biosorption – TechConnect Briefs

Modifications to permeable pavement structure to achieve improved heavy metal attenuation in stormwater runoff

Kuruppu U., Rahman A., Sathasivan A., Western Sydney University, AU

This paper reports a study conducted to investigate the influence of rainfall intensity and subbase materials on attenuation of heavy metals in stormwater runoff through permeable pavements. The porous structure of permeable pavements facilitates the [...]

Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solution using Agricultural Waste

Bansala M., Singhb D., Aggarwalc S., Gargd V.K., Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology, IN

Biosorption has gained important credibility during recent years because of its ecofriendly nature, excellent performance, and low cost domestic technique for remediation even heavily metal loaded waste water. The potential of cheap cellulose containing natural [...]

Heavy Metal Removal from Aqueous Solution using Agricultural Waste

Bansala M., Singhb D., Aggarwalc S., Gargd V.K., Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology, IN

Biosorption has gained important credibility during recent years because of its ecofriendly nature, excellent performance, and low cost domestic technique for remediation even heavily metal loaded waste water. The potential of cheap cellulose containing natural [...]

Removal of Zn(II) from Aqueous Solution by Biosorption using two Green Algal Species Oscillatoria sp. & Spirogyra sp.

Singh D., National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, IN

Pollution due to heavy metals has become an environmental problem of worldwide concern due to their increased discharge, toxicity, non-biodegradable and persistence nature. Major anthropogenic sources of heavy metals include metal extraction, metal fabrication, metal [...]