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ReviewBioprocess and biosystems engineering2023

Removing microplastics from wastewater using leading-edge treatment technologies: a solution to microplastic pollution-a review.

Arunkumar Priya, Gururajan Anusha, Sundaram Thanigaivel, Alagar Karthick, Vinayagam Mohanavel, Palanivel Velmurugan, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian, Manickam Ravichandran, Hesam Kamyab, Irina Mikhailovna Kirpichnikova and 1 more

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Review in Bioprocess and biosystems engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Arunkumar PriyaDepartment of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641407, India. akpriy@gmail.com.
Gururajan AnushaDepartment of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641407, India.
Sundaram ThanigaivelSaveetha School of Engineering, Department of Biotechnology, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 602105, India.
Alagar KarthickRenewable Energy lab, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641407, India. karthick.power@gmail.com.
Vinayagam MohanavelCentre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600073, India.
Palanivel VelmuruganCentre for Materials Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600073, India.
Balamuralikrishnan BalasubramanianDepartment of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Sejong University, Seoul, 05006, South Korea.
Manickam RavichandranDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, K. Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 621112, India.
Hesam KamyabMalaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. hesam_kamyab@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5272-2297
Irina Mikhailovna KirpichnikovaElectric Power Station, Network, and Supply System, South Ural State University, (National Research University), 76 Prospekt Lenina, 454080, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
Shreeshivadasan ChelliapanEngineering Department, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jln Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microplastics (MPs) in environmental studies have revealed that public sewage treatment plants are a common pathway for microplastics to reach local surroundings. Microplastics are becoming more of a worry, posing a danger to both marine wildlife and humans. These plastic items not only contribute to the macrocosmic proliferation of plastics but also the scattering of microplastics and the concentration of other micropollutant-containing objects, increasing the number of pollutants identified. Microplastics' behavior, movement, transformation, and persistence mechanisms, as well as their mode of action in various wastewater effluent treatment procedures, are still unknown. They are making microplastics made from wastewater a big deal. We know that microplastics enter wastewater treatment facilities (WWTPs), that wastewater is released into the atmosphere, and that this wastewater has been considered to represent a threat to habitats and ground character based on our literature assessment. The basic methods of wastewater and sewage sludge, as well as the treatment procedure and early characterization, are covered throughout the dissection of the problematic scientific conceptualization.

Indexed as

WastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalEnvironmental MonitoringHumansMicroplasticsPlasticsSewageWaste Disposal, FluidMicroplasticsPlasticsSewageWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalHabitatMicroplasticPollutionPretreatmentSludgeWastewater

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