A new nanophotocatalysts series of M2Zr2O7 (M = Mn, Cu, and Fe) doped Fe2Zr2O7 systems were prepared via sol-gel using the pechini method, characterized, tested in photocatalytic degradation olive mill wastewater (OMW). The materials was evaluated by measuring total phenolic compounds (TPCs) Folin-Ciocalteu method for variable pH under a commercial LED lamp (45 W). removal TPCs measured at diff...

Improving electricity generation from wastewater (DW) by using olive mill wastewater (OMW) was evaluated using single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFC). Doing so single-chambers air cathode MFCs with platinum anode were fed with domestic wastewater (DW) alone and mixed with OMW at the ratio of 14:1 (w/w). MFCs fed with DW+OMW gave 0.38 V at 1 kΩ, while power density from polarization curve was...

Olive mill wastewater (OMW) was treated by photocatalysis using TiO2 under UV irradiation on the laboratory scale. The chemical oxygen demand, the coloration at 330nm, and the level of phenols all showed decreases which, after a 24-h treatment, reached 22%, 57% and 94%, respectively. The differences between these three values indicate the persistence of colourless, non-phenolic compounds. Appli...

The ability of lipolytic yeasts to grow on olive mill wastewater (OMW)-based medium and to produce high-value compounds while degrading this waste, was tested. OMW collected from three-phase olive mills from the North region of Portugal were characterized and used. OMW with COD ranging from 100 g L(-1) to 200 g L(-1) were supplemented with yeast extract and ammonium chloride. Studies of OMW con...

Recently, a growing interest has emerged on the development of new and efficient energy sources, due to the inevitable extinction of the nonrenewable energy reserves. One of these alternative sources which have a great potential and sustainability to meet up the energy demand is biomass energy. This significant energy source can be utilized with various energy conversion technologies, one of wh...

“Fachbereich fir Bauingenieurwesen, Labor fir Abfallwirtschaft, Siedlungswasserwirtschaft, Umweltchemie (LASU) , Fachhochschule Mtinster, D-48149 Mtinster, Germany ‘Pharmazeutisches lnstitut Poppelsdorf, Rheinische FriedrichWilhelmsUniversittit Bonn, Kreuzbergweg 26, D-531 15 Bonn, Germany ‘Departamento de Microbiologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain dDepart...

Olive mill wastewater (OMW) characteristics make it a suitable resource to be used as a microbial culture media to produce value-added compounds, such as enzymes. In this work, the ability of the novel species Aspergillus ibericus to discolor OMW and produce lipase was studied. An initial screening on plates containing an OMW-based agar medium and an emulsified olive oil/rhodamine-B agar medium...

A photocatalytic reactor with UV/TiO2 was used for the posttreatment of olive mill wastewater after anaerobic digestion. A factorial experimental design was adopted to determine the statistical significance of each parameter tested, namely, initial chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH, treatment time and recirculation flow and possible interactions in three response variables: phenols, color and CO...

The production of olive oil in Morocco has recently grown considerably for its economic and nutritional importance favored by the country's climate. After the extraction of olive oil by pressing or centrifuging, the obtained liquid contains oil and vegetation water which is subsequently separated by decanting or centrifugation. Despite its treatment throughout the extraction process, this olive...