01850nas a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041245009400055210006900149260007100218300001600289490000700305520106900312100003201381700002401413700002101437700001701458700002501475700002201500856012201522       2015                        eng d  a0888-588500aDevelopment of newer adsorbents: activated carbons derived from carbonized cassia fistula0 aDevelopment of newer adsorbents activated carbons derived from c  a1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USAbAMER CHEMICAL SOCcDEC  a11844-118570 v543 a<p>Development of newer adsorbent materials, especially from biomass, is most crucial to sustain growth of otherwise well established adsorption processes that already have hundreds of commercial adsorbents in practice. In the present study, newer adsorbents and their potential-carbonaceous adsorbents derived from the whole fruit of Cassia fistula (Golden shower) have been reported for applications in environmental pollution control using natural, renewable biomass as precursor. The potential of different forms of the derived adsorbents produced by thermal and chemical activation was examined for two representative cases, desulfurization of transportation fuels and wastewater treatment. The adsorbents were characterized by FTIR, XRD, XPS, and SEM techniques that indicate specific characteristics useful as an adsorbent. A successful application in the real industrial wastewater treatment and comparison with well recognized commercial adsorbents clearly highlights the utility of the developed newer adsorbents in separation science and technology.</p>1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aSalvi, Monal, S.1 aJain, Saijal1 aHadawale, Snehal, D.1 aRanade, Vivek, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/development-newer-adsorbents-activated-carbons-derived-carbonized-cassia-fistula-002300nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245010400055210006900159260007900228300001200307490000700319520138300326653001601709653001401725653001601739653001301755653002501768100002201793700003201815700002401847700002101871700002201892856013201914       2016                        eng d  a2194-574800aDifferentiating process performance of various coagulants in removal of congo red and orange G dyes0 aDifferentiating process performance of various coagulants in rem  aGENTHINER STRASSE 13, D-10785 BERLIN, GERMANYbWALTER DE GRUYTER GMBHcFEB  a195-2110 v143 a<p>Two refractory azo dyes-Congo red and Orange G, especially at high concentrations were subjected to coagulation with different conventional coagulants and newer formulations developed from Aluminum sulfate, Iron (III) chloride, Aluminium chloride, Poly diallydimethylammonium chloride (Poly DADMAC) and Poly Aluminium Chloride (PAC). The highest COD reduction of 99 % was obtained with PAC SAB 18 (Powder Grade PAC) for Congo red at pH 4.5 while the color removal of 99 % was achieved with almost all the coagulants in the present study at specific pH within 3-8. The optimum dose for the iron-based coagulant is 200 mg/L while that of aluminum-based coagulants and PAC is 150-200 mg/L. Results showed that Orange G was more difficult to remove with a maximum COD removal of 65 % and 35 % color removal using various formulations. The combinational formulations of inorganic-inorganic and inorganic- organic produced a substantial enhancement in COD and color removal and reduced sludge. PAC-Fe30/70 produces the minimum sludge of 50 mL/g on Congo red. pH in the range 3-9 showed high reductions in COD and color (90-99 %) for Congo red while jerky rise in COD and color reduction was observed in the case of Orange G after pH 9. An attempt to understand the dye coagulation mechanism has been made based on the specific difference in dye structure and cation speciation.</p>10acoagulation10aCongo red10adye removal10aOrange G10aWastewater treatment1 aPrajapati, Kavita1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aKilledar, D., J.1 aRanade, Vivek, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/differentiating-process-performance-various-coagulants-removal-congo-red-and-orange-g-dyes-002328nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245006700055210006700122260007100189300001400260490000600274520150100280653001601781653001601797653002301813653001701836653001401853100001701867700003201884700002401916700001301940700002201953856009901975       2016                        eng d  a2168-048500aGreen approach to dye wastewater treatment using biocoagulants0 aGreen approach to dye wastewater treatment using biocoagulants  a1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USAbAMER CHEMICAL SOCcMAY  a2495-25070 v43 a<p>The present study focuses on newer biocoagulants, bioformulations, and the understanding of coagulant behavior with biocoagulants in relation to chemical coagulants. Newer biocoagulants, seeds of Azadirachta indica (AI) and pads of Acanthocereus tetragonus, are discussed along with two known biocoagulants, Moringa oleifera and Cicer arietinum seeds. Dye removal studies were carried out using widely reported Congo red dye to facilitate easy comparison with other conventional coagulants and the effect of various parameters such as initial dye concentration, pH, coagulant dose, etc. are discussed in detail. The use of biocoagulant was found to be highly effective, and up to 99% dye removal was achieved for coagulant doses in the range of 300-1500 mg/L. It was also observed that coagulation is pH sensitive, similar to chemical coagulants. Although the biocoagulant dose is relatively higher than the conventional chemical coagulants, a good value for the sludge volume index, similar to 50 mL/g for 1 h and 30 min, respectively, was obtained for the two coagulants, Acanthocereus tetragonus and Moringa oleifera. A very high particle count compared to chemical coagulants was observed using a focused beam reflectance measurement. Bioformulation with chemical coagulants such as alum, ferric, and aluminum based coagulants can, not only lower doses of biocoagulants (up to one-third) but can also result in significant improvement in the coagulation performance, up to 50% or more.</p>10acoagulation10adye removal10aEffluent treatment10aflocculation10apollution1 aChethana, M.1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aRaja, S.1 aRanade, Vivek, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/green-approach-dye-wastewater-treatment-using-biocoagulants02567nas a2200157   4500008004100000245007300041210006900114260000800183300001600191490000700207520201500214100002402229700003202253700002202285856010202307       2016                        eng d00aIndustrial wastewater treatment for fertilizer industry a case study0 aIndustrial wastewater treatment for fertilizer industry a case s  cDEC  a27934-279440 v573 aWastewaters from chemical fertilizer industry mainly contain organics, alcohols, ammonia, nitrates, phosphorous, heavy metals such as cadmium and suspended solids. The nature of effluent streams varies in terms of its constituents and complexity. The present work attempts to fill the void in the literature that mostly reports synthetic wastewater treatment studies, by evaluating effluent treatment solutions and comparison of different methods for real wastewaters from the fertilizer industry. An attempt has been made to devise suitable methodology mainly using a new device in the form of vortex diode for hydrodynamic cavitation and also using adsorption, for several real wastewater streams from different locations in one major fertilizer industry of Maharashtra, India. The strategy involved characterization of wastewaters, studies on the effective removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and devising solutions for effective reduction in ammoniacal nitrogena more serious issue in the fertilizer industry. The characterization of wastewaters from different streams revealed huge variation in COD from 50 to 140,000ppm and ammoniacal nitrogen from 6 to 1,700ppm. Some effluent streams contained alcohol up to 5%. Hydrodynamic cavitation using vortex diode and adsorption with modified carbons were used to treat these streams. Cavitation studies were carried out on a pilot plant and the effect of pressure drop, cavitating device and process intensification were studied. It was observed that the effluent treatment strategy requires careful identification and application of suitable treatment method on the basis of the nature of the effluent. Also, hydrodynamic cavitation, using vortex diode appears to be techno-economically attractive option in treating fertilizer wastewaters giving a very high reduction in COD and ammoniacal nitrogen (up to 85%), similar to adsorption. The results clearly identify potential of newer methodologies in the treatment of effluents in the fertilizer industry.1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aRanade, Vivek, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/industrial-wastewater-treatment-fertilizer-industry-case-study01864nas a2200181   4500008004100000022001400041245007800055210006900133260009000202300002600292490000600318520113800324100002901462700002401491700003201515700002201547856011301569       2016                        eng d  a2045-232200aNon-catalytic deep desulphurization process using hydrodynamic cavitation0 aNoncatalytic deep desulphurization process using hydrodynamic ca  aMACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLANDbNATURE PUBLISHING GROUPcSEP  aArticle Number: 330210 v63 a<p>A novel approach is developed for desulphurization of fuels or organics without use of catalyst. In this process, organic and aqueous phases are mixed in a predefined manner under ambient conditions and passed through a cavitating device. Vapor cavities formed in the cavitating device are then collapsed which generate (in-situ) oxidizing species which react with the sulphur moiety resulting in the removal of sulphur from the organic phase. In this work, vortex diode was used as a cavitating device. Three organic solvents (n-octane, toluene and n-octanol) containing known amount of a model sulphur compound (thiophene) up to initial concentrations of 500 ppm were used to verify the proposed method. A very high removal of sulphur content to the extent of 100% was demonstrated. The nature of organic phase and the ratio of aqueous to organic phase were found to be the most important process parameters. The results were also verified and substantiated using commercial diesel as a solvent. The developed process has great potential for deep of various organics, in general, and for transportation fuels, in particular.</p>1 aSuryawanshi, Nalinee, B.1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aRanade, Vivek, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/non-catalytic-deep-desulphurization-process-using-hydrodynamic-cavitation02202nas a2200181   4500008004100000245015100041210006900192260000800261300001200269490000700281520147800288100001901766700002401785700002201809700003201831700002901863856012801892       2018                        eng d00aExploiting functionalities of biomass in nanocomposite development: application in dye removal and disinfection along with process intensification0 aExploiting functionalities of biomass in nanocomposite developme  cJUL  a981-9940 v203 aA green synthesis of multifunctional superparamagnetic nanocomposites using the whole unripened fruit of Cassia fistula (Golden shower) with potential for removal of both cationic and anionic dyes and antimicrobial property is reported for the first time in the present work. A natural medium in the form of clarified butter was used to enhance the multifunctional character. The surface morphology, textural characteristics and composition of the prepared nanoparticles and composites were studied to understand the multifunctional nature. The dye removal was investigated for four different dyes, namely methyl blue, Congo red, rhodamine-B and auramine. Iron nanoparticles were largely effective in the removal of acidic dyes, while the magnetic nanocomposites were effective for the removal of both acidic and basic dyes which can be attributed to the functionalities imparted from Cassia fistula and clarified butter. The dye removal behavior can be significantly enhanced (similar to 50%) using process intensification-adsorption coupled with acoustic cavitation, which also indicated a reduced adsorbent loading as compared to the conventional adsorptive dye removal. The nanomaterials were completely separated from dye solution with absolute ease of separation by applying simple magnetic field. Also, the developed materials were useful in disinfection of E. coli with a high efficiency of 90% confirming significant antimicrobial property at lower concentrations.1 aKirti, Saumaya1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aJena, Jyotsnarani1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aBhattacharyya, Arnab, S.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/exploiting-functionalities-biomass-nanocomposite-development-application-dye-removal-and02029nas a2200169   4500008004100000245013200041210006900173260000800242300001200250490000600262520136600268100002001634700003201654700002401686700002001710856012901730       2018                        eng d00aMultifunctional activated carbon with antimicrobial property derived from Delonix regia biomaterial for treatment of wastewater0 aMultifunctional activated carbon with antimicrobial property der  cFEB  a169-1810 v63 aIn this work, we report the development of a multifunctional high surface area activated carbon (DRP), from a biomaterial, Delonix regia, with antimicrobial potential and demonstrated its applicability towards removal of two reactive dyes, Reactive Red (RR-120) and Reactive Blue (RB-4) with an adsorption capacity of ∼6.36 and 24 mg·g−1 respectively. The newer multifunctional activated carbon was prepared from the deseeded pods of Delonix regia through thermo-chemical surface modification and characterized for surface and morphological characteristics, chemical composition, and thermal stability. DRP exhibited a high surface area of 1577 m2·g−1 with various active functional groups. The decolourisation efficiency achieved was very high, ∼98% for both the dyes. The effects of various operating parameters like pH, initial dye concentration, adsorbent dosage, surfactant, salt etc. were investigated and the batch adsorption equilibrium data in each dye system was analyzed with various isotherms-Langmuir, Freundlich, and Tempkin. The kinetics of the adsorption process was best represented by pseudo-second order kinetic model and the adsorption efficiency was also illustrated in the binary system of varying dye compositions. DRP could successfully reduce the microbial growth of Gram positive B. subtilis with a higher zone of inhibition.1 aLouis, Mary, R.1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aBundale, Sunita  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/multifunctional-activated-carbon-antimicrobial-property-derived-delonix-regia-biomaterial02348nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245006200055210006200117260000800179300001200187490000700199520157700206653002301783653001301806653001401819653001701833653001501850100002801865700002401893700003201917700002601949700002201975856009701997       2018                        eng d  a1944-744200aSolvent degradation studies using hydrodynamic cavitation0 aSolvent degradation studies using hydrodynamic cavitation  cJAN  a295-3040 v373 a<p>Hydrodynamic cavitation for the degradation of organic solvents was investigated in detail using a newer form of cavitating device-vortex diode. The results were also compared with that using conventional cavitating device orifice. Removal of three different organic solventsacetone, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and toluene were studied on a pilot plant with capacity of 1m(3)/h. The effect of different operating parameters such as inlet pressure, initial concentration, and reactor type on the degradation rate of solvent was investigated in detail. The results revealed that efficiency of solvent removal varies substantially with the change in physical operating conditions and nature of the solvent. It was found that up to 80% degradation could be achieved for toluene (cavitational yield 32.2 x 10(-3) mg/J), substantially higher than that for acetone and MEK indicating the effect of molecular weight/structure in the degradation process. Further, the results clearly indicated chemical oxidation as a predominant mechanism for degradation and not physical destruction. Vortex diode that works on the principle of vortex generation for cavitation, was found to be far superior over conventional cavitating device-orifice- approximate to up to eight times higher cavitational yield could be obtained for toluene as compared to orifice. The results of this study provide newer insight into solvent removal using hydrodynamic cavitation and would have bearing on the treatment of solvent containing wastewaters. (C) 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers</p>10aEffluent treatment10aindustry10apollution10aVortex diode10awastewater1 aSuryawanshi, Pravin, G.1 aBhandari, Vinay, M.1 aSorokhaibam, Laxmi, Gayatri1 aRuparelia, Jayesh, P.1 aRanade, Vivek, V.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/solvent-degradation-studies-using-hydrodynamic-cavitation