Search Results - "Amaral, Míriam C. S."

Effects of pharmaceuticals compounds and calcium on granulation, microbiology, and performance of anaerobic granular sludge systems by Faria, Clara V, Costa, Flávia C R, Jorge, Alexandre E L, Melo, Ana Luísa P, Silva, Ubiana C M, Santos, Vera L, Amaral, Míriam C S, Fonseca, Fabiana V

“…Granular sludge is a promising biotechnology to treat sewage contaminated with pharmaceuticals due to its increased toxicity resistance. In this context, this…”
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Pilot aerobic membrane bioreactor and nanofiltration for municipal landfill leachate treatment by Amaral, Míriam C. S., Moravia, Wagner G., Lange, Liséte C., Zico, Mariana R., Magalhães, Natalie C., Ricci, Bárbara C., Reis, Beatriz G.

“…The purpose of this article is to evaluate the integration of the air stripping, membrane bioreactor (MBR) and nanofiltration (NF) processes for the treatment…”
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Ammonia recovery from landfill leachate using hydrophobic membrane contactors by Amaral, Míriam C S, Magalhães, Nátalie C, Moravia, Wagner G, Ferreira, Carolina D

“…This article aims to evaluate membrane contactors capability to remove and recover ammonia from landfill leachate (LFL). A hydrophobic hollow fiber membrane…”
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Potential use of membrane bioreactor to treat petroleum refinery effluent: comprehension of dynamic of organic matter removal, fouling characteristics and membrane lifetime by Alkmim, Aline R., da Costa, Paula R., Moser, Priscila B., Neta, Luzia S. França, Santiago, Vânia M. J., Cerqueira, Ana. C., Reis, Beatriz G., Amaral, Míriam C. S.

“…This study aims to evaluate membrane bioreactor (MBR) performance in a pilot scale to treat petroleum refinery effluent, and has been primarily focused on (1)…”
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Assessment of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis potentialities to recover metals, sulfuric acid, and recycled water from acid gold mining effluent by Ricci, Bárbara C, Ferreira, Carolina D, Marques, Larissa S, Martins, Sofia S, Amaral, Míriam C S

“…This work assessed the potential of nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) to treat acid streams contaminated with metals, such as effluent from the…”
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Long-term evaluation of different strategies of cationic polyelectrolyte dosage to control fouling in a membrane bioreactor treating refinery effluent by Alkmim, Aline R., da Costa, Paula R., Moser, Priscila B., França Neta, Luzia S., Santiago, Vânia M. J., Cerqueira, Ana. C., Amaral, Míriam C. S.

“…In this article, the long-term use of cationic polyelectrolyte to improve the sludge filterability and to control membrane fouling in bioreactor membrane while…”
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Microfiltration of vinasse: sustainable strategy to improve its nutritive potential by Amaral, Míriam C S, Andrade, Laura H, Neta, Luzia S F, Magalhães, Natalie C, Santos, Fábio S, Mota, Gabriel E, Carvalho, Roberto B

“…The purpose of this article was to evaluate and establish microfiltration (MF) operating conditions for vinasse (ethanol industries wastewater also known as…”
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Treatment of Bleach Pulp Mill Effluent by MF-MBR by Amaral, Míriam C. S., Lange, Liséte C., Borges, Cristiano P.

“…The types of treatment most commonly used by pulp mills are biological treatments in combination with sedimentation or coagulation/flocculation as…”
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Evaluation of the Use of Powdered Activated Carbon in Membrane Bioreactor for the Treatment of Bleach Pulp Mill Effluent by Amaral, Míriam C. S., Lange, Liséte C., Borges, Cristiano P.

“…In this paper, the use of powered activated carbon (PAC) in membrane bioreactor (MBR) employed in the treatment of bleach pulp mill effluents was evaluated…”
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Integrating reverse osmosis to a conventional river water treatment plant as a strategy to produce drinking water after mining dam rupture events: a case study by Moreira, Victor Rezende, Moser, Priscila B, Guimarães, Roberta N, Xavier, Cecílio, Fidelis, Carolina, Silva, Ana Flávia R, Grossi, Luiza B, Faria, Clara V, Santos, Lucilaine V S, Amaral, Míriam C S

“…Incidents of mining dam failure have compromised the water quality, threatening the water supply. Different strategies are sought to restore the impacted area…”
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Long-term evaluation of membrane bioreactor inoculated with commercial baker's yeast treating landfill leachate: pollutant removal, microorganism dynamic and membrane fouling by Brito, Gabriela C B, Lange, Liséte C, Santos, Vera L, Amaral, Míriam C S, Moravia, Wagner G

“…In this study, commercial baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) was employed as a novel inoculum for a membrane bioreactor (MBRy). It was applied to…”
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Integration of two-stage nanofiltration with arsenic and calcium intermediate chemical precipitation for gold mining effluent treatment by Andrade, Laura H., Pires, Wadson L., Grossi, Luiza B., Aguiar, Alice O., Amaral, Míriam C. S.

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate an innovative treatment route for gold-mining effluents rich in calcium, arsenic, and sulfate. This treatment route…”
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Improving knowledge about permeability in membrane bioreactors through sensitivity analysis using artificial neural networks by Alkmim, Aline R., de Almeida, Gustavo M., de Carvalho, Deborah M., Amaral, Míriam C. S., Oliveira, Sílvia M. A. C.

“…Membrane bioreactor (MBR) has been widely employed for industrial effluent treatment, as its higher efficiency in removing pollutants makes effluent reuse more…”
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Performance evaluation of startup for a yeast membrane bioreactor (MBRy) treating landfill leachate by Amaral, Míriam C. S., Gomes, Rosimeire F., Brasil, Yara L., Oliveira, Sílvia M. A., Moravia, Wagner G.

“…The startup process of a membrane bioreactor inoculated with yeast biomass (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and used in the treatment of landfill leachate was…”
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Characterization of residual organic compounds of aerobic degradation of landfill leachate by Amaral, Míriam C. S., Moravia, Wagner G., Lange, Liséte C.

“…The purpose of this article is to characterize and compare the residual COD of raw landfill leachate and its low and high molecular weight fractions before and…”
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Two-stage anaerobic membrane bioreactor for the treatment of sugarcane vinasse: Assessment on biological activity and filtration performance by Mota, Vera Tainá, Santos, Fábio S., Amaral, Míriam C.S.

“…•A two-stage AnMBR was designed for the treatment of sugarcane vinasse.•Intermittent feeding was found to be effective to acclimate the microorganisms.•COD and…”
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Removal of micropollutants in domestic wastewater by expanded granular sludge bed membrane bioreactor by Faria, Clara V., Ricci, Bárbara C., Silva, Ana F.R., Amaral, Miriam C.S., Fonseca, Fabiana V.

“…•The EGSB reactor removed three of seven pharmaceuticals compounds.•The EGSB-MBR system showed higher removals of COD and pharmaceuticals.•Biodegradation,…”
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Removal of organic matter of electrodialysis reversal brine from a petroleum refinery wastewater reclamation plant by UV and UV/H202 process by Moser, Priscila B., Ricci, Bárbara C., Alvim, Clara B., Cerqueira, Ana C. F., Amaral, Míriam C. S.

“…Direct (UV) and hydrogen peroxide-assisted (UV/H 2 O 2 ) photolysis were investigated in bench-scale for removing the organic compounds present in the…”
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Bi-dimensional modelling of the thermal boundary layer and mass flux prediction for direct contact membrane distillation by Alvares, Cecília M.S., Grossi, Luiza B., Ramos, Ramatisa L., Magela, Cíntia S., Amaral, Míriam C.S.

“…•Estimation of a bi-dimensional temperature profile and thermal boundary layer thickness.•Comprehensive and detailed description of the modelling approach…”
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Removal of organic matter of electrodialysis reversal brine from a petroleum refinery wastewater reclamation plant by UV and UV/H 2 0 2 process by Moser, Priscila B, Ricci, Bárbara C, Alvim, Clara B, Cerqueira, Ana C F, Amaral, Míriam C S

“…Direct (UV) and hydrogen peroxide-assisted (UV/H O ) photolysis were investigated in bench-scale for removing the organic compounds present in the…”
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