Noureddine Nasrallah

Our research described in this article examined the physical aging of natural rubber (NR) and nitrile rubber (NBR) compounds reinforced with nano-silica (n-SiO 2 ) particles. The impact of NR and nano-silica content on the mechanical, spectral, and thermal properties of the composites was assessed using Shore hardness, thermal gravimetric analysis...

Citation: Kebir, M.; Bouallouche, R.; Nasrallah, N.; Tahraoui, H.; Elboughdiri, N.; Ait Merzeg, F.; Dergal, F.; Amirouche, S.; Assadi, A.A.; Amrane, A.; et al. Sustainable Photodegradation of Amoxicillin in Wastewater with a Nickel Aluminate and ZnO Heterosystem Oxides: Experimental and Gaussian Process Regression Modeling Studies. Abstract: The wa...

Community drinking water sources are increasingly contaminated by various point and non-point sources, with emerging organic contaminants and microbial strains posing health risks and disrupting ecosystems. This study explores the use of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) as a non-specific agent to address groundwater contamination and combat micro...

This research aimed to study the effects of individual components on the physicochemical properties of systems composed of surfactants, polymers, oils, and electrolytes in order to maximize the recovery efficiency of kerosene while minimizing the impact on the environment and human health. Four independent factors, namely anionic surfactant sodium...

The use of Essential Oil (EO) as an antimicrobial agent has been widely used since antiquity, and interest has grown due to the resistance of microorganisms to drugs. This study aims to evaluate the chemical composition of Algerian Citrus limon peel EO and its antifungal activity against dermatophyte strains, according to the harvest period. EO fro...

Sillenite catalysts have shown efficient photocatalytic activity for the removal of various pollutants from water in previous studies, thus enhancing their activity by combining them with other materials will be very promising for environmental applications. In this context, an interesting hybrid system containing Polyaniline (PANI) as an adsorbent...

This work proposes an appropriate method for cleaning pharmaceutical wastewater from hazardous compounds like cephalosporin and also conducts innovative full design criteria for commercial-scale applications associated with full economic evaluation. The sillenite Bi12TiO20 (BTO) was used as a catalyst in this approach, and it was chosen based on pr...

In this work, significant interest has been focused on removing pharmaceutical pollutants, i.e., oxytetracycline (OTC), which was studied through adsorption onto activated carbon (ACT) produced from households or agricultural wastes under various experimental conditions. The physicochemical properties of the produced carbon were investigated using...

In this work, significant interest has been focused on removing pharmaceutical pollutants, i.e., oxytetracycline (OTC), which was studied through adsorption onto activated carbon (ACT) produced from households or agricultural wastes under various experimental conditions. The physicochemical properties of the produced carbon were investigated using...

The discovery of the occurrence of inorganic pollutants in surface waters is identified in the system assessment quality. The most harmful elements are pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and heavy metals are still dangerous to the environment due to their general uses. Chromate has the largest concen...

This research attempted to synthesize a photocatalyst with a narrow bandgap and to investigate the possibility of using it to remove dyes from wastewater. The spinel CuCr 2 O 4 (CCO) was selected as a topical catalyst as it showed interesting proprieties in previous studies. The catalyst CCO has been synthesized using the sol-gel method and used to...

This study assesses the feasibility of designing a hybrid ozonation / nanofiltration membrane process that can simultaneously oxidize and reject contaminants while exhibiting reduced membrane fouling. An innovative monophasic configuration, in which a pre-ozonated water was mixed at the membrane cell inlet to the water to be treated doped with H2O2...

We report on this study the optical and photo-electrochemical properties of BaFe2O4 (BFO) nanoparticles and their role in photocatalytic degradation of an organic pollutant and hydrogen generation. The spinel BFO was synthesized by the sol-gel route and formed at 900 °C, the phase was identified by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, confirmed by...

Water pollution is a significant concern that affects the environment and human health. Antibiotics are among the most dangerous types of pollutants spreading in our time because of their harmful effects, such as generating antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Therefore, it is necessary to attain an eco-friendly and efficient method for treating those ha...

In our study, the effectiveness of photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) in the presence of several catalysts under simulated solar light was studied. A comparative study was conducted between four different catalysts (TiO2, Cu2O, WO3, and Bi2O3) to assess their photocatalytic activities by varying the illumination time. The photodegrada...

The hazards of dyes on the water have driven researchers to develop strategies to remove them. Our choice for this study was photocatalysis. In view of this, semiconductor CoCr2O4 (CCO) by the co-precipitation method was synthesized and explored for its photo-catalytic efficiency by the possible elimination of basic blue 41 (BB41) by degradation in...

This work aims to synthesize and characterize a material that can be used as an effective catalyst for photocatalytic application to remove both organic and inorganic compounds from wastewater. In this context, sillenite Bi12ZnO20 (BZO) in a pure phase was synthesized using the sol–gel method. Before calcination, differential scanning calorimetry (...

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs), in particular heterogeneous photocatalysis, have been considered as a promising method to remove antibiotics without generating hazardous intermediates. In this work, an innovative compact photoreactor was designed and tested for the degradation of the antibiotic Flumequine. The system consisted of a textile wov...

The fast-growing consumer demand drives industrial process intensification, which subsequently creates a significant amount of waste. These products are discharged into the environment and can affect the quality of air, degrade water streams, and alter soil characteristics. Waste materials may contain polluting agents that are especially harmful to...

The purpose of this work is to study the crystal structural and optical properties of the bismuth-based zinc sillenite Bi12ZnO20 (BZO) in order to be used for environmental application. BZO nanoparticles were synthesized by the co-precipitation technique. The obtained catalyst was characterized by different techniques. Starting with XRD, the struct...

In this study, BaFe2O4 nanoparticles with a crystallite size of 86 nm were produced using the sol–gel method and applied in the photoreduction of chromate. The spinel phase was identified by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. The structure was refined in orthorhombic symmetry by Rietveld analysis. A...

To deal with the contamination of the water environment, which represents an arena for microorganisms and antibiotics, a photocatalytic process has been proposed due to its high efficiency and non-toxicity. This review discusses and investigates antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) removal and inactivation with their associated genes...

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the adsorption kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamic parameters correlating the removal of 60Co2+ radioactive ions from waste water of the primary cooling circuit of the Nuclear Uranium Reactor (Nur / Draria-Algeirs) on Fe(III)-modified Algerian bentonite. Characterization was done using X-ray diffraction...

The photocatalytic removal of Flumequine (antibiotic) using a luminous textile which served as a support for the TiO2 and a light transmitter through optical fibers was examined in this study. Two configurations of luminous textile were investigated (Mono-Face and Double-Face) in terms of compounds degradation and mineralization. Photocatalytic per...

The present contribution is to synthesize and characterize a new material photocatalyst. It also explores the possibility of using it to remove organic and inorganic pollutants in water. In this context, the sillenite Bi 12 CoO 20 (BCO) in 30 pure phase was synthesized by the combustion sol-gel method. The phase was 31 identified by X-ray diffracti...

This work aims to synthesize a photocatalyst with high photocatalytic performances and explore the possibility of using it for antibiotic removal from wastewater. For that, the spinel ZnBi2O4 (ZBO) was produced with the co-precipitation method and its optical, dielectric, and elec-trochemical characteristics were studied. The phase has been determi...

The present contribution is about the synthesis of a composite photo-catalyst with remarkable activity and a narrow gap band to explore the possibility of using it for the removal of antibiotics in water. The synthesis of spinel ZnCr2O4 (ZCO) nanoparticles in pure phase by the combination of sol-gel methodology at 700 °C was achieved. The identific...

The heterogeneous photocatalysis process has been known to provide significant levels of degradation and mineralization of emerging contaminants including antibiotics. For that, nanoparticle CuCr2O4 (CCO) ceramics were successfully prepared via sol-gel (SG) and co-precipitation (CP) methods to obtain spinel with desired structural features and prop...

CoBi2O4 (CBO) nanoparticles were synthesized by sol-gel method using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a complexing reagent. For a single phase with the spinel structure, the formed gel was dried and calcined at four temperatures stages. Various methods were used to identify and characterize the obtained spinel, such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scannin...

Abstract In our study, the effectiveness of photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) in the presence of several catalysts under simulated solar light was studied. A comparative study was conducted between four different catalysts (TiO2, Cu2O, WO3, and Bi2O3) to assess their photocatalytic activities by varying the illumination time. The pho...

Essential oils (EOs) from anise seeds (Pimpinella anisum) collected in the Algerian region were extracted by microwave‐assisted hydrodistillation (MAHD) and hydrodistillation (HD). The oil yield (%), chemical composition, energetic consumption and the antimicrobial properties were evaluated of the obtained EO. The yields obtained by both processes...

- In this work, we focused on the study of the degradation of the Rhodamine B (Rh B) dye type used in industry by applying homogeneous catalysis purification processes such as Fenton and photo fenton based on the reaction of radical groups (OH*, O2*). The experimental approach was carried out to study the influence of some operating parameters such...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of non-thermal plasma (NTP) and heterogeneous photocatalytic processes for indoor air treatment of refrigerated food chambers. Propionic acid and benzene were chosen as target pollutants to simulate odors inside a fridge. Firstly, the microstructure of the used catalyst was investigated by tra...

In this study, the treatment of petroleum wastewater has been investigated by applying heterogeneous photocatalytic process using a recirculating annual reactor. An attempt has been made to study the effect of operating parameters such as TiO2 load, initial concentration of the pollutant, emitted photonic flux, and pH of the solution. The degradati...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of non-thermal plasma and heterogeneous photocatalysis processes for indoor air treatment using cylindrical continuous reactor at pilot scale and high flow rates. Trichloromethane (CHCl3) also called chloroform was chosen as a model pollutant representing hospital indoor air. This pollutant is...

Recently, among the emerging contaminants, N-nitrosomethylethylamine has become of special concern because it is a potent human mutagenic and carcinogenic contaminant has been detected chlorinated or chloraminated drinking waters and wastewaters. In this work a sensitive and robust method, which was based on solid-phase extraction followed by ultra...