@misc{hubbe_beck_o'neal_sharma_2012, title={Cellulosic substrates for removal of pollutants from aqueous systems: A review. 2. dyes}, volume={7}, DOI={10.15376/biores.7.2.2592-2687}, abstractNote={Dyes used in the coloration of textiles, paper, and other products are highly visible, sometimes toxic, and sometimes resistant to biological breakdown; thus it is important to minimize their release into aqueous environments. This review article considers how biosorption of dyes onto cellulose-related materials has the potential to address such concerns. Numerous publications have described how a variety of biomass-derived substrates can be used to absorb different classes of dyestuff from dilute aqueous solutions. Progress also has been achieved in understanding the thermodynamics, kinetics, and chemical factors that control the uptake of dyes. Important questions remain to be more fully investigated, such as those involving the full life-cycle of cellulosic substrates that are used for the collection of dyes. Also, more work needs to be done in order to establish whether biosorption should be implemented as a separate unit operation, or whether it ought to be integrated with other water treatment technologies, including the enzymatic breakdown of chromophores.}, number={2}, journal={BioResources}, author={Hubbe, M. A. and Beck, K. R. and O'Neal, W. G. and Sharma, Y. C.}, year={2012}, pages={2592-} } @article{smith_o'neal_boyter_pisczek_2007, title={Decolorizing textile dye wastewater by anoxic/aerobic treatment}, volume={82}, ISSN={["0268-2575"]}, DOI={10.1002/jctb.1629}, abstractNote={AbstractA method of biologically decolorizing wastewater from fiber reactive dyeing of cotton by sequential anoxic/aerobic treatment steps using a single biomass has been developed and evaluated for chemical oxygen demand and color removal. A viable biomass that effectively removes both color and chemical oxygen demand in a sequential anoxic/aerobic treatment process has been developed. This method may be retrofitted to existing aerobic wastewater treatment systems that are typically used to treat dyeing wastewater. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY}, author={Smith, Brent and O'Neal, Gilbert and Boyter, Henry and Pisczek, Jamie}, year={2007}, month={Jan}, pages={16–24} }