Phenol

Using the phenol enrichment cultivation method, we succeeded in screening a few bacterial strains with a varied ability for utilizing phenol as the sole carbon source from pharmaceutical disposal wastewaters plant. Among these strains, a potent phenol-degrading bacterium, assigned Pseudomonas sp. SA

The vegetable sponge of cylindrical loofa, a natural product which grows in the north of Algeria, was used for phenol removal from wastewater. Adsorption isotherm of phenol onto the prepared cords of loofa was determined by batch tests. The effects of various parameters such as contact time, initial

A lab-scale anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic (A1/A2/O) system with three cycles was developed to purify high-strength coking effluent, 8,000–15,000 mg chemical oxygen demand (COD)/L, characterized by high levels of toxic organics and ammonia, 1200–1700 mg phenol/L and 700–1800 mg ammoniacal-nitrogen/L. Besi

Physical, chemical and biological methods have been described to remove phenolic compounds. None of them are the definitively solution of the environmental problem caused by the discharge of this pollutants. Hybrid processes that combine pressure driven membrane processes with adsorption processes h

Polydimethylsiloxane composite membrane was employed for the separation of phenol and sodium chloride in synthetic wastewater. The major operational parameters affecting phenol transfer through this composite membrane were screened by the orthogonal array and range analysis. The results showed that

The aim of this paper is to model and optimize the conditions of obtaining the activated carbon prepared from the date cores, and the elimination of phenol by adsorption. Several activation chemical agents were tested for the preparation of the activated carbon. Best results is obtained with the pho

Presence of phenol in river water occasionally disturbs the production of drinking water. Phenol often originated from coal power plants or pesticides. New ozone generator [Kuraica et al., Vacuum, 73 (2004) 705] was used for removal of phenol and chlorophenols from water. The ozone generator was bas

The efficiency of packed bed reactors on the biological degradation of phenol was studied in this work. In particular, the effect of the specific surface area of the support material and the operating mode on biodegradation efficiency were determined. Phenol removal was studied using two pilot-scale

Application of membrane extraction process to the removal of phenol from its aqueous solution was investigated. The ability of poly (dimethylsiloxane), i.e. PDMS and poly (methyl vinyl) siloxane (PVMS) in the membrane extraction of water–phenol mixtures was compared. It was found that PDMS was more

The application of photocatalysis in the treatment of organic micropollutants in wastewater is an interesting alternative and is the object of a great interest over the last years by many researchers. The stage of adsorption of the micropollutant on the photocatalyst, mainly the titanium oxide anata