Heliyon,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
10(7), С. e29165 - e29165
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2024
Pharmaceutical
industries
produce
a
huge
volume
of
emerging
pollutants
(EPs)
that
pose
threat
to
the
aqueous
environment.
Biological
processes
have
shown
their
inefficacy
in
treating
many
pharmaceutical
products.
The
study
assessed
physicochemical
parameters,
EPs,
heavy
metals
industrial
wastewater,
and
removal
efficiency
(RE)
an
aerobic
biological
treatment
plant.
also
contamination
levels
risk
using
several
indices,
such
as
Canadian
Council
Ministers
Environment
Water
Quality
Index
(
Environmental Research,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
229, С. 115938 - 115938
Опубликована: Апрель 20, 2023
Modern
society
has
increasingly
a
diffusion
of
pollutants
and
emerging
contaminants
(e.g.,
different
types
chemicals
endocrine
disruptors
in
pharmaceuticals,
pesticides,
household
cleaning,
personal
care
products,
etc.)
that
have
detrimental
effects
on
the
environment
(atmosphere,
hydrosphere,
biosphere
anthroposphere)
also
generate
diseases
disorders
people
health.
Environmental
science
requires
efforts
detection
elimination
manifold
with
appropriate
product
process
technologies.
This
study
aims
to
analyze
paths
treatment
technologies
investigate
their
evolution
predict
new
directions
promising
technological
trajectories
support
removal
directed
reach,
whenever
possible,
sustainable
development
objectives.
The
work
is
mainly
devoted
wastewater
A
proposed
model
analyzes
patents
(proxy
innovation
technology)
publications
knowledge
advances)
quantify
relative
growth
rate
remove
contaminants.
Results
reveal
having
an
accelerated
are
(in
decreasing
order):
biochar
reverse
osmosis
physical-based
technologies,
coagulation,
disinfection
water
treatments
chemical-based
anaerobic
processes
biological-based
Other
main
such
as
carbon
nanotubes
advanced
oxidation
processes,
seem
be
initial
phase
need
learning
by
using
further
technology
advances
implemented
effective
cost-effective
methods.
results
here
show
similar
trends
global
market
revenue
These
findings
bring
us
information
extend
about
for
and/or
microorganisms
order
decisions
policymakers
towards
goals
reducing
environmental
degradation
health
disorders.
Water,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
15(2), С. 316 - 316
Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2023
The
treatment
of
wastewater
is
an
expensive
and
energy-extensive
practice
that
not
only
ensures
the
power
generation
requirements
to
sustain
current
energy
demands
increasing
human
population
but
also
aids
in
subsequent
removal
enormous
quantities
need
be
treated
within
environment.
Thus,
renewable
source-based
one
recently
developing
techniques
overcome
environmental
contamination
issues.
In
treatment,
microbial
fuel
cell
(MFC)
technology
has
demonstrated
a
promising
potential
evolve
as
sustainable
approach,
with
simultaneous
recovery
nutrients
produce
bioelectricity
harnesses
ability
electrogenic
microbes
oxidize
organic
contaminants
present
wastewater.
Since
traditional
various
limitations,
implementations
MFCs
might
feasible
option
green
electricity
production,
biohydrogen
synthesis,
carbon
sequestration,
environmentally
sewage
treatment.
MFCs,
electrochemical
mechanism
based
on
anodic
oxidation
cathodic
reduction
reactions,
which
have
been
considerably
improved
by
last
few
decades
study.
However,
production
remains
substantial
problem
for
practical
owing
difficulty
balancing
yield
overall
system
upscaling.
This
review
discusses
developments
MFC
technologies,
including
improvements
their
structural
architecture,
integration
different
novel
biocatalysts
biocathode,
anode,
cathode
materials,
community
interactions
substrates
used,
contaminants.
Furthermore,
it
focuses
providing
critical
insights
analyzing
types,
processes,
applications,
challenges,
futuristic
aspects
treatment-related
thus
resource
recovery.
With
appropriate
planning
further
studies,
we
look
forward
industrialization
near
future,
idea
this
will
lead
greener
fuels
cleaner
environment
all
mankind.
Environmental Chemistry Letters,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
22(1), С. 373 - 418
Опубликована: Авг. 25, 2023
Abstract
The
presence
of
pharmaceuticals
in
ecosystems
is
a
major
health
issue,
calling
for
advanced
methods
to
clean
wastewater
before
effluents
reach
rivers.
Here,
we
review
adsorption
remove
ibuprofen,
with
focus
on
ibuprofen
occurrence
and
toxicity,
adsorbents,
kinetics,
isotherms.
Adsorbents
include
carbon-
silica-based
materials,
metal–organic
frameworks,
clays,
polymers,
bioadsorbents.
Carbon-based
adsorbents
allow
the
highest
from
10.8
408
mg/g
activated
carbon
2.5–1033
biochar.
Metal–organic
frameworks
appear
promising
due
their
high
surface
areas
tunable
properties
morphology.
95%
published
reports
reveal
that
kinetics
follow
pseudo-second-order
model,
indicating
predominantly
governed
by
chemical
adsorption.
70%
disclose
Langmuir
model
describes
isotherm,
suggesting
involves
monolayer
