Heavy metals are persistent environmental contaminants that pose severe risks to both ecosystems and human health mainly due to their high toxicity and bioaccumulation. These pollutants originate from natural processes like volcanic activity and human activities such as mining and industrial operations. Their non-biodegradable nature leads to bioac...

By Milan Milivojević, Anja Antanasković, Kristina Pavićević, Aleksandra Popović, Mladen Bugarčić, Katarina Trivunac, Vladimir Adamović, Vladan Živković, Zorica Lopičić

This paper focuses on lignocellulosic waste biomass originating from food industry, which should find its further application in order to fulfill demands of circular economy. Therefore, here are presented some of the chemical and physical properties that affect combustion process, as well as thermochemical reaction kinetics for lignocellulosic biom...

By Zorica Lopičić, Tatjana Šoštarić, Ahmad Hosseini-Bandegharaei, Jelena Milojković, Marija Petrović, Katarina Pantović Spajić, Jelena Avdalović

The  main  constituents  of  ligno-cellulosic  (LC)  biomass  are  lignin,  celluloses  and  hemicelluloses,  complex polymers with  many  functional  groups,  which  can be modified with  the  purpose  to  improve the  sorption properties&...

By Zorica Lopičić, Tatjana Šoštarić, Jelena Milojković, Marija Mihajlović, Jelena Petrović, Ivan Antanasković, Mirjana Stojanović

In this work, the design and usage of biosorbents made of apricot shells (Prunus armeniaca L.), Na-alginate and bentonite, for heavy metals removal from wastewaters, were investigated. The effect of particle size on the biosorption process, were investigate and the smallest fraction, was immobilized in Na-alginate. Immobilization had a positive eff...

By Tatjana Šoštarić, Marija Petrović, Zorica Lopićić, Jelena Petrović, Jelena Milojković, Marija Mihajlović, Mirjana Stojanović