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Agricultural Waste Treatment by Water Hyacinth Aquaculture, Wetland Aquaculture, Evapotranspiration, Rapid Rate Land Treatment, Slow Rate Land Treatment, and Subsurface Infiltration
This publication introduces the available emerging natural agricultural waste treatment systems, such as water hyacinth aquaculture system, wetland...
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Effect of Organic Loading Rate on the Microbial Community in Anaerobic Chambered Reactor Processing Ethanol Distillery Vinasse
The gradual increase in organic loading is a strategy that has been used in reactor operation of wastewater treatment to adapt the microbial...
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Synergy or Strife? Integrated assessment of economy–resource–environment development in Yangtze River Delta region based on material flow analysis and system dynamics
Under the background of tighter resource constraints and prominent environmental pollution, regional development is endowed with new connotations and...
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Prediction and optimization of emissions in cement manufacturing plant under uncertainty by using artificial intelligence-based surrogate modeling
Uncertainties in the process industries are the biggest challenge for smooth operation. This study is based on the use of artificial intelligence...
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Electroreduction of hexavalent chromium using a porous titanium flow-through electrode and intelligent prediction based on a back propagation neural network
Flow-through electrodes have been demonstrated to be effective for electroreduction of Cr(VI), but shortcomings are tedious preparation and short...
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High-rate partial nitritation as a pretreatment of anammox process
In this study, a laboratory-scale partial nitrification reactor (PN reactor) was used to treat high-ammonia–nitrogen wastewater, by changing the...
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Resource Flow in Peri-urban Agroecosystem: an Assessment from Circular Economy Perspective
Circular economy draws attention as a macro-level sustainability approach that can pave the way for a sustainable future. Agroecosystems in city...
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Performance comparison of three high rate anaerobic bioreactors for poultry slaughterhouse wastewater treatment
This study evaluated and compared the performance of three highly praised high rate anaerobic bioreactors (HRABs), including the expanded granular...
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Determination of degradation/reaction rate for surface water quality of recycled water using Lake2K model for large-scale water recycling
The depletion of groundwater resources in the water-stressed regions has led to the overuse of surface water reservoirs. Recharging groundwater by...
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Enhancing accuracy of extreme learning machine in predicting river flow using improved reptile search algorithm
This study searches the feasibility of a new hybrid extreme leaning machine tuned with improved reptile search algorithm (ELM-IRSA), in river flow...
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Algae and bacteria consortia for wastewater decontamination and transformation into biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen, biofertilizers and animal feed: a review
Traditional wastewater treatment has been aimed solely at sanitation by removing contaminants, yet actual issues of climate change and depletion of...
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Discard Coal as Filter Bed Material in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands: a Preliminary Study
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are engineered systems that use the natural functions of vegetation, substrate and microorganisms to treat wastewater. In...
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Insights into modified sequencing batch reactor for the treatment of sugarcane vinasse: role of recirculation process
The application of the recirculation process in the biological wastewater treatment process was considered as an effective approach in promoting...
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An approach to achieve overall farm feed efficiency in pig production: environmental evaluation through individual life cycle assessment
PurposeUse a holistic individual life cycle assessment (LCA) to investigate possible mitigation of environmental impacts through optimisation of...
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A single functionalized graphene nanocomposite in cross flow module for removal of multiple toxic anionic contaminants from drinking water
Polyether sulfone (PES)-based thin-film nanofiltration (TFN) membranes embedded with ferric hydroxide (Fe III (OH) x ) functionalized graphene oxide (GO)...
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Statistical modeling and optimization of helical air gap membrane distillation desalination system
A helical air gap membrane distillation (HAGMD) system was experimentally studied for desalination purpose of sea water using the design of...
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A framework to quantify mass flow and assess food loss and waste in the US food supply chain
Reducing food loss and waste can improve the efficiency of food supply chains and provide food security. Here we estimate mass flow as well as food...
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Carbon emission reduction and hydrogen production maximization from carbon emission-based hydrogen sources
This study aims to optimize hydrogen (H 2 ) production via ethanol steam reforming (ESR) and water gas shift reaction (WGSR) pathways, focusing on...
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Integration of high-rate filtration using waste-derived biochar as a potential sustainable technology for drinking water supply
This research aimed to evaluate the efficiency of eucalyptus (E) and bamboo (B) residual biomass biochars as filter materials for drinking water...
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Hydraulic flow direction alters impacts of AgNPs on pollutant removal and silver spatial distribution in vertical flow constructed wetlands
This study investigated the effects of AgNPs on pollutant removals in constructed wetlands (CWs) with different flow patterns and spatial...
