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Effect of carbon source on nitrous oxide emission characteristics and sludge properties during anoxic/aerobic wastewater treatment process
Carbon sources are an important parameter in wastewater treatment processes and are closely related to treatment efficiency and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. In this study, three parallel sequencing batch reacto...
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Occurrence and distribution of priority pharmaceuticals in the Yellow River and the Huai River in Henan, China
The occurrence and spatial distribution of priority pharmaceuticals (PPs) in water samples from the Yellow River and the Huai River in the Henan region of China were investigated in this study. The concentrati...
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Distribution characteristics and noncarcinogenic risk assessment of culturable airborne bacteria and fungi during winter in **nxiang, China
Bioaerosols are an important component of particulate matter in the atmosphere and are harmful to human health. In this study, the concentration, size distribution, and factors influencing culturable airborne ...
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In situ polymerization of magnetic graphene oxide-diaminopyridine composite for the effective adsorption of Pb(II) and application in battery industry wastewater treatment
The efficient removal of heavy metals from aqueous environment is imperative and challenging. A novel ternary composite constructed of diaminopyridine polymers, graphene oxide, and ferrite magnetic nanoparticl...
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Polychlorinated biphenyls in the Yellow River of Henan section: occurrence, composition, and impact factors
The levels, spatial variation, congener profiles, impact factors, and ecological risk of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the sediment from the Yellow River of Henan section, China, were investigated in thi...
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Effect of influent C/N ratio on N2O emissions from anaerobic/anoxic/oxic biological nitrogen removal processes
The problem of producing strong greenhouse gas of nitrous oxide (N2O) from biological nitrogen removal (BNR) process in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) has elicited great concern from various sectors. In this ...
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Distribution, transfer, and health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil-wheat systems of Henan Province, a typical agriculture province of China
In order to investigate the distribution, transfer, and human health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the soil-wheat systems, soil samples from 20 farmlands and corresponding wheat tissues w...
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Removal of heavy metal species from industrial sludge with the aid of biodegradable iminodisuccinic acid as the chelating ligand
High level of heavy metals in industrial sludge was the obstacle of sludge disposal and resource recycling. In this study, iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), a biodegradable chelating ligand, was used to remove heavy...
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Potential source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, China
In this work, principal component analysis/multiple linear regression (PCA/MLR), positive matrix factorization (PMF), and UNMIX model were employed to apportion potential sources of polycyclic aromatic hydroca...
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Simultaneous bioelectricity generation and decolorization of methyl orange in a two-chambered microbial fuel cell and bacterial diversity
The objectives of this study were to investigate the simultaneous bioelectricity generation and decolorization of methyl orange (MO) in the anode chamber of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) in a wide concentration ...
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Oxidation of ofloxacin by Oxone/Co2+: identification of reaction products and pathways
Oxidative degradation of ofloxacin (OFX) by sulfate free radicals (SO4 −•) in the UV/Oxone/Co2+oxidation process was investigated for the first time, with a special focus upon identifying the tran...
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Controlled synthesis of uniform BiVO4 microcolumns and advanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for the degradation of metronidazole-contained wastewater
Well-defined, uniform bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) microcolumns were synthesized through a refined hydrothermal route. During the fabrication process, a detailed orthogonal design on the synthetic conditions was perf...
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Facile, effective, and environment-friendly degradation of sulfamonomethoxine in aqueous solution with the aid of a UV/Oxone oxidative process
The degradation of sulfamonomethoxine (SMM) in the aqueous environment by the combination of UV illumination and Oxone has been studied. Experimental results indicated that the UV illumination can effectively ...
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Highly efficient degradation of ofloxacin by UV/Oxone/Co2+ oxidation process
In this study, UV/Oxone/Co2+ oxidation process was applied to degradation of ofloxacin (OFL) in the presence of Co2+ as the catalytic and Oxone as the oxidant. The operation parameters including pH, temperature, ...
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Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment from the upper reach of Huaihe River, East China
To assess the status of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contamination in sediments from the upper reach of Huaihe River, East China, 16 surface sediment samples were collected in March 2007 and analyze...