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{"title":"Improving the operational performance of a wastewater treatment plant by using GPS-X simulations: a case study in northern Taiwan","authors":"Kuen-Lin Chen, Ching-Wen Hou, Chen‐Wuing Liu, Han-Yi Wang","doi":"10.1186/s42834-025-00245-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-025-00245-1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Empirically optimizing the design of a wastewater treatment plant to achieve higher efficiencies of pollutant removal is an extremely time-consuming process. Digital model simulations serve as an effective solution to this problem. The current study used the GPS-X simulation software to simulate five scenarios for improving the oxidation ditch treatment process at the Guishan Wastewater Treatment Plant, which was selected as a case study. The simulation results of the five scenarios revealed that Scenario E, involving a simultaneous increase in flow velocity and aeration of oxidation ditch along with returned flow from the secondary sedimentation tank to the anoxic section of the oxidation ditch, resulted in the most significant improvement in the removal efficiencies for ammonia (36 to 95%) and total nitrogen (51 to 86%). Moreover, among the five scenarios, Scenario E had the lowest carbon emissions but achieved the same increases in removal efficiencies for biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, ammonia, and total nitrogen.","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sustainenvironres.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s42834-025-00245-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147903498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites from residual waste generated via indirect carbonation of coal fly ash","authors":"Seonmi Shin, Myoung-Jin Kim","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00206-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00206-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"18 12","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139389889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reduction of the toxin microcystin-LR with different types of sediments","authors":"Natalia Herrera, Maria Teresa Florez, Fernando Echeverri","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00202-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00202-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"78 ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139175331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Labile graphitic monolayers as a partition phase for containment of organic chemicals by graphene-based nanomaterials","authors":"Jui-Te Chen, Wen-Che Hou, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Cary T. Chiou","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00205-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00205-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138622463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A comparison of methods for assessing groundwater vulnerability in karst aquifers: the case study of Terminio Mt. aquifer (Southern Italy)","authors":"Delia Cusano, S. Coda, P. De Vita, S. Fabbrocino, Francesco Fusco, Daniele Lepore, Federico Nicodemo, Antonio Pizzolante, Rita Tufano, V. Allocca","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00204-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00204-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"107 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138608569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reduced graphene oxide/TiO2/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite as a stable photocatalyst and strong antibacterial agent","authors":"Kamal Mohammed Jihad, M. R. Roknabadi, M. Mohammadi, E. Goharshadi","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00200-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00200-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"28 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138624078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ozone micron bubble pretreatment for antibiotic resistance genes reduction in hospital wastewater treatment","authors":"Shui-Shu Hsiao, Chia-Yu Hsu, Balamurugan Ananthakrishnan, Ming-Hao Hsu, Yu-Ting Chien, Li-Pang Wang, Hsin-Hsin Tung","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00203-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00203-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"13 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139246563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Optimization of metal dopant effect on ZnO nanoparticles for enhanced visible LED photocatalytic degradation of citalopram: comparative study and application to pharmaceutical cleaning validation","authors":"Veronia S. Nazim, Ghada M. El-Sayed, Sawsan M. Amer, Ahmed H. Nadim","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00198-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00198-3","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Metal doping is an effective method to tune the optical and chemical properties of nanoparticles. Herein, a comparative study was conducted to assess the effect of metal dopant (Mg, Cu and Sn) on ZnO nanoparticles for visible LED photocatalysis. The photocatalysts were synthesized via a facile co-precipitation method. Doped ZnO nanoparticles were employed for photodegradation of citalopram; a commonly used antidepressant drug. The structural, morphological and optical properties of the nanoparticles were analyzed using high resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller measurements and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. A decrease in band gap energy was obtained for Mg (3.21 eV), Cu (3.15 eV) and Sn (3.05 eV) compared to undoped ZnO (3.34 eV). Results showed that the photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanoparticles towards citalopram degradation under visible light was enhanced by doping with Sn which showed superior photocatalytic performance compared to Cu. Whereas, Mg doped ZnO demonstrated the lowest photocatalytic activity. Full factorial design (2 4 ) was conducted to investigate the effect of dopant, pH, catalyst loading and initial citalopram concentration on the efficiency of the treatment process. The interaction between the metal dopant and pH had significant impact on photodegradation efficiency. At optimum conditions, 80% degradation of 25 µg mL −1 citalopram was obtained in 2 h using commercially available LED light using 0.5 mg mL −1 Sn doped ZnO. Kinetics of citalopram degradation was also investigated and was found to follow pseudo-first order kinetics. The optimized photocatalytic protocol was successfully applied for treatment of water samples obtained from production lines during the cleaning validation cycles of citalopram. Sn and Cu doped ZnO nanoparticles had great sustainability for wastewater treatment as it kept its catalytic behavior up to three cycles without significant decrease in photocatalytic activity. The integration of such an approach into the currently employed cleaning validation protocols would offer an economical advantage for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment. Graphical Abstract","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136348408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Life cycle assessment of a 33.7 MW solar photovoltaic power plant in the context of a developing country","authors":"Kodami Badza, Y. M. Soro, Marie Sawadogo","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00201-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00201-x","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This work aims to determine the Energy Payback Time (EPBT) of a 33.7 MWp grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Zagtouli (Burkina Faso) and assess its environmental impacts using the life cycle assessment tool according to ISO 14040 and 14044 standards. A “cradle to grave” approach was used, considering 1 kWh of electricity produced and injected into the national grid over 25 years as a functional unit. In addition to the baseline scenario, the other simulated scenarios combining three variables, module technology (mono c-Si, poly c-Si, and CdTe), type of mounting structure (aluminum and steel), and end-of-life treatments (landfill and recycling) were considered. SimaPro 9.4 software and the ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (H) evaluation method were used for the calculations considering four environmental indicators. A sensitivity analysis of the change in the electricity mix was also performed. Results showed that the EPBT of the scenarios varies between 1.47 and 1.95 years, with the shortest and longest corresponding to scenarios 4 (CdTe modules, steel mounting structure, and recycling as end-of-life treatment) and scenario 3 (mono c-Si modules, aluminum mounting structure, and recycling as end-of-life treatment), respectively. All the EPBT scenarios studied can be considered acceptable given the long lifetime of PV systems (25 years). The following environmental impact results were obtained: climate change 37–48 CO 2 -eq kWh -1 , freshwater ecotoxicity 4–11 g 1,4-DCB kWh -1 , mineral resource scarcity 0.4–0.7 g Cu-eq kWh -1 and 11–13 g oil-eq kWh -1 for fossil resource scarcity. Scenario 3 (mono c-Si modules, aluminum mounting structure, and recycling as end-of-life treatment) dominates all environmental indicators studied except freshwater ecotoxicity, which is dominated by scenario 4 (CdTe modules, steel mounting structure, and recycling as end-of-life treatment). The sensitivity analysis showed that the change in the electricity mix could reduce around 30% the EPBT, climate change, and fossil resource scarcity. Considering the environmental indicators studied, using CdTe modules manufactured in a country with a less carbon-intensive electricity mix, using galvanized steel as the mounting structure, and completely recycling components at the end of their lifetime is the most environmentally friendly scenario. However, particular attention needs to be paid to the land occupation that this plant could generate.","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"2 23","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135141615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Labile graphitic monolayers as a partition phase for containment of organic chemicals by graphene-based nanomaterials","authors":"Jui-Te Chen, Wen-Che Hou, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Cary T. Chiou","doi":"10.1186/s42834-023-00197-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s42834-023-00197-4","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Graphene-based nanomaterials (GBNMs) (e.g., graphene oxides and carbon nanotubes) display superior electronic and thermal conductivities and varying abilities to contain organic substances. This study sheds light to the idea that GBNMs behave as a dual sorbent, rather than a sole adsorbent, to extract nonionic organic solutes from water by both (competitive) adsorption and (noncompetitive) partition because of the solute interactions with various GBNM nanostructures formed by atomically-thin graphitic monolayers. Essential solute-sorption data with three model GBNMs from this research and similar data from the literature lead to a coherent view that labile graphitic monolayers in GBNMs undergo a liquid-like motion at room temperature to retain nonionic organic solutes by partition while structurally rigid graphitic clusters behave as adsorbents. Because the partition is noncompetitive, the GBNMs possessing high levels of labile graphene layers, as reflected by high BET surface areas, are capable of sequestering vastly higher levels of multiple organic solutes (especially, those of liquids) than conventional adsorbents, e.g., activated carbon (AC). Moreover, the postulated dual functionality of GBNMs makes sense of many otherwise puzzling phenomena, such as the highly concentration-dependent solute competitive effect with certain GBNMs and highly variable “adsorbed capacities” per unit surface area for different organic solutes with a GBNM versus those by a conventional adsorbent (e.g., graphite or AC). Graphical Abstract","PeriodicalId":22130,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Environment Research","volume":"96 25","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135091422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}