title: Nanofluids used for water/wastewater treatment--a mini review.
abstract: Due to the rapid elevation of health standards and the limited water resources, decontamination and disinfection have become a challenging aspect of water/wastewater treatment. Traditional disinfection in water/wastewater treatment is associated with limitations, such as the production of toxic disinfection by-products. With the development of nanofluids, there is more and more interest in using nanofluids in environmental sectors, especially in water/wastewater treatment. Nanofluids are not strong oxidants and are not expected to produce harmful disinfection by-products. Nanofluids exhibit good disinfection properties against a wide range of bacteria, including Gram-negative, Gram-positive and spore bacteria. Several patents disclose the typically used types of nanofluids and their possible disinfection/ decontamination mechanisms. The use of different nanofluids and their applications in different water/wastewater treatment have also been reviewed in this paper.
authors: Lingling
authors: L
authors: Zhang
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Xiaoming
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Key Laboratory of Educational Ministry for High Efficient Mining and Safety in Metal Mine, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. linglingzhangll@hotmail.com.
authors: Daqiang
authors: D
authors: Cang
mesh_terms: D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010330:Patents as Topic; D013535:Suspensions / Q000737:chemistry*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D018508:Water Purification / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D013535:Suspensions; D062065:Wastewater; D014867:Water