| Team leader’s name: Prof. CHAABANE Toufik |
| Last name and first name | Academic researchers grade | Affiliated institution |
| CHAABANE Toufik | Prof. | USTHB |
| DJELLOUL Chawki | Prof. | USTHB |
| MOUHI Lilia | MCB | USTHB |
| DAHDOUH | MCB | USTHB |
| GUELLATI Khadidja | MAB | UTHB |
| KEZRANE Imane | MAB | USTHB |
RESEARCH TOPICS:
- Sequential treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater using electrochemical methods and nanofiltration.
- Surface modification of adsorbents for achieving nanostructured materials for enhanced removal of dyes.
- Preparation and characterization of electro-generated adsorbents that are thermally regenerable (EGA) for concurrent electrocoagulation process.
- Electro-generated mesoporous alumina preparation by electrocoagulation in a specific electrolyte and application in fluoride removal with consistent regenerations.
- Low-cost fluorinated adsorbents prepared from renewable biomass wastes: synthesis, characterization, and modeling studies.
- Electroflotation process coupled with electrocoagulation: a viable choice for the removal of antibiotics from pharmaceutical wastewater.
- Performance efficiency of electroflotation process coupled with electrocoagulation (EC-EF) compared to adsorption process in the removal of doxycycline from aqueous solutions.
- Application of electrochemical remediation processes for the removal of surface treatment wastewaters.
- Optimization of artificial neural network for photo-induced degradation and mineralization of amoxicillin by the ferrioxalate complex with a gradual and progressive ligand approach.
- Luminescent textiles as species with optimized photocatalytic characteristics for water treatment. Study of performance evaluation of photoreactors.
Research projects
| Title of the project | The research project leader | year | Number |
| Elimination des polluants organiques dans l’eau par des techniques innovantes d’oxydation. Application aux traitements des effluents industriels. | DJELLOUL Chawki | PRFU 2023 | A16N01UN160420230010 |
| Implication des hydroxydes en doubles couches de M-AL-LDH dans les processus d’électrocoagulation. Application au traitement des effluents industriels | CHAABANE Toufik | PRFU 2022 | A16N01UN160420220009 |
| Traitement des rejets de l’industrie de textile | BENHADJI Amel | PRFU 2019 | A16N01UN160420190003 |
| Development and implementation of new adsorbent materials by physic-chemical and electrochemical routes Application to the treatment of industrial effluents | CHAABANE Toufik | PRFU 2018 | A16N01UN1604201 |
| Suivi et traitement des effluents industriels de la zone Rouiba-Reghaia. Etude de cas à fort impact environnemental | TALEB AHMED MOURAD | PNR 2015 | |
| Contribution to the treatment of Reghaia lake water by coupling processes:electrochemical, biological and membrane. | MAACHI Rachida | CNEPRU 2014 | A16N01UN160420140063 |
| Traitement des rejets de tannerie par couplage de procédés. | TALEB AHMED MOURAD | CNEPRU 2014 | |
| Valorisation des biomasses dans le traitement des eaux contaminées par les métaux lourds | MAACHI Rachida | PNR 2014 |
Publications
Guellati ; R Maachi ;T Chaabane ;André Darchen ; M Dannish,Aluminum dispersed bamboo activated carbon production for effective removal of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride antibiotics: optimization and mechanism studyJournal of environment Management 2022 http://www.Sciencedirect.com
Guellati ; R Maachi ;T Chaabane ;André Darchen ; M Dannish, Preparation and characterizations of thermally regenerable eletro -gencerated adsorbent (EGAs) for a competitor eletrocoagulation process Journal of the Taiwan institute of chemical Engineering 2019 http://ww.sciencedirect.com
Guellati ; R Maachi ;T Chaabane ;André Darchen ; M Dannish,Separate and simultaneous removal of doxycycline and oxytetracycline antibiotics by electro-generated adsorbents (EGAs). Journal of Environment Chemical Engineering 2019 http://www.sciencedirect.com
Guellati ; R Maachi ;T Chaabane ;André Darchen ; M Dannish,Preparation of mesoporous alumina electro-generated by electro-generated by electro coagulation in NaCl electrolyte and application in fluoride removal with consistent regenerations. Arabian journal of chemistry 2017 http://www.sciencedircrect.com
Guellati ; R Maachi ;T Chaabane ;André Darchen ; M Dannish, Performance efficiency of electro-coagulation coupled electro-flotation process (EC-EF) versus adsorption process in doxycycline removal from aqueous solutions. Process safety and Environment Protection 2016 http://www.sciencedirect.com
Guellati ; R Maachi ;T Chaabane ;André Darchen ; M Dannish,Low-cost fluoride adsorbents prepared from a renewable biowaste: syntheses, characterization and modeling studies.
Arabian journal of chemistry 2015 http://www.sciencedirect.com
A. Benhadji, M. Taleb Ahmed, R. Maachi, Removel of protein from chromium tanning bath using Pseudomonas sp. International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering vol 2 , N° 12 , 2015
A. Benhadji, M.Taleb Ahmed, H. Djelal, R. Maachi, Electrochemical Treatment of Spent Tan Bath Solution for Reuse, Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination. 8 (1): pp.123–134, 2018. DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2016.123Guellati ; R Maachi ;T Chaabane ;André Darchen ; M Dannish,Electro-coagulation coupled electro-flotation process: Feasible choice in doxycycline removal from pharmaceutical effluents Arabian journal of chemistry 2015 http://www.sciencedirect.com.
D. Zerrouki, A. Benhadji, M. Taleb Ahmed, H. Djelal, R. Maachi. Treatment of a dye solophenyle 4GE by coupling electrocoagulation / nanofiltration. Membrane Water Treatment, Vol. 5, No. 4 (2014) 251-263
A. Benhadji, M.TALEB AHMED, R. Maachi. Removel of protein from chromium tanning bath using Pseudomonas sp. International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering vol 2 , N° 12 , 2015M. Kebir, M. Chabani, N. Nasrallah, A. Bensmaili, M. Trari. Coupling adsorption with photocatalysis process for the Cr(VI) removal, Journal Desalination. 270, 166-173, 2011
A. Kezzim , N. Nasrallah , A. Abdi , M. Trari . Visible light induced hydrogen on the novel hetero-system CuFe2O4/ TiO2 Journal Energy Conversion and Management 52, 2800-2806, 2011.
Assassi, M., Fourcade, F., Geneste, F.2, Floner, D., Maachi, R., Amrane, A., Combined electrochemical and biological treatment for pesticide degradation – Application to phosmet, Int. J. Environ. Res., 5(1):41-46, Winter 2011, ISSN: 1735-6865, 2011.N.
Nasrallah, M. Kebir, Z. Koudri, M. Trari. Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) on the novel hetero-system CuFe2O4/CdS, Journal of Hazardous Materials,185,1398-1404, 2011.
A.Benhadji, M. Taleb Ahmed, R. Maachi, Electrocoagulation and effect of cathode materials on the removal of pollutants from tannery wastewater of Rouïba, Desalination, Volume 277, Issues 1-3, 15 August 2011, Pages 128-134, ISSN 0011-9164, 10.1016/j.desal.2011.
R. Gherbi, N. Nasrallah, A. Amrane, R. Maachi, M. Trari, Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) on the new hetero-system CuAl2O4/TiO2, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 186, Issues 2-3, 28 February 2011, Pages 1124-1130, ISSN 0304-3894, 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.
M. Abouseoud, A. Yataghene, A. Amrane, R. Maachi, Effect of pH and salinity on the emulsifying capacity and naphthalene solubility of a biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 180, Issues 1-3, 15 August 2010.Fadila Ayati, Majda Aziza, Rachida Maachi and Abdeltif Amrane; The Substrate Carbon Consumption and Metabolite Production to Describe the Growth of Geotrichum candidum and Penicillium camemberti on Glucose and Amino Acids; Food Technology and Biotechnology,Vol.48 No.1 March 2010.
