Carbon dissipation from surgical cotton production wastewater using macroalgae, microalgae, and activated sludge microbes.

Surgical cotton production has drastically been increased in the past few years due to excessive use by medical health professionals especially in countries like India, which is among the top three exporters of cotton worldwide. The effluent generated from surgical cotton industries differ from textile effluents by the conspicuous absence of dyeing chemicals. This wastewater has a high concentration of suspended particles, COD, dissolved ions, organic carbon, and alkaline pH.

Influence of Nickel molybdate nanocatalyst for enhancing biohydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cell utilizing sugar industrial effluent.

Biohydrogen production in Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC) had inspired the researchers to overcome the challenges associated towards sustainability. Despite microbial community and various substrates, economical cathode catalyst development is most significant factor for enhancing hydrogen production in the MEC. Hence, in this study, the performance of MEC was investigated with a sugar industry effluent (COD 4200 ± 20 mg/L) with graphite anode and modified Nickel foam (NF) cathode.

Unique Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensor Using a Hollow-Shelled Triple Oxide Mn-Cu-Al Nanocomposite.

Glucose monitoring devices for diabetes mellitus, which is a worldwide significant health issue, have attracted attention of many researchers. Herein, we report a hollow Mn-Cu-Al oxide nanocomposite (HMCA) by a microwave-assisted technique showing excellent sensing abilities toward glucose. Also, it possesses a superb supercapacitor activity described in our previous paper.

Photocatalytic degradation of naphthalene using calcined FeZnO/ PVA nanofibers.

Recently, the incorporation of metal oxide nanoparticles into polymers has gained great attention owing to their ample of applications. The green mediated synthesis Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticles have been incorporated into PVA nanofibers through electro spinning for the application of photocatalytic degradation. The PVA polymer concentration was optimized to obtain uniform fibers without beads.

Bioelectricity production from microbial fuel cell using mixed bacterial culture isolated from distillery wastewater.

The effect of various system parameters such as wastewater Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) concentration, pH, conductivity, membrane size and thickness on efficient energy production using mixed isolated culture from the distillery wastewater in the MFC was studied. The power density increased with increase in the anolyte pH from 6 to 8. The peak power density and COD removal efficiency was observed as 63.

Enhancement of antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles-ceftriaxone conjugate through Mukia maderaspatana leaf extract mediated synthesis.

Green synthesis of nanoparticles with low range of toxicity and conjugation to antibiotics has become an attractive area of research for several biomedical applications. Nanoconjugates exhibited notable increase in biological activity compared to free antibiotic molecules. With this perception, we report the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of leaves of Mukia maderaspatana and subsequent conjugation of the silver nanoparticles to antibiotic ceftriaxone.

Comparison of anodic metabolisms in bioelectricity production during treatment of dairy wastewater in Microbial Fuel Cell.

Energy generation from dairy industry wastewater was investigated using a dual chambered Microbial Fuel Cell by aerobic and anaerobic anodic metabolism, operating with initial COD concentration of 1600 mg/L and anolyte pH of 7 produced highest power density of 192, 161 mW/m(2) and volumetric power of 3.2, 2.7 W/m(3) with COD removal efficiency of 91% and 90%, respectively.

Sonoelectrochemical oxidation for decolorization of Reactive Red 195.

The decolorization and degradation of Reactive Red 195 (RR 195) is studied using sonoelectrochemical and electrochemical oxidation. Sonoelectrochemical oxidation was found to be more efficient than electrochemical oxidation. The efficiency of decolorization was found to be 91% and 99% in the case of electrochemical and sonoelectrochemical process, respectively.

Mineralization of phenol by Ce(IV)-mediated electrochemical oxidation in methanesulphonic acid medium: a preliminary study.

The mediated electrochemical oxidation (MEO) process using cerium(IV) in methanesulphonic acid (MSA) as the oxidizing medium was employed for the mineralization of phenol in batch and continuous feeding modes. Although nitric acid was an extensively studied electrolyte for organic mineralization reactions in MEO processes it does possess the problem of NO(x) gas production during the reduction of nitric acid in the cathode compartment of the electrochemical cell. This problem could be circumvented by proper choice of the electrolyte medium such as MSA.

Destruction of organic pollutants by cerium(IV) MEO process: a study on the influence of process conditions for EDTA mineralization.

The mediated electrochemical oxidation (MEO) process with cerium(IV) and nitric acid as the oxidizing medium was employed for the destruction of various model organic pollutants in continuous organic feeding mode. A near complete destruction was observed for all the organics studied. The effects of various experimental conditions were evaluated with respect to EDTA mineralization.

Adsorption of Chrysoidine R by using fly ash in batch process.

This investigation deals with effective utilization of fly ash as adsorbent for the removal of Chrysoidine R from the aqueous solution. The fly ash is a major byproduct generated in coal-based thermal power plants and has good potential for use as an adsorbent. A series of experiments were carried out in a batch adsorption technique to obtain the effect of process variables viz.

Application of several advanced oxidation processes for the destruction of terephthalic acid (TPA).

Terephthalic acid (TPA) is widely applied as a raw material in making polyester fiber, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, polyester films, etc. TPA is toxic and is known to act as endocrine disruptor. TPA wastewater is traditionally treated by biological process and this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of several advanced oxidation processes on TPA removal.