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Regeneration of nitrate and phosphate from toilet wastewater using waste alumina adsorbent for cultivation of Spirulina platensis

  • Lee, Sang-Jun;Park, Seonghwan;Noh, Won;Yeom, Dong-Hyuk;Kim, Sooyeon;Kim, Dae-wook;Kim, Jungmin
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.393-399
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    • 2020
  • The use of different types of wastewater (WW) for the cultivation of microalgae and cyanobacteria during recent decades has provided important economic and environmental benefits. However, direct use of WW can lead to growth inhibition and biomass contamination. In the present study, we separated the key WW nutrients, namely nitrate and phosphate, by adsorption and regeneration and used the resulting regenerated water to cultivate the cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis. The adsorbent was granular γ-alumina derived from waste aluminum cans. This procedure recovered 19.9% of nitrate and 23.7% of phosphate from WW. The cyanobacterial cultures efficiently assimilated the nutrients from the medium prepared using regenerated WW, and the growth and nutrient uptake were similar to those in a synthetic medium. In addition, imposing nutrient limitations to increase carbohydrate productivity was easily achieved using regenerated wastewater nutrients, without requiring additional dilution or complex processing. In acute toxicity tests, the harvested biomass in a regenerated medium had similar toxicity levels compared to the biomass obtained from a synthetic medium. The proposed method of using regenerated WW to produce contamination-free biomass has broad potential applications.

Physiological Parameters in Cynomolgus Monkey

  • Kim, Choong-Yong;Han, Su-Cheol;Heo, Jeong-Doo;Tarumoto, Yasuo;Lee, Hyun-Sook;Ha, Chang-Su;Kwon, Myung-Sang;Chung, Moon-Koo
    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.148-148
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    • 2003
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Soil Adsorption and Desorption of SKYBIO

  • Chang, Hee-Ra;Kim, Kyun;Kim, Yong-Hwa
    • 한국환경독성학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국환경독성학회 2003년도 추계국제학술대회
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    • pp.152-152
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    • 2003
  • The majority of the SKYBIO will be used in the treatment of water in food processing plants, swimming pools and cooling towers, in the manufacture fabric softeners in Australia. Most will eventually be released into domestic sewage system as a consequence of product use. The SKYBIO is not readily biodegradable (0% over 28 days), and is expected to have a low partition coefficient and high water solubility (285 g/L), all indicating that the material would be mobile in both aquatic and terrestrial compartment. The PEC/PNEC ratio for the aquatic environment is 56. This value is significantly greater than 1, indicating an immediate concern to the aquatic compartment. However as a consequence of it's cationic character, the SKYBIO will be expected to associate to negatively charged organic matter in soil and sediment.

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ANTICLASTOGENIC, ANTIGENOTOXIC AND APOPTOTIC ACTIVITY OF NATURAL POLYPHENOLS

  • Chakraborty, S.;Sinha, D.;Roy, M.;Bhattacharya, R.K.;Siddiqi, M.
    • 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국독성학회 2001년도 International Symposium on Dietary and Medicinal Antimutgens and Anticarcinogens
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    • pp.56-57
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    • 2001
  • Modulation of events characteristic of carcinogenesis or of cancer cells is being emphasized as a rational strategy to combat cancer. This is achieved through chemoprevention by a variety of agents. Phenolic compounds, particularly polyphenols, have been shown to be highly active in this regard. Certain cellular and molecular events relevant to carcinogenesis are modified by polyphenols. The present investigation has been carried out to examine some of these aspects.(omitted)

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ANTICLASTOGENIC, ANTIGENOTOXIC AND APOPTOTIC ACTIVITY OF NATURAL POLYPHENOLS

  • Chakraborty, S.;Sinha, D.;Roy, M.;Bhattacharya, R.K.;Siddiqi, M.
    • 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국독성학회 2001년도 International Symposium on Effects of Edible Phytochemicals and Their Synthetic Derivatives on Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis
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    • pp.13-14
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    • 2001
  • Modulation of events characteristic of carcinogenesis or of cancer cells is being emphasized as a rational strategy to combat cancer. This is achieved through chemoprevention by a variety of agents. Phenolic compounds, particularly polyphenols, have been shown to be highly active in this regard. Certain cellular and molecular events relevant to carcinogenesis are modified by polyphenols. The present investigation has been carried out to examine some of these aspects.(omitted)

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