Publications by authors named "Sonwani R"

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  • * Effective treatment of dye-contaminated water is essential for environmental protection and meeting clean water needs, with biological methods being popular due to their eco-friendliness, despite some challenges.
  • * The review discusses advanced treatment technologies, cost-effectiveness, research gaps, and future directions to enhance wastewater treatment and foster sustainable water management.
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Dyes are extensively employed in industries, namely, textiles, cosmetics, paper, pharmaceuticals, tanning, etc. The effluent released from these industries contains various kinds of harmful dyes that adversely impact living beings and the environment due to their recalcitrant and toxic nature. In this study, an effort has been made to eliminate the methylene blue (MB) from wastewater using carbon nano-onions (CNOs) produced from waste frying oil (WFO) using an economical and eco-friendly wick pyrolysis method.

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In this work, an effort has been made to enhance the efficacy of biological process for the effective degradation of 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP) from wastewater. The polyurethane foam was modified with FeO nanoparticles and combined with polyvinyl alcohol, sodium alginate, and bacterial consortium for biodegradation of 2, 4-DCP in a packed bed biofilm reactor. The maximum removal efficiency of 2, 4-DCP chemical oxygen demand, and total organic carbon were found to be 92.

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This study investigated the degradation of Acid Blue 113 (AB 113) dye using Klebsiella grimontii entrapped Graphene Oxide-Calcium Alginate Hydrogel beads (KG-GO-CA) in a Fluidized Bed Bioreactor (FBBR) under varying inlet loading rates. The minimum fluidization velocity of the KG-GO-CA hydrogel beads in FBBR was found to be 0.15 mm/s.

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  • Excess phenolic compounds in wastewater, particularly p-cresol, pose significant environmental risks, prompting the need for effective treatment solutions.
  • This study optimized parameters like inoculum dose, pH, and NaCl concentration in a Recirculating Packed Bed Biofilm Reactor (RPBBR) and achieved a p-cresol removal efficiency of 99.36% at a concentration of 100 mg/L.
  • The research also found that the continuous RPBBR mode outperformed the batch mode, and toxicity tests showed reduced harmful effects on Pseudomonas fluorescens in treated wastewater.
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In this study, Bacillus licheniformis immobilized with low-density polyethylene (LDPE) was employed to degrade Brilliant Green (BG) dye from wastewater in a packed bed bioreactor (PBBR). Bacterial growth and extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) secretion were also assessed under different concentrations of BG dye. The impacts of external mass transfer resistance on BG biodegradation were also evaluated at different flow rates (0.

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The objective of this work was to develop a low-cost and efficient biocarrier for biodegradation of azo dye (i.e., Congo red (CR) dye).

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In the last few decades, Brilliant green (BG) dye is widely employed to colour the fabric materials in various industries (e.g. textile, pulp and paper, etc.

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This work investigated the performance of the integrated system (i.e., a Photocatalytic reactor followed by a Fixed bed bioreactor (PC-FBR)) for the degradation of complex Acid Blue 113 from wastewater.

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4-Chlorophenol (4-CP) is a persistent organic pollutant commonly found in petrochemical effluents. It causes toxic, carcinogenic and mutagenic effects on human beings and aquatic lives. Therefore, an environmentally benign and cost-effective approach is needed against such pollutants.

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The utility of nanomaterial adsorbents is often limited by their physical features, especially fine particle size. For example, a large bed-pressure drop is accompnied inevitably, if fine-particle sorbents are used in a packed bed system. To learn more about the effect of adsorbent morphology on uptake performance, we examined the adsorption efficiency of metal-organic framework 199 (MOF-199) in the pristine (fine powder) form and after its binding on to glass beads as an inert support.

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  • - The textile industry's effluent discharge poses significant environmental challenges, prompting research into absorption technologies for harmful dyes like Malachite Green using biochar from Chinese Fan Palm seeds.
  • - In a lab experiment, 1.346 kg of cleaned Chinese Fan Palm fruit was pyrolyzed at 500 °C, yielding 0.487 kg of biochar and 0.803 L of bio-oil, while the rest converted to gas.
  • - The study found that the adsorption of Malachite Green on the produced biochar fits well with the Langmuir isotherm model, with a maximum adsorption capacity of 21.4 mg/g and a high correlation coefficient over 0.97, indicating the model's
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Aromatic hydrocarbons (AHCs) are one of the major environmental pollutants introduced from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Many AHCs are well known for their toxic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic impact on human health and ecological systems. Biodegradation is an eco-friendly and cost-effective option as microorganisms (e.

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The biodegradation of naphthalene using low-density polyethylene (LDPE) immobilized Exiguobacterium sp. RKS3 (MG696729) in a packed bed bioreactor (PBBR) was studied. The performance of a continuous PBBR was evaluated at different inlet flow rates (IFRs) (20-100 mL/h) under 64 days of operation.

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The performance of a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) with bio-carriers made of polypropylene-polyurethane foam (PP-PUF) was evaluated for the collective removal of phenol and ammonia. Three independent variables, including pH (5.0-8.

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The biodegradation of Congo red dye was performed using polyurethane foam-polypropylene immobilized Bacillus sp. MH587030.1 in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR).

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In this work, modified plastic carriers; polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene- polypropylene (LDPE-PP), and polyurethane foam-polypropylene (PUF-PP) were developed and used in moving bed bioreactor (MBBR) for the wastewater treatment containing naphthalene. To optimized the process parameters using response surface methodology (RSM), two numerical variables; pH (5.0-9.

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Bacterial species for metabolizing dye molecules were isolated from dye rich water bodies. The best microbial species for such an application was selected amongst the isolated bacterial populations by conducting methylene blue (MB) batch degradation studies with the bacterial strains using NaCl-yeast as a nutrient medium. The most suitable bacterial species was Alcaligenes faecalis (A.

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