration of (FeSO4, NaClO, pollutant), and the initial pH) on the degradation rate. The Response Surface Methodology (RSM) based on the Box-Wilson design as well as the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) modeling combined with a genetic algorithm (GA) approaches were used to determine the optimal levels of the selected variables and the optimal rate of degradation. The quadratic model of multi-linear regression developed indicated that the optimal conditions were a concentration of chlorine of 600 μM, the concentration of AZM is 32.8 mg/L, the mass of the catalyst FeSO4 is 3.5 mg and a pH of 2.5, these optimal values gave a predicted and experimental yield of 64.05% and 70% respectively, the lack of fit test in RSM modeling (F0 = 3.31 which is inferior to Fcritic (0.05, 10.4) = 5.96) indicates that the true regression function is not linear therefore, the ANN-GA modeling as non-linear regression indicated that the optimal conditions were a concentration of chlorine of 256 μM, the concentration of AZM is 5 mg/L, the mass of the catalyst FeSO4 is 9.5 mg and a pH of 2.8, these optimal values gave a predicted and experimental yield of 79.69% and close to 80% respectively, Furthermore, biotoxicity tests were conducted to confirm the performance of our process using bio-indicators called daphnia (Daphnia magna), which demonstrated the efficacy of the like-Fenton process after 4 h of degradation.
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- Anfel Smaali
- Laboratoire Biotechnologies, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Ville Universitaire Ali Mendjeli, BP E66 25100, Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratoire Biotechnologies, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Ville Universitaire Ali Mendjeli, BP E66 25100, Constantine, Algeria.
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- Laboratoire Biotechnologies, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Ville Universitaire Ali Mendjeli, BP E66 25100, Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratoire Biotechnologies, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Ville Universitaire Ali Mendjeli, BP E66 25100, Constantine, Algeria
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratoire de Biologie et Environnement, Campus Chaab-Erssas, Biopole université des frères Mentouri Constantine 1, Ain Bey, 25000, Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratoire SARL HupPharma 25100, Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratoire Biotechnologies, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Ville Universitaire Ali Mendjeli, BP E66 25100, Constantine, Algeria
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Laboratoire Biotechnologies, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Ville Universitaire Ali Mendjeli, BP E66 25100, Constantine, Algeria
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Mosleh N, Joolaei Ahranjani P, Parandi E, Rashidi Nodeh H, Nawrot N, Rezania S, Sathishkumar P. Titanium lanthanum three oxides decorated magnetic graphene oxide for adsorption of lead ions from aqueous media. Environ Res 2022; 214:113831. [PMID: 35841973 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The current study presents a viable and straightforward method for synthesizing titanium lanthanum three oxide nanoparticles (TiLa) and their decoration onto the ferrous graphene oxide sheets to produce FeGO-TiLa as efficient magnetic adsorbent. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and vibration sample magnetometer (VSM) were used to evaluate the physical and chemical properties of the produced nanocomposites. The FeGO-TiLa was used to enhance the removal of lead ions from aqueous solution. The FeGO-TiLa nanocomposite exhibited a much higher removal efficiency (93%) for lead ions than pure TiLa nanoparticles (81%) and magnetic graphene oxide (74%). The influence of FeGO-TiLa dosage, contact time, solution pH, solution temperature, and starting quantity on the lead ions was evaluated and adjusted. The investigations demonstrated that a pH 6 with 40 mg adsorbent resulted in >91% removal of lead ions at ambient temperature after 120 min. Isotherm models were used to analyze experimental results, and Langmuir model fitted the data well as compared Freundlich model with a maximum adsorption capacity of 109.89 mg g-1. Kinetic and studies are performed the lead adsorption over FeGO-TiLa follow pseudo-second-order rate. Langmuir and Free energy suggested the lead ions uptake with FeGO-TiLa was monolayer and physical adsorption mechnaism, respectively. Finally, the FeGO-TiLa nanocompoiste can be used as an alternative adsorbent for water remediation.
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- Nazanin Mosleh
- Department of Food Science & Technology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, Box 2300, 13, B3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Centre, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Centre, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran
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- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, 600 077, India.
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Rezania S, Kadi A, Kamyab H, Ghfar AA, Rashidi Nodeh H, Wan Ibrahim WN. Lanthanum doped magnetic polyaniline for removal of phosphate ions from water. Chemosphere 2022; 307:135809. [PMID: 35934100 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Herein, magnetic polyaniline was modified with lanthanum nanoparticles (MPANI@La) as adsorbent, aiming to the treatment of high phosphate-containing aquatic solutions. High valent lanthanum doped with polyaniline was a promising adsorbent to uptake phosphate ions with possible electrostatic interaction and cation exchange process. The functional groups, composition, surface morphology, and magnetic property of the adsorbent were investigated using Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM), and Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), respectively. During the experimental process, MPANI@La has removed phosphate ions from water >90%, with 80 mg adsorbent, and shaking for 150 min at room temperature. In this regard, the process was fitted with the Pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R2 > 0.999) and the Langmuir isotherm (R2 > 0.99). The proposed nanoparticles provided an appropriate adsorption capacity (qm) of 45.24 mg.g-1 at pH 4 for phosphate ions. Besides, the adsorbent can be used with an efficiency of 92.49% up to three times that reduced to 52.89% after ten times. In addition, the adsorption process was justified by thermodynamics which confirmed the proposed adsorption mechanism. Hence, the models were provided surface adsorption, monolayer pattern, and the physical mechanism of the phosphate removal process using MPANI@La. Hence the proposed adsorbent can be used as an alternative adsorbent in environmental water remediation.
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- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of food and biotechnology, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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- Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 600 077, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Rupani PF, Embrandiri A, Rezania S, Wang S, Shao W, Domínguez J, Appels L. Changes in the microbiota during biological treatment of palm oil mill waste: A critical review. J Environ Manage 2022; 320:115772. [PMID: 35944317 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Palm oil mill waste has a complex cellulosic structure, is rich in nutrients, and provides a habitat for diverse microbial communities. Current research focuses on how the microbiota and organic components interact during the degradation of this type of waste. Some recent studies have described the microbial communities present in different biodegradation processes of palm oil mill waste, identifying the dominant bacteria/fungi responsible for breaking down the cellulosic components. However, understanding the degradation process's mechanisms is vital to eliminating the need for further pretreatment of lignocellulosic compounds in the waste mixture and facilitating the commercialization of palm oil mill waste treatment technology. Thus, the present work aims to review microbial community dynamics via three biological treatment systems comprehensively: composting, vermicomposting, and dark fermentation, to understand how inspiration from nature can further enhance existing degradation processes. The information presented could be used as an umbrella to current research on biological treatment processes and specific research on the bioaugmentation of indigenous microbial consortia isolated during the biological degradation of palm oil mill waste.
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- Parveen Fatemeh Rupani
- KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, Jan Pieter De Nayerlaan 5, B-2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium.
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- Department of Environmental Health, Wollo University, Dessie, 1145, Amhara, Ethiopia.
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, PR China.
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- Biofuels Institute, School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, PR China.
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- Grupo de Ecoloxía Animal (GEA), Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain.
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, Jan Pieter De Nayerlaan 5, B-2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium.
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Noorbakhsh R, Koohi MK, Hassan J, Rahmani A, Rashidi Nodeh H, Rezania S. Magnetic Beads of Zero Valent Iron Doped Polyethersolfun Developed for Removal of Arsenic from Apatite-Soil Treated Water. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:12697. [PMID: 36231997 PMCID: PMC9566726 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The drop immerses calcium chloride aqueous solution was utilized to prepare the zero valent iron-doped polyethersulfone beads (PES/ZVI) for the efficient removal of arsenic from apatite-soil treated waters. The proposed beads can assist in promoting uptake efficiency by hindering ZVI agglomeration due to a high porosity and different active sites. The PES/ZVI beads were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and vibrating sample magnetism (VSM). The main objective of this study was to investigate the function of new PES/ZVI beads with an increased removal efficiency for the remediation of arsenic ions from the apatite-soil treated waters. A maximum adsorption removal of 82.39% was achieved when the experiment was performed with 80 mg of adsorbent for a contact time of 180 min. Based on the results, a removal efficiency >90% was obtained after 300 min of shaking time with an arsenic concentration of 20 mg·L-1. The experimental process was fitted with the Langmuir model due to the high R2 (0.99) value compared to the Freundlich model (0.91) with an adsorption capacity of 41.32 mg·g-1. The adsorption process speed was limited by pseudo-second-order (R2 = 0.999) and the adsorption mechanism nature was endothermic and physical.
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- Roya Noorbakhsh
- Department of Comparative Bioscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran 1419963111, Iran
- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj 3174734563, Iran
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- Department of Comparative Bioscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran 1419963111, Iran
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- Department of Comparative Bioscience, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran 1419963111, Iran
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj 3174734563, Iran
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj 3174734563, Iran
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Mohammadi AA, Niazi Z, Heidari K, Afarinandeh A, Samadi Kazemi M, Haghighat GA, Vasseghian Y, Rezania S, Barghi A. Nickel and iron-based metal-organic frameworks for removal of organic and inorganic model contaminants. Environ Res 2022; 212:113164. [PMID: 35398078 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a promising class of porous nanomaterials in the field of environmental remediation. Ni-MOF and Fe-MOF were chosen for their advantages such as structural robustness and ease of synthesis route. The structure of prepared MOFs was characterized using FE-SEM, XRD, FTIR, and N2 adsorption-desorption. The efficiency of MOFs to remove organic model contaminants (anionic Alizarin Red S (ARS) and cationic malachite green (MG) and inorganic fluoride was studied. Fe-MOF and Ni-MOF adsorbed 67, 88, 6% and 32, 5, and 9% of fluoride, ARS, and MG, respectively. Further study on ARS adsorption by Fe-MOF showed that the removal efficiency was high in a wide range of pH from 3 to 9. Moreover, dye removal was directly increased by adsorbent mass (0.1-0.75 g/L) and decreased by ARS concentration (25-100 mg/L). The pseudo-first-order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm model with a qmax of 176.68 mg/g described the experimental data well. The separation factor, KL, was in the range of 0-1, which means the adsorption process was favorable. In conclusion, Fe-MOF showed remarkable adsorption of organic and inorganic model contaminants.
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- Ali Akbar Mohammadi
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948974, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; The University of Johannesburg, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein 2088, South Africa
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Dong-A University, Busan, 4915, South Korea
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Rezania S, Talaiekhozani A, Oryani B, Cho J, Barghi M, Rupani PF, Kamali M. Occurrence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the atmosphere of South Korea: A review. Environ Pollut 2022; 307:119586. [PMID: 35680069 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Numerous studies found the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in various environmental compartments, including air, water, and soil. POPs have been discovered in various industrial and agricultural products with severe environmental and human health consequences. According to the data, South Korea is a hotspot for POP pollution in the southern part of Asia; hence, South Korea has implemented the Stockholm Convention's National Implementation Plan (NIP) to address this worldwide issue. The purpose of this review is to assess the distribution pattern of POPs pollution in South Korea's atmosphere. According to findings, PAHs, PCBs, BFRs, and PBDEs significantly polluted the atmosphere of South Korea; however, assessing their exposure nationwide is difficult due to a shortage of data. The POPs temporal trend and meta-analysis disclosed no proof of a decrease in PAHs and BFRs residues in the atmosphere. However, POP pollution in South Korea tends to decrease compared to contamination levels in neighboring countries like Japan and China.
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- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Jami Institute of Technology, Isfahan, 84919-63395, Iran
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- Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, J. De Nayerlaan 5, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, J. De Nayerlaan 5, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium
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Mosleh N, Najmi M, Parandi E, Rashidi Nodeh H, Vasseghian Y, Rezania S. Magnetic sporopollenin supported polyaniline developed for removal of lead ions from wastewater: Kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic studies. Chemosphere 2022; 300:134461. [PMID: 35395264 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study evaluated the synthesis of novel binary functionaladsorbent based on sporopollenin, magnetic nanoparticles, and polyaniline to produce MSP-PANI. The MSP-PANI was applied to enhance uptake of lead ions (Pb2+) from wastewater samples. The functionalities, surface morphology, magnetic properties, and elemental composition of the newly synthesized nanocomposite were investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), vibration sample magnetometer (VSM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), respectively. The experimental condition for the adsorption process was MSP/PANI ratio 1:1, pH ∼6, adsorbent dosage 40 mg, and contact time 90 min at room temperature. Under the proposed condition, lead ions removal were obtained as 83%, 88% and 95% for MSPE, PANI, and MSP/PANI, respectively. Based on the experimental and predicted data, the adsorption was corresponded to the psudo-second-order (R2 = 0.999) kinetics model, and the adsorption equilibrium corresponded to the Langmuir model (R2 = 0.996). Langmuir isotherm showed the maximum adsorption capacity of MSP-PANI for lead ions was 163 mg/g and followed the monolayer pattern. Hence, thermodynamic model under Van't Hoff equation suggested that the adsorption mechanism was physio-sorption with endothermic nature. Therefore, this research can help the researchers to use magnetic nanoparticles for lead removal in highly polluted areas.
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- Nazanin Mosleh
- Department of Food Science & Technology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Hafez Ave, P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran; Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran.
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Center, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul, 06978, South Korea; The University of Johannesburg, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O.Box 17011, Doornfontein 2088, South Africa.
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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Mousavi SV, Joolaei Ahranjani P, Farshineh Saei S, Mehrdadi N, Nabi Bidhendi G, Jume BH, Rezania S, Mojiri A. Ammonia removal from industrial effluent using zirconium oxide and graphene-oxide nanocomposites. Chemosphere 2022; 297:134008. [PMID: 35219713 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The present study developed and evaluated nano-adsorbents based on zirconium oxide and graphene oxide (ZrO2/GO) as a novel adsorbent for the efficient removal of ammonia from industrial effluents. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction were used to evaluate and identify the novel adsorbent in terms of morphology, crystallography, and chemical composition. The pH (7), adsorbent quantities (20 mg), adsorbent contact time (30 min) with the sample, and initial ammonia concentration were all tuned for ammonia uptake. To validate ammonia adsorption on the ZrO2/GO adsorbent, several kinetic models and adsorption isotherms were also utilized. The results showed that the kinetics of ammonia adsorption are of the pseudo-second order due to high R2 (>0.99) value as compared first-order (R2 = 0.52). The chemical behavior and equilibrium isotherm were analyzed using the isotherm models and Langmuir model provided high R2 (>0.98) as compared Freundlich (>0.96). Hence, yielding a maximum uniform equilibrium adsorption capacity of 84.47 mg g-1. The presence of functional groups on the surface of graphene oxide and ZrO2 nanoparticles, which interact efficiently with ammonia species and provide an efficient surface for good ammonia removal, is most likely to be responsible.
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- Seyed Vahid Mousavi
- Sungun Copper Mine Complex, Environmental Health & Water Research, Varzeghan, East Azarbaijan, Iran; Faculty of Environment, School of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, Box 2300, 13 B3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- CFD Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Environment, School of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science and General Studies, University of Hafr Al-Batin, Al-Jamiah, 39524, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
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Gabris MA, Rezania S, Rafieizonooz M, Khankhaje E, Devanesan S, AlSalhi MS, Aljaafreh MJ, Shadravan A. Chitosan magnetic graphene grafted polyaniline doped with cobalt oxide for removal of Arsenic(V) from water. Environ Res 2022; 207:112209. [PMID: 34653412 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The present study reports the successful functionalization/magnetization of bio-polymer to produce chitosan-magnetic graphene oxide grafted polyaniline doped with cobalt oxide (ChMGOP-Co3O4). Analytical techniques furrier transform infra-red (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) were used to confirm the formation of ChMGOP-Co3O4. The effects of several experimental factors (solution pH, adsorbent dosage and coexisting ions) on the uptake of As(V) ions using ChMGOP-Co3O4 were examined through batch experiments. As(V) removal process was validated by experimentally and theoretically investigating the adsorption capacity, rate, and thermal effects. Thermodynamic parameters such as free energy (ΔG°), entropy (ΔS°) and enthalpy (ΔH°) were also calculated and were used to explain the mechanism of adsorption. Based on the results, the sorbent showed a high adsorption capacities (90.91 mg/g) at favorable neutral pH and superior removal efficiencies as high as 89% within 50 min. In addition, the adsorption isotherm followed the Langmuir isotherm in compare to the Freundlich, due to its higher R2 value (0.992 < 0.941). Meanwhile, the kinetic data revealed that the of As(V) adsorption was controlled by pseudo-second-order. Overall, the adsorption mechanism studies revealed a spontaneous endothermic nature with predominance of physisorption over chemisorption. This study indicated that ChMGOP-Co3O4 is an exceptional novel adsorbent material for the efficient isolation of As(V) from aqueous media.
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- Mohammad Ali Gabris
- School of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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Rezania S, Mojiri A, Park J, Nawrot N, Wojciechowska E, Marraiki N, Zaghloul NSS. Removal of lead ions from wastewater using lanthanum sulfide nanoparticle decorated over magnetic graphene oxide. Environ Res 2022; 204:111959. [PMID: 34474032 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, the new lanthanum sulfide nanoparticle (La2S3) was synthesized and incorporated onto magnetic graphene oxide (MGO) sheets surface to produce potential adsorbent (MGO@LaS) for efficient removal of lead ions (Pb2+) from wastewater. The synthesized MGO@LaS adsorbent was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The effective parameters on the adsorption process including solution pH (~5), adsorbent dosage (20 mg), contact time (40 min), initial Pb2+ concentration and temperature were studied. The removal efficiency was obtained >95% for lead ions at pH 5 with 20 mg adsorbent. To validate the adsorption rate and mechanism, the kinetic and thermodynamic models were studied based on experimental data. The Langmuir isotherm model was best fitted to initial equilibrium concentration with a maximum adsorption capacity of 123.46 mg/g. This indicated a monolayer adsorption pattern for Pb2+ ions over MGO@LaS. The pseudo-second-order as the kinetic model was best fitted to describe the adsorption rate due to high R2 > 0.999 as compared first-order. A thermodynamic model suggested a chemisorption and physisorption adsorption mechanism for Pb2+ ions uptake into MGO@LaS at different temperatures; ΔG° < -5.99 kJ mol-1 at 20 °C and ΔG° -18.2 kJ mol-1 at 45 °C. The obtained results showed that the novel nanocomposite (MGO@LaS) can be used as an alternative adsorbent in wastewater treatment.
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- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1FD, UK
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Mojiri A, Zhou JL, Ratnaweera H, Rezania S, Nazari V M. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environments and their removal by algae-based systems. Chemosphere 2022; 288:132580. [PMID: 34687686 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The consumption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) has been widely increasing, yet up to 90-95% of PPCPs consumed by human are excreted unmetabolized. Moreover, the most of PPCPs cannot be fully removed by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), which release PPCPs to natural water bodies, affecting aquatic ecosystems and potentially humans. This study sought to review the occurrence of PPCPs in natural water bodies globally, and assess the effects of important factors on the fluxes of pollutants into receiving waterways. The highest ibuprofen concentration (3738 ng/L) in tap water was reported in Nigeria, and the highest naproxen concentration (37,700 ng/L) was reported in groundwater wells in Penn State, USA. Moreover, the PPCPs have affected aquatic organisms such as fish. For instance, up to 24.4 × 103 ng/g of atenolol was detected in P. lineatus. Amongst different technologies to eliminate PPCPs, algae-based systems are environmentally friendly and effective because of the photosynthetic ability of algae to absorb CO2 and their flexibility to grow in different wastewater. Up to 99% of triclosan and less than 10% of trimethoprim were removed by Nannochloris sp., green algae. Moreover, variable concentrations of PPCPs might adversely affect the growth and production of algae. The exposure of algae to high concentrations of PPCPs can reduce the content of chlorophyll and protein due to producing reactive oxygen species (ROS), and affecting expression of some genes in chlorophyll (rbcL, psbA, psaB and psbc).
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- Amin Mojiri
- Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430, Ås, Norway; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, University of 17 August 1945, Jakarta, 14350, Indonesia
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Ali S, Ali H, Pakdel M, Ghale Askari S, Mohammadi AA, Rezania S. Spatial analysis and probabilistic risk assessment of exposure to fluoride in drinking water using GIS and Monte Carlo simulation. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:5881-5890. [PMID: 34431052 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16075-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Prevalence of fluorosis is a worldwide public health problem especially in many states of India. It is necessary to find out the fluoride endemic areas to adopt remedial measures to the people on the risk of fluorosis. The target goals of this research were to assess (a) the exposure of fluoride concentration; (b) probabilistic risk assessment, sensitivity analysis, and uncertainty through intake of groundwater among population of Agra City (infants, children and adults) by Crystal Ball software; and (c) spatial distribution of HQ and fluoride concentration. A total of sixty samples from standing tube wells/hand pumps were gathered from selected and identified fluoride prevalent areas in Agra City. The concentration of fluoride scrutinized was obtained to be ranging from 1.32 to 4.60 mg/L with mean value of 2.36 in Agra City, and more than 91% of samples investigated surpassed the allowable level set for fluoride concentration in potable water 1.5 mg/L, although 9% of the samples were well within the drinking water guidelines (0.5-1.5 mg/L). The hazard quotient (HQ) was obtained to an enormous difference in the exposure dose in infants (1.66-3.91), children (1.87-4.4), and adults (0.92-2.16), correspondingly. The non-carcinogenic HQ values in the group of infants, children, and more than 90% of adults were higher than those of the safety level (i.e., HQ >1). Consequently, the non-carcinogenic risks (HQ level) of fluoride vary from the most to the least: children, infant, and adults, respectively. With 87.41% certainty, the results indicated that the HQ values are between 1 and 3.42. So, infant is the most vulnerable group to fluoride consumption in study area. Uncertainty analysis results indicated that the children group's HQ level was between 1 and 1.90 with 38.48% certainty. To avoid further worsening of the situation as far as health is concerned, remedial actions like alternate sources of water supply and appropriate treatment of water need to be adopted besides required medical attention to affected people.
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- Shahjad Ali
- Department of Applied Science, Anand Engineering College, Agra, India
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- Department of Petroleum Studies, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Nursing, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
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- Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran.
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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Nasseh N, Khosravi R, Mazari Moghaddam NS, Rezania S. Effect of UV C and UV A Photocatalytic Processes on Tetracycline Removal Using CuS-Coated Magnetic Activated Carbon Nanocomposite: A Comparative Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18:ijerph182111163. [PMID: 34769682 PMCID: PMC8582642 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In this study, we synthesized a novel MAC nanocomposite using almond’s green hull coated with CuS. The whole set of experiments have been conducted inside a batch (discontinuous reactor system) at room temperature. The effectiveness of different parameters in tetracycline removal pH (3, 5, 7, and 9), pollutant concentration (5–100 mg/L), nanocomposite dosage (0.025–1 g/L), and contact time (5–60 min) using newly synthesized nanocomposite were investigated. Based on the results, in the optimal conditions of pH = 9, nanocomposite dosage of 1 g/L, pollutant concentration of 20 mg/L, contact time of 60 min, and room temperature, 95% removal efficiency was obtained. In MAC/CuS/UVC process, the removal of COD and TOC were 76.89% and 566.84% respectively meanwhile, these values in MAC/CuS/UVA process were 74.19% and 62.11%, respectively. The results of nanocomposite stability and magnetic recovery illustrated that the removal efficiency was reduced by 1.5% in the presence of UVC and 5% in the presence of UVA lights during all six cycles. Therefore, this nanocomposite was highly capable of recycling and reuse. It can be concluded that considering the high potential of the synthesized nanocomposite, the photocatalytic efficiency of the MAC/CuS/UVC process in tetracycline synthesis was higher than MAC/CuS/UVA process.
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- Negin Nasseh
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Environmental Health Engineering Department, Faculty of Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand 9717853577, Iran; (N.N.); (R.K.)
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Environmental Health Engineering Department, Faculty of Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand 9717853577, Iran; (N.N.); (R.K.)
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- Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand 9717853577, Iran
- Correspondence: (N.s.M.M.); (S.R.)
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea
- Correspondence: (N.s.M.M.); (S.R.)
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Darajeh N, Alizadeh H, Leung DWM, Rashidi Nodeh H, Rezania S, Farraji H. Application of Modified Spent Mushroom Compost Biochar (SMCB/Fe) for Nitrate Removal from Aqueous Solution. Toxics 2021; 9:277. [PMID: 34822667 PMCID: PMC8621717 DOI: 10.3390/toxics9110277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The public is already aware that nitrate pollution caused by nutrient runoff from farms is harmful to aquatic life and human health, and there is an urgent need for a product/technology to solve this problem. A biochar adsorbent was synthesized and used to remove nitrate ions from aqueous media based on spent mushroom compost (SMC), pre-treated with iron (III) chloride hexahydrate and pyrolyzed at 600 °C. The surface properties and morphology of SMCB/Fe were investigated using Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effect of main parameters such as the adsorbent dosages, pH of the solutions, contact times, and ion concentrations on the efficiency of nitrate removal was investigated. The validity of the experimental method was examined by the isothermal adsorption and kinetic adsorption models. The nitrate sorption kinetics were found to follow the pseudo-second-order model, with a higher determination coefficient (0.99) than the pseudo-first-order (0.86). The results showed that the maximum percentage of nitrate adsorption was achieved at equilibrium pH 5-7, after 120 min of contact time, and with an adsorbent dose of 2 g L-1. The highest nitrate adsorption capacity of the modified adsorbent was 19.88 mg g-1.
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- Negisa Darajeh
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand;
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- Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand;
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand;
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- Food Technology and Agricultural Products Research Centre, Standard Research Institute, Karaj 3174734563, Iran;
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea;
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand;
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Biglar F, Talaiekhozani A, Aminsharei F, Park J, Barghi A, Rezania S. Application of ZnO-Nd Nano-Photocatalyst for the Reactive Red 198 Dye Decolorization in the Falling-Film Photocatalytic Reactor. Toxics 2021; 9:254. [PMID: 34678950 PMCID: PMC8540491 DOI: 10.3390/toxics9100254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A large amount of Reactive red 198 (RR198) is released yearly into the environment. RR198 is toxic for human and aquatic creatures; therefore, it should be removed from wastewater before releasing into the environment. In this study, the nano ZnO-Nd -photo-catalyst for the first time was synthesized by the combustion method. First, the physical characteristics of the generated nano photocatalyst were evaluated using FESEM, XRD, Bandgap calculation, and FTIR analysis. Then, the ZnO-Nd nano-photocatalyst was suspended into the contaminated water with RR198 dye in a falling-film photocatalytic reactor. The effects of parameters such as the amount of H2O2, catalyst dose, pH, and initial concentration of dye were investigated during the experiments. Finally, the decolorization process with the falling-film photocatalytic reactor was optimized using response surface methodology (RSM). The physical characteristics showed that the average particle size of the synthesized ZnO-Nd was 40 nm. Doping ZnO with Nd reduced the photocatalyst energy bandgap by 14%. The results indicated that the optimum amount of catalyst dose and pH level was 0.1 g/L and 5, respectively. The simultaneous usage of H2O2 and ZnO-Nd with an H2O2/dye ratio of two increased dye removal performance by 90%. The results demonstrated that the developed equations can be applied to predict the performance of the falling-film photoreactor. This study showed that using the nano ZnO-Nd photocatalyst in a falling-film photocatalytic reactor under optimum operating conditions is an appropriate way to remove RR198 from water.
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- Fatemeh Biglar
- Faculty of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan 35131-19111, Iran;
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Jami Institute of Technology, Isfahan 84919-63395, Iran
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- Department of Safety, Health and Environment, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad 85141-43131, Iran;
- Human Environment and Sustainable Development Research Center, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad 85141-43131, Iran
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea;
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- Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Pohang 37673, Korea;
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Shams M, Balouchi H, Alidadi H, Asadi F, Goharshadi EK, Rezania S, Rtimi S, Anastopoulos I, Bonyadi Z, Mehranzamir K, Giannakoudakis DA. Coupling electrocoagulation and solar photocatalysis for electro- and photo-catalytic removal of carmoisine by Ag/graphitic carbon nitride: Optimization by process modeling and kinetic studies. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Rezania S, Cho J, Derakhshan Nejad Z, Barghi A, Yadav KK, Ahmed EM, Cabral-Pinto MM, Park J, Mehranzamir K. Microporous metal-organic frameworks against endocrine-disruptor bisphenol A: parametric evaluation and optimization. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Kamboh MA, Arain SS, Jatoi AH, Sherino B, Algarni TS, Al-Onazi WA, Al-Mohaimeed AM, Rezania S. Green sporopollenin supported cyanocalixarene based magnetic adsorbent for pesticides removal from water: Kinetic and equilibrium studies. Environ Res 2021; 201:111588. [PMID: 34175289 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, magnetic sporopollenin supported cyanocalixarene (MSP-CyCalix) nanocomposite was synthesized and introduced as an adsorbent material for the removal of pesticides from aqueous media. MSP-CyCalix was characterized by different analytical techniques FTIR, SEM, EDX, BET, VSMand TEM. Chlorpyrifos and hexaconazole pesticides were chosen as model analytes solutions for testing the adsorption efficiency of MSP-CyCalix adsorbent. The adsorption results showed that the incorporated cyano functional groups significantly increased the chemical reactivity and adsorption capacity for pesticides. To obtain the highest possible performance, experimental parameters such as pH, salt, dosage and time were optimized. Adsorption kinetics and isotherms models showed that pesticide adsorption process was well fitted with the pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models with a maximum adsorption capacity of 13.88 mg g-1 and 12.34 mg g-1 and a removal efficiency of >90% for both pesticides. Lastly, MSP-CyCalix maintained a removal efficiency of >80% for ten cycles and 60% after the eleventh cycles of usage. The results proved that MSP-CyCalix nanocomposite can be used as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of pesticide residues from water.
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- Muhammad Afzal Kamboh
- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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Hossien Saghi M, Chabot B, Rezania S, Sillanpää M, Akbar Mohammadi A, Shams M, Alahabadi A. Water-stable zirconium and iron-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as fluoride scavengers in aqueous medium. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Azadegan F, Esmaeili Bidhendi M, Badiei A, Lu S, Sotoudehnia Korrani Z, Rezania S. Removal of mercury ions from aqueous by functionalized LUS-1 with Bis [3-(triethoxysilyl) propyl] tetrasulfide as an effective nanocomposite using response surface methodology (RSM). Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 30:10.1007/s11356-021-15021-y. [PMID: 34185274 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15021-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, LUS-1, as a mesoporous silica material, was functionalized using sulfur-containing ligand (Bis [3-(triethoxysilyl) propyl] tetrasulfide, TESPT) and used for mercury removal from the aqueous solution. Different characterizations such as N2 adsorption-desorption (BET), TGA, XRD, FT-IR, and SEM were used to verify the nanocomposite synthesis. In addition, the effects of several independent parameters like pH, the contact time of reaction, and adsorbent dose on the removal efficiency of mercury from aqueous in a batch system were studied using response surface methodology (RSM). Based on the results and after both theoretical and experimental studies, the optimum conditions using the LUS-1-TESPT were contact time of reaction of 23.16 min, sorbent dose of 51.12 mg, and pH of 4.5. The kinetic and isotherm models for the adsorption process showed a maximum adsorption capacity of adsorbent which was 136.73 mg g-1 with 99% removal of Hg(II) via the Langmuir model. Meanwhile, the sorbent's reusability and efficiency verified that the sorbent could be used five times after recovery with 99% efficiency.
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- Farhang Azadegan
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Nanobiomedicine Center of Excellence, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Center, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200098, China
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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Prasad S, Yadav KK, Kumar S, Gupta N, Cabral-Pinto MMS, Rezania S, Radwan N, Alam J. Chromium contamination and effect on environmental health and its remediation: A sustainable approaches. J Environ Manage 2021; 285:112174. [PMID: 33607566 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Chromium (Cr) is a trace element critical to human health and well-being. In the last few decades, its contamination, especially hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] form in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, has amplified as a result of various anthropogenic activities. Chromium pollution is a significant environmental threat, severely impacting our environment and natural resources, especially water and soil. Excessive exposure could lead to higher levels of accumulation in human and animal tissues, leading to toxic and detrimental health effects. Several studies have shown that chromium is a toxic element that negatively affects plant metabolic activities, hampering crop growth and yield and reducing vegetable and grain quality. Thus, it must be monitored in water, soil, and crop production system. Various useful and practical remediation technologies have been emerging in regulating chromium in water, soil, and other resources. A sustainable remediation approach must be adopted to balance the environment and nature.
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- Shiv Prasad
- Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Institute of Environment and Development Studies, Bundelkhand University, Kanpur Road, Jhansi, 284128, India.
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- Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Institute of Environment and Development Studies, Bundelkhand University, Kanpur Road, Jhansi, 284128, India
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- Geobiotec Research Centre, Department of Geoscience, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Faculty of Economics & Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Mechanical Department, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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- Kind Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Derakhshan Nejad Z, Rezania S, Jung MC, Al-Ghamdi AA, Mustafa AEZMA, Elshikh MS. Effects of fine fractions of soil organic, semi-organic, and inorganic amendments on the mitigation of heavy metal(loid)s leaching and bioavailability in a post-mining area. Chemosphere 2021; 271:129538. [PMID: 33453484 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study investigated the effects of soil amendments including biomasses (rice husk, RRH and maple leaf, RML), biochar (rice husk biochar, RHB and maple leaf biochar, MLB), and industrial by-products (red mud, RM and steel slag, SS), at two application rates (0, 1, and 2% w/w) on leaching and bioavailability of heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) in the presence of an Asteraceae (i.e., lettuce). Physicochemical properties of the soil (i.e., pH, EC, CEC, and HMs leaching) and plants were examined before and after amending. The addition of amendments significantly (p < 0.05) increased soil EC (from 100 to 180 μScm-1) and CEC (from 7.6 to 15 meq100 g-1). Soil pH from 6.7 ± 0.05 increased about 2 units with increasing in the application rate of MLB, RM, and SS, while it decreased about 0.8 units in RML amended soil. Soil amendments reduced the easily leachable fractions (exchangeable and carbonate) of HMs in the order of MLB > SS > RM > RHB. The average concentration of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in plant roots and shoots decreased >30 wt% in biochars and industrial by-products amended soils, while biomasses mitigated As uptake in lettuce. Results demonstrated that adding maple-derived biochar combined with revegetation effectively immobilized HMs in a post-mining area beside an induce in plant growth parameters.
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- Zahra Derakhshan Nejad
- Department of Energy Resources and Geosystem Engineering, College of Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Resources and Geosystem Engineering, College of Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Rezania S, Kamboh MA, Arian SS, Alrefaei AF, Alkhamis HH, Albeshr MF, Cho J, Barghi A, Amiri IS. Nitrile-calixarene grafted magnetic graphene oxide for removal of arsenic from aqueous media: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies. Chemosphere 2021; 268:129348. [PMID: 33360001 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A novel adsorbent was developed based on nitrile functionalized calix [4]arene grafted onto magnetic graphene oxide (N-Calix-MGO) for remediation of arsenic (III) ions from aqueous media. The nanocomposite was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The effective parameters on adsorption efficiency such as pH, adsorbent dosage, contact time, initial concentration, and temperature were studied. The adsorption process was provided with a high removal efficiency up to (90%) at pH 6 which followed by IUPAC Type II pattern. The mathematical models of kinetics and isotherm validated the experimental process. The adsorption kinetic is followed pseudo-first-order model with R2 > 0.9. The adsorption equilibrium was well fitted on the Freundlich model (R2 ∼ 0.96) as compared Langmuir model (R2 ∼ 0.75). Hence, the Freundlich model suggested a multilayer sorption pattern with a physisorption mechanism for arsenic (III) uptake ono developed nanocomposite with a sorption capacity of 67 mg/g for arsenic. The Gibbs free energy (ΔG° < -20 kJ/mol) showed As(III) uptake ono N-Calix-MGO nanocomposite was the physical adsorption mechanism.
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- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, 67450, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, 67450, Pakistan.
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- Department of Zoology, King Saud University, College of Science, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Zoology, King Saud University, College of Science, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
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- Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Pohang, 37673, South Korea.
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- Computational Optics Research Group, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Rezania S, Kamboh MA, Arian SS, Al-Dhabi NA, Arasu MV, Esmail GA, Kumar Yadav K. Conversion of waste frying oil into biodiesel using recoverable nanocatalyst based on magnetic graphene oxide supported ternary mixed metal oxide nanoparticles. Bioresour Technol 2021; 323:124561. [PMID: 33373800 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The magnetic graphene oxide (GO) supported with heterogeneous ternary mixed metal oxide (MMO) was used as nanocatalyst to enhance the conversion of waste frying oil (WFO) triglycerides to biodiesel via esterification process. In this regard, acidic MGO was modified with three basic metal cations of cerium, zirconium, and strontium oxides to produce heterogeneous MGO@MMO nanocatalyst. The nanocatalyst was characterized by FESEM, TEM, EDX and FTIR. The influence of different parameters such as catalyst material ratio, methanol to oil ratio, contact time, and reaction temperature was studied. Based on the results of effecting parameters, the MGO@MMO nanocatalyst converted WFO to biodiesel with a yield 94%, a reaction time of 90 min, methanol to oil ratio (8:1), and a temperature of 60 °C. Esterification mechanism indicated the MGO@MMO nanocatalyst having both binary Brønsted acid-base sites that increased the conversion yields as compared to MGO and MMO at low temperatures.
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- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh 67450, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh 67450, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Environment and Development Studies, Bundelkhand University, Kanpur Road, Jhansi 284128, India
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Nawrot N, Wojciechowska E, Rezania S, Walkusz-Miotk J, Pazdro K. The effects of urban vehicle traffic on heavy metal contamination in road sweeping waste and bottom sediments of retention tanks. Sci Total Environ 2020; 749:141511. [PMID: 32829276 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Diffuse pollution formed during a surface runoff on paved surfaces is a source of heavy metals (HMs) of various origin. This research study indicates the connection between bottom sediments of retention tanks located on urban streams and road sweeping wastes (RSW) that migrate during surface runoff to the stormwater drainage systems with discharge to the retention tanks. Moreover, we test the primary sources of HMs in RSW by analysing the mechanical wastes (MW) produced by vehicles in order to track the relationship between car parts and HMs deposited in the retention tanks receiving the surface runoff from streets. To identify the origin of HMs diverse source tracking approaches were used: statistical methods, Pb isotope ratios, and the flag element ratio approach. MW presented a very high HMs content (max observed values in mg/kg d.w.: 10477-Zn, 3512-Cu, 412-Pb, 3.35-Cd, 226-Ni, and 633-Cr), while for RSW the HMs content was similar to the bottom sediments. The total carcinogenic risk raises concerns due to the Cr content. The source of Zn was tyre wear and traffic. Ni, Cr, Fe, and Cd were correlated to Zn and shared a common/similar origin. PCA suggested that Cu features quasi-independent behaviour. The Pb isotopic ratios of RSW indicated Pb enrichment originating from coal combustion, while the gasoline and diesel source of Pb was excluded. The Pb isotopic ratios characteristic for MW were in within the following ranges: 1.152-1.165 (206Pb/207Pb), 2.050-2.085 (208Pb/206Pb), and 2.350-2.418 (208Pb/207Pb). The complex analysis of HMs origin confirmed the motorization origin of HMs: Zn, Cr, Ni, and Cd, except Pb (coal combustion as the main source) and Cu (non-uniform origin). The results of various source tracking methods were coherent, but Pb isotope ratios alone brought important information allowing to link Pb in sediments to the atmospheric deposition of coal combustion products.
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- Nicole Nawrot
- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, South Korea
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- Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Marine Geotoxicology Laboratory, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
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- Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Marine Geotoxicology Laboratory, Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
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Ghadiri SK, Alidadi H, Tavakkoli Nezhad N, Javid A, Roudbari A, Talebi SS, Mohammadi AA, Shams M, Rezania S. Valorization of biomass into amine- functionalized bio graphene for efficient ciprofloxacin adsorption in water-modeling and optimization study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231045. [PMID: 32287274 PMCID: PMC7156080 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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A green synthesis approach was conducted to prepare amine-functionalized bio-graphene (AFBG) as an efficient and low cost adsorbent that can be obtained from agricultural wastes. In this study, bio-graphene was successfully used to remove Ciprofloxacin (CIP) from synthetic solutions. The efficacy of adsorbent as a function of operating variables (i.e. pH, time, AFBG dose and CIP concentration) was described by a polynomial model. A optimal99.3% experimental removal was achieved by adjusting the mixing time, AFBG dose, pH and CIP concentration to 58.16, 0.99, 7.47, and 52.9, respectively. Kinetic model revealed that CIP diffusion into the internal layers of AFBG controls the rate of the process. Furthermore, the sorption process was in monolayer with a maximum monolayer capacity of 172.6 mg/g. Adsorption also found to be favored under higher CIP concentrations. The thermodynamic parameters (ΔG°<0, ΔH°>0, and ΔS°>0) demonstrated that the process is endothermic and spontaneous in nature. The regeneration study showed that the AFBG could simply regenerated without significant lost in adsorption capacity.
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- Seid Kamal Ghadiri
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
- * E-mail: (AAM); (MS); (SR)
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- * E-mail: (AAM); (MS); (SR)
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- Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
- * E-mail: (AAM); (MS); (SR)
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Talaiekhozani A, Joudaki S, Banisharif F, Eskandari Z, Cho J, Moghadam G, Rezania S. Comparison of Azithromycin Removal from Water Using UV Radiation, Fe (VI) Oxidation Process and ZnO Nanoparticles. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:E1758. [PMID: 32182710 PMCID: PMC7084330 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Antibiotics are resistant to biodegradation, and their removal by biological processes is difficult. The purpose of this study was to investigate the removal of azithromycin from water using ultraviolet radiation (UV), Fe (VI) oxidation process and ZnO nanoparticles. The effect of different parameters such as pH, temperature, hydraulic retention time (HRT), the concentration of Fe (VI) and ZnO nanoparticles and UV intensity on the removal of azithromycin from water was investigated. The optimal conditions for the removal of azithromycin were a pH of 2, a temperature of 25 °C, a HRT of 15 min, and a ratio of ZnO nanoparticles to the initial concentration of azithromycin (A/P) of 0.00009 which was fitted by Langmuir isotherm. In addition, the optimal conditions for the removal of azithromycin using UV radiation were a pH of 7, a temperature of 65 °C, a HRT of 60 min, and UV radiation power of 163 mW/cm2. For the Fe (VI) oxidation process, the optimal conditions were a pH of 2, a temperature of 50 °C and a HRT of 20 min. Also, the optimal ratio of Fe (VI) to the initial concentration of antibiotic was between 0.011 and 0.012. The results of this study showed that the Fe (VI) oxidation process, UV radiation, and ZnO nanoparticles were efficient methods for the removal of azithromycin from water.
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- Amirreza Talaiekhozani
- Department of Civil Engineering, Jami Institute of Technology, PO 8491963395, Isfahan, Iran;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Jami Institute of Technology, PO 8491963395, Isfahan, Iran; (S.J.); (Z.E.)
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- School of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16675-163, Narmak, Tehran, Iran;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Jami Institute of Technology, PO 8491963395, Isfahan, Iran; (S.J.); (Z.E.)
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea;
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- Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord branch, P.O. Box 166, Shahrekord, Iran;
- Young Researchers and Elite Club, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 166, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea;
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Shahrokhi-Shahraki R, Kwon PS, Park J, O'Kelly BC, Rezania S. BTEX and heavy metals removal using pulverized waste tires in engineered fill materials. Chemosphere 2020; 242:125281. [PMID: 31896191 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, the potential of pulverized waste tires (PWTs), either on their own or mixed with soil (well graded sand), to act as adsorptive fill materials was evaluated by conducting laboratory tests for accessing their adsorption and geotechnical properties. PWT (0, 5, 10, 15, 25, and 100 wt%) was mixed with soil to evaluate the removal of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) components and two heavy metal ions (Pb2+ and Cu2+). Adsorption batch tests were performed to determine the equilibrium sorption capacity of each mixture. Subsequently, compaction, direct shear, and consolidation tests were performed to establish their geotechnical properties. The results showed that BTEX had the strongest affinity based on the uptake capacity by the soil-PWT mixtures. The adsorption of BTEX increased for greater PWT content, with pure PWT having the highest adsorption capacity toward BTEX removal: uptake capacities for xylene, ethylbenzene, toluene, and benzene were 526, 377, 207 and 127 μg/g sorbent, respectively. Heavy metal removal was increased by increasing the amount of PWT up to 10 wt%, and then decreased beyond this ratio. Compacted soil-PWT mixtures comprising 5-25 wt% PWT have relatively low dry unit weight, low compressibility, adequate shear capacity for many load-bearing field applications, and satisfactory adsorption of organic/inorganic contaminants, such that they could also be used as adsorptive fill materials.
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- Rahim Shahrokhi-Shahraki
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Yadav KK, Kumar S, Pham QB, Gupta N, Rezania S, Kamyab H, Yadav S, Vymazal J, Kumar V, Tri DQ, Talaiekhozani A, Prasad S, Reece LM, Singh N, Maurya PK, Cho J. Fluoride contamination, health problems and remediation methods in Asian groundwater: A comprehensive review. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2019; 182:109362. [PMID: 31254856 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In low concentration, fluoride is considered a necessary compound for human health. Exposure to high concentrations of fluoride is the reason for a serious disease called fluorosis. Fluorosis is categorized as Skeletal and Dental fluorosis. Several Asian countries, such as India, face contamination of water resources with fluoride. In this study, a comprehensive overview on fluoride contamination in Asian water resources has been presented. Since water contamination with fluoride in India is higher than other Asian countries, a separate section was dedicated to review published articles on fluoride contamination in this country. The status of health effects in Asian countries was another topic that was reviewed in this study. The effects of fluoride on human organs/systems such as urinary, renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, brain, and reproductive systems were another topic that was reviewed in this study. Different methods to remove fluoride from water such as reverse osmosis, electrocoagulation, nanofiltration, adsorption, ion-exchange and precipitation/coagulation were introduced in this study. Although several studies have been carried out on contamination of water resources with fluoride, the situation of water contamination with fluoride and newly developed technology to remove fluoride from water in Asian countries has not been reviewed. Therefore, this review is focused on these issues: 1) The status of fluoride contamination in Asian countries, 2) health effects of fluoride contamination in drinking water in Asia, and 3) the existing current technologies for defluoridation in Asia.
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- Krishna Kumar Yadav
- Institute of Environment and Development Studies, Bundelkhand University, Kanpur Road, Jhansi, 284128, India
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- Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environment and Development Studies, Bundelkhand University, Kanpur Road, Jhansi, 284128, India
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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- UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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- Department of Civil Engineering Rabindranath Tagore University Raisen, Madhya Prades, India
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- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Environment and Development Studies, Bundelkhand University, Kanpur Road, Jhansi, 284128, India
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- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Environment Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangari Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea
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Dehghan A, Mohammadi AA, Yousefi M, Najafpoor AA, Shams M, Rezania S. Enhanced Kinetic Removal of Ciprofloxacin onto Metal-Organic Frameworks by Sonication, Process Optimization and Metal Leaching Study. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2019; 9:nano9101422. [PMID: 31597245 PMCID: PMC6835299 DOI: 10.3390/nano9101422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are currently recognized as unique platforms for environmental studies. This study evaluated the potential of nine MOFs from ZIF-8, ZIF-67, and UIO-66 families for the removal of ciprofloxacin (CIP), a toxic, bio-accumulative, and persistent fluoroquinolone antibiotic. ZIF-67-SO4, with a rhombic crystalline morphology and 1375 m2/g BET surface area, has the highest CIP adsorption efficiency among the studied MOFs. The mathematical sorption model predicted that the highest CIP removal (99.2%) occurs when adsorbent dose, pH, and agitation time are adjusted to 6.82, 832.4 mg/L, and 39.95 min, respectively. Further studies revealed that the CIP adsorbed onto ZIF-67-SO4 in monolayer (qmax: 2537.5 mg/g) and chemisorption controlled the rate of the process. Mass transfer kinetic coefficients improved significantly by sonication at 35 KHz in comparison with mechanical agitation. Thermodynamic parameters (minus signs of ∆G° [7.8 to 14.2], positive signs of ∆H° (58.9 KJ/mol), and ∆S° (0.23 KJ/mol·K)) demonstrated the spontaneous, endothermic, and chemical sorption of CIP. The level of cobalt leached from ZIF-67-SO4 structure varied 1.2–4.5 mg/L, depending on pH, mixing time, and agitation type. In conclusion, the excellent adsorption properties of ZIF-67-SO4 for CIP, made it an outstanding candidate for environmental protection purposes.
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- Aliakbar Dehghan
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9138813944, Iran.
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9138813944, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur 9318614139, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1449614535, Iran.
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9138813944, Iran.
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9138813944, Iran.
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9138813944, Iran.
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9138813944, Iran.
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Yadav KK, Kumar V, Gupta N, Kumar S, Rezania S, Singh N. Human health risk assessment: Study of a population exposed to fluoride through groundwater of Agra city, India. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 106:68-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Rezania S, Park J, Rupani PF, Darajeh N, Xu X, Shahrokhishahraki R. Phytoremediation potential and control of Phragmites australis as a green phytomass: an overview. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2019; 26:7428-7441. [PMID: 30693445 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04300-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Phragmites australis (common reed) is one of the most extensively distributed emergent plant species in the world. This plant has been used for phytoremediation of different types of wastewater, soil, and sediments since the 1970s. Published research confirms that P. australis is a great accumulator for different types of nutrients and heavy metals than other aquatic plants. Therefore, a comprehensive review is needed to have a better understanding of the suitability of this plant for removal of different types of nutrients and heavy metals. This review investigates the existing literature on the removal of nutrients and heavy metals from wastewater, soil, and sediment using P. australis. In addition, after phytoremediation, P. australis has the potential to be used for additional benefits such as the production of bioenergy and animal feedstock due to its specific characteristics. Determination of adaptive strategies is vital to reduce the invasive growth of P. australis in the environment and its economic effects. Future research is suggested to better understand the plant's physiology and biochemistry for increasing its pollutant removal efficiency.
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- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Biofuel Institute, School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ooi TY, Yong EL, Din MFM, Rezania S, Aminudin E, Chelliapan S, Abdul Rahman A, Park J. Optimization of aluminium recovery from water treatment sludge using Response Surface Methodology. J Environ Manage 2018; 228:13-19. [PMID: 30212670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 08/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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For decades, water treatment plants in Malaysia have widely employed aluminium-based coagulant for the removal of colloidal particles in surface water. This generates huge amount of by-product, known as sludge that is either reused for land applications or disposed to landfills. As sludge contains high concentration of aluminium, both can pose severe environmental issues. Therefore, this study explored the potential to recover aluminium from water treatment sludge using acid leaching process. The evaluation of aluminium recovery efficiency was conducted in two phases. The first phase used the one factor at a time (OFAT) approach to study the effects of acid concentration, solid to liquid ratio, temperature and heating time. Meanwhile, second phase emphasized on the optimization of aluminium recovery using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). OFAT results indicated that aluminium recovery increased with the rising temperature and heating time. Acid concentration and solid to liquid ratio, however, showed an initial increment followed by reduction of recovery with increasing concentration and ratio. Due to the solidification of sludge when acid concentration exceeded 4 M, this variable was fixed in the optimization study. RSM predicted that aluminium recovery can achieve 70.3% at optimal values of 4 M, 20.9%, 90 °C and 4.4 h of acid concentration, solid to liquid ratio, temperature and heating time, respectively. Experimental validation demonstrated a recovery of 68.8 ± 0.3%. The small discrepancy of 2.2 ± 0.4% between predicted and validated recovery suggests that RSM was a suitable tool in optimizing aluminium recovery conditions for water treatment sludge.
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- Theam Yiew Ooi
- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81300, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81300, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81300, Johor Bahru, Malaysia; Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Structure and Materials, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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- Engineering Department, UTM Razak School of Engineering & Advanced, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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- Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81300, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Rezania S, Park J, Md Din MF, Mat Taib S, Talaiekhozani A, Kumar Yadav K, Kamyab H. Microplastics pollution in different aquatic environments and biota: A review of recent studies. Mar Pollut Bull 2018; 133:191-208. [PMID: 30041307 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs) are generated from plastic and have negative impact to our environment due to high level of fragmentation. They can be originated from various sources in different forms such as fragment, fiber, foam and so on. For detection of MPs, many techniques have been developed with different functions such as microscopic observation, density separation, Raman and FTIR analysis. Besides, due to ingestion of MPs by wide range of marine species, research on the effect of this pollution on biota as well as human is vital. Therefore, we comprehensively reviewed the occurrence and distribution of MPs pollution in both marine and freshwater environments, including rivers, lakes and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). For future studies, we propose the development of new techniques for sampling MPs in aquatic environments and biota and recommend more research regarding MPs release by WWTPs.
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- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Institute of Environment and Development Studies, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi 284128, India
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- Department of Engineering, UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
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Rezania S, Puskarich M, Pertusca D, Neto-Neves E, Rondina M, Kline J. Platelet Hyperactivation, Apoptosis and Hypercoagulability in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Darajeh N, Idris A, Fard Masoumi HR, Nourani A, Truong P, Rezania S. Phytoremediation of palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) by Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) using artificial neural networks. Int J Phytoremediation 2017; 19:413-424. [PMID: 27748626 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2016.1244159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been widely used to solve the problems because of their reliable, robust, and salient characteristics in capturing the nonlinear relationships between variables in complex systems. In this study, ANN was applied for modeling of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and biodegradable organic matter (BOD) removal from palm oil mill secondary effluent (POMSE) by vetiver system. The independent variable, including POMSE concentration, vetiver slips density, and removal time, has been considered as input parameters to optimize the network, while the removal percentage of COD and BOD were selected as output. To determine the number of hidden layer nodes, the root mean squared error of testing set was minimized, and the topologies of the algorithms were compared by coefficient of determination and absolute average deviation. The comparison indicated that the quick propagation (QP) algorithm had minimum root mean squared error and absolute average deviation, and maximum coefficient of determination. The importance values of the variables was included vetiver slips density with 42.41%, time with 29.8%, and the POMSE concentration with 27.79%, which showed none of them, is negligible. Results show that the ANN has great potential ability in prediction of COD and BOD removal from POMSE with residual standard error (RSE) of less than 0.45%.
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- Negisa Darajeh
- a Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering , Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang , Selangor , Malaysia
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- a Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering , Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang , Selangor , Malaysia
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- b Department of Chemistry , Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang , Selangor , Malaysia
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- c Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering , Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia , Serdang , Selangor , Malaysia
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- d TVNI Technical Director for Asia and Oceania , Brisbane , Australia
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- e Department of Environmental Engineering , Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) , Johor , Malaysia
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Rezania S, Taib SM, Md Din MF, Dahalan FA, Kamyab H. Comprehensive review on phytotechnology: Heavy metals removal by diverse aquatic plants species from wastewater. J Hazard Mater 2016; 318:587-599. [PMID: 27474848 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Environmental pollution specifically water pollution is alarming both in the developed and developing countries. Heavy metal contamination of water resources is a critical issue which adversely affects humans, plants and animals. Phytoremediation is a cost-effective remediation technology which able to treat heavy metal polluted sites. This environmental friendly method has been successfully implemented in constructed wetland (CWs) which is able to restore the aquatic biosystem naturally. Nowadays, many aquatic plant species are being investigated to determine their potential and effectiveness for phytoremediation application, especially high growth rate plants i.e. macrophytes. Based on the findings, phytofiltration (rhizofiltration) is the sole method which defined as heavy metals removal from water by aquatic plants. Due to specific morphology and higher growth rate, free-floating plants were more efficient to uptake heavy metals in comparison with submerged and emergent plants. In this review, the potential of wide range of aquatic plant species with main focus on four well known species (hyper-accumulators): Pistia stratiotes, Eicchornia spp., Lemna spp. and Salvinia spp. was investigated. Moreover, we discussed about the history, methods and future prospects in phytoremediation of heavy metals by aquatic plants comprehensively.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shahabaldin Rezania
- Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Block C07, Level 2, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia; Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Johor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Johor, Malaysia.
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- Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Block C07, Level 2, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia; Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Johor, Malaysia
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- Water Research Group, The School of Environmental Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kompleks Pengajian Jejawi 3, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
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- Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Block C07, Level 2, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia; Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Johor, Malaysia
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