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Diverse and distinct bacterial community involved in a full-scale A/O1/H/O2 combination of bioreactors with simultaneous decarbonation and denitrogenation of coking wastewater
Taking into account difficulties in exhaustive simultaneous decarbonation and denitrogenation in biological treatment of coking wastewater (CWW), a novel full-scale CWW biological treatment sequentially combin...
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Microbial community composition and function prediction involved in the hydrolytic bioreactor of coking wastewater treatment process
The hydrolytic acidification process has a strong ability to conduct denitrogenation and increase the biological oxygen demand/chemical oxygen demand ratio in O/H/O coking wastewater treatment system. More tha...
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Effects of alkali, autoclaving, and Fe+ autoclaving pretreatment on anaerobic digestion performance of coking sludge from the perspective of sludge extracts and methane production
Pretreatment of activated sludge is an important step in increasing the reaction speed during anaerobic digestion by accelerating the hydrolysis process. It is necessary not only to analyze the changes in the ...
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Open AccessCoking wastewater treatment plant as a sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments and ecological risk assessment
The spatial and temporal distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was investigated in sediments of Maba River, a major tributary of Beijiang River (South China). A total of 13 samples from Maba ...
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Photocatalytic oxidation of nitrogen oxides over {001}TiO2: the influence of F− ions
A series of anatase TiO2 nanosheets with different percentage of {001} facets ({001}TiO2) were synthesized through a hydrothermal route using tetrabutyltitanate as a titanium precursor and HF as a shape controlli...
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Enhancement of visible-light photocatalytic activities of BiVO4 coupled with g-C3N4 prepared using different precursors
Graphitic-like carbon nitride (g-C3N4) photocatalyst was synthesized by a facile chemical pyrolysis method, which was built on the self-condensation of different precursors to generate g-C3N4, e.g., melamine, ure...
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Spatial distributions, source apportionment and ecological risk of SVOCs in water and sediment from **jiang River, Pearl River Delta
**jiang River is an important drinking water source in Guangxi Province, China. Along the **jiang River and surrounding tributary, the pollution profile of three important groups of semi-volatile organic compo...
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Facile preparation of nitrogen and sulfur co-doped graphene-based aerogel for simultaneous removal of Cd2+ and organic dyes
The need in simultaneous removal of heavy metals and organic compounds dictates the development of synthetic adsorbents with tailor-made properties. A nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) co-doped graphene-based aeroge...
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Correction to: The mineralization of oxalic acid and bio-treated coking wastewater by catalytic ozonation using nickel oxide
In Table 1, “SO2-4” and “NO-3” should be corrected to “ S ...
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The mineralization of oxalic acid and bio-treated coking wastewater by catalytic ozonation using nickel oxide
Coking wastewater after biological treatment still possesses potential environmental risk and should be mineralized further. This work focused on the mineralization of bio-treated coking wastewater using catal...
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Anaerobic Dechlorination of Tetrachlorobisphenol A in River Sediment and Associated Changes in Bacterial Communities
Tetrachlorobisphenol A (TCBPA) is a widely used flame retardant and a potential endocrine disruptor. We estimated the role of the microbial community in degradation of TCBPA in river sediment from the vicinity...
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Detailed characteristics of adsorption of bisphenol A by highly hydrophobic MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves
A surfactant structure-directing agent was used to synthesize a hydrophobic mesoporous material (MCM-41-d) at room temperature. As-prepared materials were characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis...
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One-step synthesis of periodic ion imprinted mesoporous silica particles for highly specific removal of Cd2+ from mine wastewater
Combining the advantages of MCM-41 mesoporous materials and molecularly imprinted polymers, we designed and synthesized periodic Cd2+ imprinted mesoporous silica (Cd-IMS) through a one-step hydrothermal process....
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Erratum to:Contrasting microbial community composition and function perspective in sections of a full-scale coking wastewater treatment system
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Contrasting microbial community composition and function perspective in sections of a full-scale coking wastewater treatment system
To characterize the microbial community of the coking wastewater (CWW) treatment system and to study the effects of CWW characteristics and operational parameters on microbial communities, active sludge sample...
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Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a coking wastewater treatment plant residual by an O3/ultraviolet fluidized bed reactor
Coking wastewater treatment plant (CWWTP) represents a typical point source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to the water environment and threatens the safety of drinking water in downstream regions....
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Identification and removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wastewater treatment processes from coke production plants
Identification and removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated at two coke plants located in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province of China. Samples of raw coking wastewaters and wastewaters fr...
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Competitive Adsorption Between Phenol, Aniline and n-Heptane in Tailrace Coking Wastewater
The competitive adsorption of organic pollutants—phenol, aniline and n-heptane—from biologically treated coking wastewater on powdered activated carbon (PAC) was studied. Firstly, batch adsorption experiments of ...
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Isolation and Identification of Achromobacter sp. DN-06 and Evaluation of Its Pyridine Degradation Kinetics
We report the isolation of a new bacterium species (named as DN-06) that degrades pyridine, a model compound containing both carbon and nitrogen, from the aerobic activated sludge in a coking wastewater treatm...
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Rapid Determination of Quinoline and 2-Hydroxyquinoline in Quinoline Biodegradation Process by Tri-Wavelength UV/Vis Spectroscopy
For the present study, a tri-wavelength UV/Vis spectrophotometric method for rapid determination of quinoline (Q) and 2-hydroxyquinoline (HQ) during Q biodegradation was developed. Based on the spectral measur...
