Search Results - "Water research (Oxford)"

Accurate identification of radicals by in-situ electron paramagnetic resonance in ultraviolet-based homogenous advanced oxidation processes by Chen, Long, Duan, Jun, Du, Penghui, Sun, Weiliang, Lai, Bo, Liu, Wen

“…•A systematic EPR method to accurately identify radicals in UV-AOPs was presented.•EPR method on identification of SO4·− without the interference of ·OH was…”
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Assessment of the validity of the quenching method for evaluating the role of reactive species in pollutant abatement during the persulfate-based process by Gao, Lingwei, Guo, Yang, Zhan, Juhong, Yu, Gang, Wang, Yujue

“…•Effects of six commonly used quenchers on the Co(II)/PMS process mechanism were evaluated.•Adding high-concentration quenchers considerably changed the…”
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Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection by Li, Jingyi, Liu, Huihui, Paul Chen, J.

“…The continuous increase in synthetic plastic production and poor management in plastic waste have led to a tremendous increase in the dumping into our aqueous…”
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Edge-nitrogenated biochar for efficient peroxydisulfate activation: An electron transfer mechanism by Wang, Huazhe, Guo, Wanqian, Liu, Banghai, Wu, Qinglian, Luo, Haichao, Zhao, Qi, Si, Qishi, Sseguya, Fred, Ren, Nanqi

“…N-doped biochars (NBCs) were prepared by pyrolyzing corncob biomass and urea in different proportion which manifested superior catalytic performance of…”
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Efficient decontamination of organic pollutants under high salinity conditions by a nonradical peroxymonosulfate activation system by Chen, Fei, Liu, Lian-Lian, Chen, Jie-Jie, Li, Wen-Wei, Chen, You-Peng, Zhang, Ying-Jie, Wu, Jing-Hang, Mei, Shu-Chuan, Yang, Qi, Yu, Han-Qing

“…•Fe and O codopants substantially accelerated the electron transfer of g-C3N4 for PMS activation.•Efficient BPA removal was achieved at high salinity and…”
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Singlet oxygen-dominated non-radical oxidation process for efficient degradation of bisphenol A under high salinity condition by Luo, Rui, Li, Miaoqing, Wang, Chaohai, Zhang, Ming, Nasir Khan, Muhammad Abdul, Sun, Xiuyun, Shen, Jinyou, Han, Weiqing, Wang, Lianjun, Li, Jiansheng

“…The degradation of organic contaminants under high salinity condition is still a challenge for environmental remediation due to the inhibiting effect resulted…”
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Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China by Li, Xiaowei, Chen, Lubei, Mei, Qingqing, Dong, Bin, Dai, Xiaohu, Ding, Guoji, Zeng, Eddy Y.

“…Sludge disposal such as land application is suspected as a significant source of microplastic (MP) pollution in the environment. To examine such a hypothesis,…”
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Can the commonly used quenching method really evaluate the role of reactive oxygen species in pollutant abatement during catalytic ozonation? by Guo, Yang, Long, Jingfei, Huang, Jun, Yu, Gang, Wang, Yujue

“…•The effects of six commonly used ROS quenchers on catalytic ozonation mechanisms were evaluated.•Adding high-concentration ROS quenchers profoundly changes…”
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Interaction of toxic chemicals with microplastics: A critical review by Wang, Fen, Wong, Charles S., Chen, Da, Lu, Xingwen, Wang, Fei, Zeng, Eddy Y.

“…Occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the environment has attracted great attention as it has become a global concern. This review aims to systematically…”
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Selective enrichment of bacterial pathogens by microplastic biofilm by Wu, Xiaojian, Pan, Jie, Li, Meng, Li, Yao, Bartlam, Mark, Wang, Yingying

“…Microplastics have been found to be ubiquitous in freshwater ecosystems, providing a novel substrate for biofilm formation. Here, we incubated biofilm on…”
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Quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from wastewater solids in communities with low COVID-19 incidence and prevalence by D'Aoust, Patrick M., Mercier, Elisabeth, Montpetit, Danika, Jia, Jian-Jun, Alexandrov, Ilya, Neault, Nafisa, Baig, Aiman Tariq, Mayne, Janice, Zhang, Xu, Alain, Tommy, Langlois, Marc-André, Servos, Mark R., MacKenzie, Malcolm, Figeys, Daniel, MacKenzie, Alex E., Graber, Tyson E., Delatolla, Robert

“…•RT-ddPCR is more sensitive to inhibitors than RT-qPCR for primary clarified sludge.•Primary clarified sludge has elevated frequency of SARS-CoV-2 RNA…”
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Comparative analysis of surface water quality prediction performance and identification of key water parameters using different machine learning models based on big data by Chen, Kangyang, Chen, Hexia, Zhou, Chuanlong, Huang, Yichao, Qi, Xiangyang, Shen, Ruqin, Liu, Fengrui, Zuo, Min, Zou, Xinyi, Wang, Jinfeng, Zhang, Yan, Chen, Da, Chen, Xingguo, Deng, Yongfeng, Ren, Hongqiang

“…The water quality prediction performance of machine learning models may be not only dependent on the models, but also dependent on the parameters in data set…”
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Analysis of microplastics in water by micro-Raman spectroscopy: Release of plastic particles from different packaging into mineral water by Schymanski, Darena, Goldbeck, Christophe, Humpf, Hans-Ulrich, Fürst, Peter

“…Microplastics are anthropogenic contaminants which have been found in oceans, lakes and rivers. Investigations focusing on drinking water are rare and studies…”
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Evaluation of water quality in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of China using the water quality index (WQI) method by Nong, Xizhi, Shao, Dongguo, Zhong, Hua, Liang, Jiankui

“…The world’s longest trans-basin water diversion project, the Middle-Route (MR) of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of China (SNWDPC), has officially…”
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Making waves: Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 – approaches and challenges for surveillance and prediction by Polo, David, Quintela-Baluja, Marcos, Corbishley, Alexander, Jones, Davey L., Singer, Andrew C., Graham, David W., Romalde, Jesús L.

“…•Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and wastewater constitutes a paradigm shift in surveillance.•WBE has potential as a surveillance and predictive tool during…”
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Adsorption mechanism of cadmium on microplastics and their desorption behavior in sediment and gut environments: The roles of water pH, lead ions, natural organic matter and phenanthrene by Zhou, Yanfei, Yang, Yuyi, Liu, Guihua, He, Gang, Liu, Wenzhi

“…lPolyamide had the highest Cd(II) adsorption capacity among the MPs studied.lThe adsorption of Cd(II) onto MPs could be greatly altered by aquatic environment…”
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Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies by Talvitie, Julia, Mikola, Anna, Koistinen, Arto, Setälä, Outi

“…Conventional wastewater treatment with primary and secondary treatment processes efficiently remove microplastics (MPs) from the wastewater. Despite the…”
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What is the role of light in persulfate-based advanced oxidation for water treatment? by Yang, Jingling, Zhu, Mingshan, Dionysiou, Dionysios D.

“…•Review covers the progress in photo-activated PS-based AOPs for water treatment.•The various underlying photo-activation mechanisms are comprehensively…”
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Fouling in membrane bioreactors: An updated review by Meng, Fangang, Zhang, Shaoqing, Oh, Yoontaek, Zhou, Zhongbo, Shin, Hang-Sik, Chae, So-Ryong

“…The goal of the current article is to update new findings in membrane fouling and emerging fouling mitigation strategies reported in recent years (post 2010)…”
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N-doped graphitic biochars from C-phycocyanin extracted Spirulina residue for catalytic persulfate activation toward nonradical disinfection and organic oxidation by Ho, Shih-Hsin, Chen, Yi-di, Li, Ruixiang, Zhang, Chaofan, Ge, Yiming, Cao, Guoliang, Ma, Ming, Duan, Xiaoguang, Wang, Shaobin, Ren, Nan-qi

“…Biochars are low-cost and environmental-friendly materials, which are promising in wastewater treatment. In this study, biochars were manufactured from…”
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