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April 2021 - present
University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering
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Electrochemical treatment of water and wastewater, primarily those contaminated with selenium and/or strontium.
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This study investigated the removal of selenium (Se) and strontium (Sr) from water using a three-stage electrochemical reactor with integrated pH control. A total of 102 experiments were performed following...
The growing amounts of sewage sludge (SS) and water pollution caused by heavy metals are major environmental concerns. This study addresses both issues by investigating the potential of biochar derived from SS gasification at an experimental plant as an effective adsorbent for the removal of selected heavy metals, cadmium, chromium, copper, and lea...
Chemical kinetics can be a useful tool for determining the optimal operating time of electrochemical processes. The main objective of the study was to determine the mineral oil removal rate by sono-electrochemical treatment. In this study, zero-, first-, and second-order kinetic models were used to determine the reaction rate of mineral oil removal...
The discharge from ammunition factories typically contains a cocktail of pollutants, including heavy metals, organic compounds, and suspended solids, posing potential ecological risks if left untreated. Electrocoagulation (EC) emerges as a promising alternative for the remediation of such challenging effluents. EC, a robust electrochemical process,...
Acetamiprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide widely employed in agricultural practices, has garnered attention due to its persistence, toxicity, and potential adverse effects on non-target organisms. Traditional wastewater treatment processes often prove inadequate in efficiently removing pesticides necessitating the exploration of more adequate remedi...
Imidacloprid is still a widely used neonicotinoid insecticide that is banned in many countries because of the associated environmental risks. Due to the inefficiency of conventional wastewater treatments for pesticide removal, new treatment methods are being investigated. Electrochemical methods, including electrocoagulation (EC), seem to be promis...
Chemical kinetics can be a useful tool for determining the optimal operating time of electrochemical processes. A review of the state of knowledge revealed that the rate of chemical reactions in the treatment of oily wastewater by sono-electrochemical treatment has not yet been investigated. Therefore, the main objective of the study was to determi...
3D numerical simulations and measurements on an electrochemical reactor were used to analyze the efficiency of strontium removal from water, with and without simultaneous ultrasound treatment. Ultrasound was generated using 4 ultrasonic transducers with an operating frequency of 25 kHz. The reactor used 8 aluminum electrodes arranged in two blocks....
Since high concentrations of selenium and strontium in water can potentially harm human health, various methods have been developed for their treatment. The objective of this paper was to validate previously published studies on the electrochemical removal of selenium and strontium, while also reducing the reactor operating time and using an ultras...
Ships and associated anthropogenic activities release a number of contaminant elements into the marine environment which can be particularly concentrated in restricted circulatory environments including Bays and marinas. One such locality is a Punat Bay, situated at the southern coastline of the island of Krk (west Croatia), which is the largest Cr...
An analysis of the impulsive pressure load on the underside of the deck of a complex caisson structure caused by wind waves was conducted. The measurements obtained with the physical model are compared with the numerical FLOW-3D model simulation results and the maximum pressure values obtained by applying empirical expressions based on linear wave...
Abstract In this paper, ultrasonic treatment, electrocoagulation and the combinations of these treatments were compared for the removal of manganese, nickel, cobalt, cadmium and chromium from a synthetic solution. Experiments were conducted using aluminium electrodes in a modified ultrasonic bath. The experimental design approach (DOE) and multi-le...
In this study, the influence of the electrode material and the initial concentration of heavy metals on the efficiency of their removal from water by the electrocoagulation process is investigated. The experiments were carried out in a batch reactor with aluminium, iron, copper and graphite electrodes at three different contaminant concentrations....
Local water supply systems pose the greatest risk from a public health perspective because water is delivered to consumers without any treatment and often even without disinfection. The most common causes of contamination are microbiological contamination and elevated concentrations of heavy metals. Such water must be treated to be safe for human c...
Jedan od problema vezanih za pitku vodu jest i onečišćenje teškim
metalima. Uslijed svoje toksične, biološki nerazgradive i postojane prirode,
predstavljaju ozbiljan rizik za vodene ekosustave, ali i zdravlje čovjeka.
U svrhu njihovog uklanjanja iz voda, moguće je koristiti niz različitih
metoda čiji je pregled dan u ovom radu. Konvencionalni p...
Due to its high solubility in water, a large amount of the neonicotinoid insecticide acetamiprid persisting in the soil of treated crops enters surface water or groundwater. The aim of this study was to investigate the photocatalytic degradation of acetamiprid in an aqueous medium. The experiments were carried out in an annular suspension reactor o...
Potable water is water of acceptable quality in terms of physical, chemical, and microbiological parameters for safe drinking. Although it is a basic human need and right, ensuring access to drinking water has been and continues to be a challenge. Waterborne diseases are still an issue in many developing countries and deaths from diseases such as c...
Cilj ovog rada bio je istražiti strujanje kapljevine u trima različitim modelnim cijevima: ravnoj praznoj cijevi, cijevi ispunjenoj staklenim kuglicama i praznoj spiralnoj cijevi. Pri tome je osnovni koncept sadržan u pojmu raspodjele vremena zadržavanja kapljevine (RVZ). Kako bi se dobile RVZ krivulje, eksperimentalno je mjerena koncentracija iner...
