Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Author "Fosso-Kankeu, E."
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Adaptation behaviour of bacterial species and impact on the biodegradation of biodiesel-diesel
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Marx, S.; Brink, A. (Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering, 2017)Two bacteria, namely Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were exposed to different concentrations of diesel to increase their adaptation to the fossil fuel, and were used for the degradation of diesel-biodiesel ... -
Clayey materials in river basin enhancing microbial contamination of river water
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Mulaba-Bafubiandi, A.F.; Barnard, T.G. (Elsevier, 2014)Mineral constituents of clay materials may promote interaction, adsorption and attachment of microorganisms, often resulting in biofilms’ formation. In this study investigation is made to determine how littoral clayey ... -
Coagulation/flocculation potential of polyaluminium chloride and bentonite clay tested in the removal of methyl red and crystal violet
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Webster, A.; Ntwampe, I.O.; Waanders, F.B. (Springer, 2017)This study investigated the influence of the physico-chemical properties of methyl red (MR) and crystal violet (CV) on their removal by bentonite clay and polyaluminium chloride (PACl). Different dosages of bentonite clay, ... -
Colouring of dolomite, quartzite and dolerite mine dump rocks
Easton, Z.; Waanders, F.B.; Fosso-Kankeu, E. (EARET, 2018)For environmental and aesthetic purposes it has become essential that mine dump rocks either blend into the environment or be used in the production of other products. Lately, there has been a constant need to produce ... -
Copolymerization of ethyl acrylate onto guar gum for the adsorption of Mg(II) and Ca(II) ions
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Waanders, F.B.; Maloy, E. (Taylor & Francis, 2016)In the present study, the copolymerization of ethyl acrylate and guar gum was induced by microwave irradiation in the presence of catalytic amount of the initiator potassium persulfate (KPS). The maximum percentage conversion ... -
Dispersion of inorganic contaminants in surface water in the vicinity of Potchefstroom
Manyatshe, A.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Van der Berg, D.; Lemmer, N.; Waanders, F. (Elsevier, 2017)Potchefstroom and the neighbouring cities rely mostly on the Mooi River and Vaal River for their water needs. These rivers flow through the gold mining areas and farms, and are therefore likely to be contaminated with ... -
Equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies of lead ion adsorption from mine wastewater onto MoS2-clinoptilolite composite
Pandey, S.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Waanders, F.; Spiro, M.J.; Kumar, N. (Elsevier, 2020)This work explored the potential of clinoptilolite, molybdenum sulphide (MoS2), and MoS2-clinoptilolite composite in lead (Pb) removal from aqueous medium and industrial mining wastewater. MoS2-clinoptilolite composite was ... -
Establishing suitable conditions for metals recovery from metal saturated Bacillaceae bacterium using experimental design
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Mulaba-Bafubiandi, A.F.; Barnard, T.G. (Elsevier, 2014)In this study the response surface methodology (RSM) based on the Box-Behnken design model was applied to investigate the effect of parameter interactions that are suspected to influence the metal desorption process. The ... -
Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of metal impregnated multi-walled carbon nanotubes: impact of domestic wastewater as supporting medium
De Klerk, C.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Waanders, F.B. (Desalination Publications, 2017)Despite the availability of potential water treatment resources, bacterial infections are still of major concern, especially in developing countries where large numbers of people do not have ... -
Groundwater as an alternative source to irregular surface water in the O'Kiep area, Namaqualand, South Africa
Erdogan, I.G.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Waanders, F.B.; Ntwampe, S.K.O.; Hoth, N. (Elsevier, 2019)Water insecurity is a growing concern globally and the role of groundwater and aquifers in buffering the effects of climate variability and change is increasingly acknowledged due to extended periods of drought in arid ... -
Gum ghatti and acrylic acid based biodegradable hydrogels for the effective adsorption of cationic dyes
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Mittal, H.; Mishra, Shivani B.; Mishra, Ajay K. (Elsevier, 2015)This article reports biosorption properties of Gum ghatti and acrylic acid based graft co-polymers for the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB). Gg–cl–PAA removed 99% MB and 98% RhB from the respective ... -
Hydrogel-based bioflocculants for the removal of organic pollutants from biodiesel wastewater
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Marx, S.; Mittal, H.; Ray, S.S. (Springer, 2017)Hydrogel based bioflocculants namely Gelatin and acrylic acid-co-acrylamide [GL-cl-P(AA-co-AAM)] and hybrid hydrogel composite with good adsorption potential, were synthesized in this study for the treatment of biodiesel ... -
Impact of solubilising matrices for TiCl4 on the formation of TiO2 nanoparticles
Ngandjou Douanla, M.M.; Malenga, E.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Ntwampe, S.K.O.; Razanamahandry, L.C. (EARET, 2018)Several nanoparticles (Cu2O, SnO, ZnO) have been intensively studied and applied in wastewater treatment research, with TiO2 gaining popularity because of its stability, affordability, large band gap, recyclability and ... -
Implication of plants and microbial metalloproteins in the bioremediation of polluted waters: a review
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Mulaba-Bafubiandi, A.F. (Elsevier, 2014)Traditional approaches to municipal water monitoring barely includes procedures for toxic heavy metals testing. However, the presence of such contaminants in water sources is expected in South African surface and ground ... -
Mercury removal by porous sulfur copolymers: adsorption isotherm and kinetics studies
Wadi, Vijay S.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Mittal, Hemant; Jena, Kishore K.; Alhassan, Saeed M. (Elsevier, 2020)Mercury is one of the most toxic, harmful element present in water that severely affects human health. Many traditional as well as advanced technologies were developed to remove mercury from wastewater. In this study, ... -
Metal ions adsorption affinity of clayey materials from the North West Province of South Africa
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Waanders, F. (CUMTP, 2014)Local clays that are abundant in the periphery of Potchefstroom in South Africa were characterized and investigated as potential sorbents for the removal of metal ions from effluents. The clay samples mostly contained ... -
Metal nanoparticles decorated phosphorylated carbon nanotube/cyclodextrin nanosponge for trichloroethylene and Congo red dye adsorption from wastewater
Leudjo Taka, A.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Pillay, K.; Yangkou Mbianda, X. (Elsevier, 2020)In this research, insoluble nanosponge β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) polyurethane was modified with phosphorylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (pMWCNTs) and further decorated with titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles. This ... -
Performance of various cyanide degrading bacteria on the biodegradation of free cyanide
Razanamahandry, L.C.; Malenga, E.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Onwordi, C.T.; Saban, W. (EARET, 2018)This study reports on the biodegradation of free cyanide (FCN) by cyanide degrading bacteria (CDB) that were isolated from mining wastewater and in thiocyanate containing wastewater. The performance of these isolates ... -
Potential toxic elements contamination of soils in O’Kiep, an arid region of Namaqualand, South Africa
Erdogan, I.G.; Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Waanders, F.B.; Ntwampe, S.K.O.; Hoth, N. (EARET, 2018)The aim of this study was to evaluate the geochemical background and spatial distribution patterns of selected potential toxic elements (PTEs) in ten sub-surface soil samples (n=10) collected in the former copper mining ... -
Preparation and characterization of gum karaya hydrogel nanocomposite flocculant for metal ions removal from mine effluents
Fosso-Kankeu, E.; Waanders, F.; Mittal, H.; Ntwampe, I.O.; Ray, S.S. (Springer, 2016)This research paper reports the removal of heavy metal ions from mine effluents using the gum karaya (GK)-grafted poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) incorporated iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4 MNPs) hydrogel ...