The Global NEST Journal is an open access journal that publishes original research articles, short papers and critical reviews on all aspects of Environmental Science and Technology. These comprise, but are not limited to, Pollution Control Technology, Global Environmental Change, Air Quality, Water Quality, Water and Waste Water Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Hazardous Substances and Risk...Read full aims and scope
Investigation of Copper Ion adsorption using Activated Sawdust Powder: Isotherm, Kinetic and Thermodynamic studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The batch adsorption technique investigated the efficiency of sawdust adsorbent for removing copper ions from synthetic solutions. A chemical synthesis process prepared the activated sawdust powder, and its surface area and pore volume were obtained by BET isotherm analysis. The ability of copper...
Ziziphus Jujube Seeds derived Biomass as Cost-Effective Biosorbent for the removal of Cr6+ from Aqueous solutions: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Biosorption of hexavalent chromium ions from the synthetic solution was performed using activated Ziziphus jujube seeds powder as an adsorbent material. A chemical synthesis process prepared the adsorbent, and various methods have evaluated its characteristics. FTIR, SEM and EDX analysis was...
Activated rice husk biochar for azo dye removal: batch adsorption, kinetics and thermodynamic studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The study aimed to analyze the adsorption behaviour of an activated rice husk biochar adsorbent in batch mode to expunge azo dye concentrations depletion from liquid solvents. The biochar adsorbent was formulated using different chemical synthesis processes, and its surface region was assessed using...
Kinetic study of inorganic carbon (IC) removal and COD removal from refinery wastewater by solar Photo-Fenton.
Wastewater treatment
This study evaluated the effectiveness of solar Photo-Fenton’s technique (H2O2/Fe2+/Solar) to treat the refinery wastewater. The experimental data were analyzed using the first and second-order kinetic models. The results clearly indicated that the pseudo-second-order models gave better prediction...
Biosorption of heavy metals using Gracilaria edulisseaweed – batch adsorption, kinetics and thermodynamic studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Clean water and its requirement are one of the emerging needs in recent days. Water pollution creates more amount of toxic nature to the clean water and it increases the accumulation of poisonous contaminants in the water sources. Heavy metal ions are the type of toxic pollutant released from...
Batch and Packed Bed Column Studies of Azo Dyes Adsorption from the Aqueous Solutions Using Activated Sugarcane Bagasse Charcoal Adsorbent: Isotherm and Kinetic Studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Biosorption of azo dyes (RO-16, RB-120 & RB-19) from the aqueous solutions was investigated using the activated sugarcane bagasse charcoal adsorbent. The characteristics of the prepared adsorbent were analyzed by SEM, EDX, FTIR, XRD, TG & DT analysis, and the BET surface area of the sugarcane...
MTBE adsorption on surface modified adsorbent Kaolin-KOH – A study on Kinetic equilibrium and surface morphology
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of low-cost adsorbents for the removal of MTBE by employing natural kaolin clay with surface modification by KOH. The feasibility of MTBE examination by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) in aqueous solution was investigated. To...
Kinetic and Fixed Bed Studies for Copper Removal from Solutions by Walnut Tree Sawdust (Juglans regia Linnaeus)
Pollution Control Technology
This study investigates the adsorption kinetics and removal conditions of copper by walnut tree sawdust from synthetic solutions in the batch and fixed bed reactors. The selected experimental parameters for the batch reactor were concentration, solution pH, adsorbent amount and temperature. The...
Sustainable Solutions for Heavy Metal Contamination: Characterization and Regeneration of Water Hyacinth Biosorbent in Wastewater Treatment
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The water hyacinth biosorbent has undergone thorough characterization and assessment for its capacity to remove heavy metals, specifically Pb(II) and Hg(II), from aqueous solutions. Notably, the biosorbent demonstrated an impressive maximum adsorption capacity for Pb and Hg, reaching values of 158.7...
Chemically modified Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed: a sustainable solution for heavy metal removal from wastewater
Water and Wastewater Treatment
In this study, a batch adsorption process was conducted utilizing Ascophyllum Nodosum biosorbent as an organic adsorbent used for the elimination of heavy metal ions (specifically chromium, nickel, and zinc) from wastewater. To examine the surface morphology and functional groups, the biosorbent...
Kinetics Study of The Ability of Compost Material for Removing 〖Cu〗^(2+) from Wastewater
Solid Waste Management
The objective of this study is to examine the ability of a compost material for removing {Cu}^{2+} from aqueous solutions with different parameters using continuous fixed-bed column. Compost was characterized by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy which revealed that the metal binding is...
Biosorption of methylene blue from aqueous solutions by modified mesoporous Simarouba glauca seed shell powder
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The present study investigates the ability of formaldehyde treated Simarouba glauca seed shell powder for removal of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions. Batch adsorption studies were carried out under various experimental conditions such as agitation time, dye concentration, adsorbent dose...
Adsorption of cadmium and copper onto natural clay: isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Clay of the Middle Atlas Mountains region, Morocco, was used to investigate the removal of heavy metals ions (Cadmium and Copper) from aqueous solutions with respect to several experimental conditions including pH, contact time, initial solute concentrations, temperature and ionic strength. Kinetic...
Basic dyestuffs removal from textile effluents using feathers: equilibrium, kinetic and column studies
General
This research work has been focused in the study of gallinaceous feathers, a waste that may be valorised as sorbent, to remove the Dark Blue Astrazon 2RN (DBA) from Dystar. This study was focused on the following aspects: optimization of experimental conditions through factorial design methodology...
A comprehensive study of the high temperature pyrolysis of sewage sludge: kinetics, energy analysis and products formation
Sustainable Energy
This study evaluates the pyrolysis of sewage sludge until 960 °C using heating rates between 3 K/min and 12 K/min in a macro TG/EGA. Mass and energy balances and kinetic parameters are determined. Thermal decomposition is divided into a low temperature zone (until 550 °C to 590 °C), for...
Adsorption and Kinetics Studies of Cu (II) ions Removal from Aqueous Solution by Untreated and Treated Sugarcane Bagasse
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Adsorption of Cu (II) ions by untreated sugarcane bagasse (USCB) and treated sugarcane bagasse (TSCB) was investigated. Sugarcane bagasse was treated with 0.1M oxalic acid prior to TSCB adsorption studies. Dependence of Cu (II) adsorption on pH, contact time, temperature and initial concentration of...
Adsorption of lead (II) ions onto diatomite from aqueous solution: Mechanism, isotherm and kinetic studies
Pollution Control Technology
This study presents an evaluation of diatomite as a low cost adsorbent for Pb (II) removal from aqueous solutions under various conditions. The results demonstrate that adsorption of Pb (II) is strongly dependent on the pH of the solution. The effect of pH on adsorption of Pb (II) on diatomite was...
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Remazol Black under visible light illumination through S doped TiO2 (S-TiO2) nanoparticles: Operational factors and kinetic study
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The degradation of Remazol Black (RBB) by S-TiO2 photocatalyst was investigated. X-ray diffraction, fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and UV-vis specular reflectance spectroscopy has been used to characterize S-TiO2. The results...
Kinetics and adsorption studies of lead (II) onto activated carbon using low cost adsorbents
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The removal of Lead (II) from aqueous solutions using Fagopyrum esculentum Moench (Buckwheat) and Bambusa vulgaris (common bamboo) as adsorbents was investigated. The effects of various experimental parameters such as initial concentration, contact time and pH have been studied using batch...
Equilibrium, thermodynamic and kinetic studies to study the sorption of rhodamine-b by moroccan clay
General
This study aimed to evaluate the sorption capability of an inexpensive and easily available Moroccan clay, called locally Ghassoul, to remove Rhodamine B (Rh-B) from aqueous solution. Experimental results showed that the equilibrium sorption data fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm and the...
Removal of C.I.Basic yellow 2 from aqueous solution by adsorption onto granular activated carbon using an on-line spectrophotometric analysis system: Kinetic and equilibrium study
General
The adsorption of Basic yellow 2 (BY2), from aqueous solutions onto Granular activated carbon (GAC) and its adsorption kinetics at different concentrations, GAC masses, initial pH values and temperatures were studied. The adsorption process was followed by an on-line spectrophotometric analysis...
Optimization of raw acrylic yarn dye wastewater treatment by electrochemical processes: kinetic study and energy consumption
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The textile industry has an important place in the environmental pollution due to its heavy water consumption and to the toxic content of dye. Every succeeding day, the water quality is deteriorated because the wastewater containing the dye is supplied to the receiving medium. In this study, The...
Investigation of mechanism of metal ion adsorption from aqueous solutions using Prosopis julyflora roots: Batch and fixed bed column studies
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Adsorption of heavy metal ions (Cr, Pb & Zn) using prosopis julyflora roots has been investigated by batch adsorption and fixed bed column process. The various properties of adsorbent were analysed and the FT-IR spectra & SEM studies of prosopis julyflora powder, before and after adsorption of metal...
Determination of kinetic parameters in a pilot scale BNR system treating municipal wastewater
General
Kinetics for the biological processes of nitrification, denitrification and carbon oxidation were studied in the aerobic and anoxic phases of a pilot scale Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) plant treating municipal wastewater. The configuration of the treating system is based on the combination of...
Dye removal abilities of the mesophilic and thermophilic biomass: a kinetics study
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Mesophilic biomass and thermophilic biomass samples were isolated and used to remove Dorasyn Red dye from aqueous solutions. The biosorption kinetics of dye uptake by four different types of biomass at three temperatures (20, 30, and 40 °C) were investigated using pseudo-first order kinetics, pseudo...
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Water and wastewater
Study on the Degradation of Brominated Flame Retardants in Waste Circuit Boards Using a Supercritical Fluid Method: Methodology, Influencing Factors, and Optimal Fluid Type
Innovative environmental solutions
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Degradation of polystyrene plastics by alkane monooxygenase and alcohol dehydrogenase
Solid Waste Management
05-11-2024
Environmental Impact Assessment of Solid Waste Disposal on Groundwater Quality
Water Quality
05-11-2024
LC MS/MS Phytochemical analysis of Ruta montana and the Hepatic Preventive Effects in male Rats exposed to Tebuconazole
Environmental Health
05-11-2024
Review of Remote Sensing, GIS and Soft Computing Tool for Predicting the Land-use and Environment Changes
Innovative environmental solutions
04-11-2024
Integrated Early Flood Prediction using Sentinel-2 Imagery with VANET-MARL-based Deep Neural RNN
Floods, Droughts and...
04-11-2024
Phytochemical characterization and valorization of Quercus ilex (west of Algeria)
General
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Sustainable Enhancement of Mechanical and Wear Properties in Natural Fiber Composites: Integration of Bio-Waste Fillers and Taguchi Optimization for Bio Medical Applications
Biowaste
19-12-2024
Impact of microplastic pollution on the ocean and marine animals: A comprehensive review
Microplastics in the...
19-12-2024
Optimization of Nozzle Hole Number for Dual Fuel Operation Using Biodiesel Blends: A Response Surface Methodology Approach
Sustainable Energy
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Radioactivity and radon exhalation from cat litter – Is there an issue?
General
19-12-2024
Effect and mechanism of perfluorooctanoic acid on extracellular polymeric substances of microorganisms during biological wastewater treatment
Water and wastewater...
19-12-2024
Modelling of PM2.5 Concentrations Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study of Islamabad
Air Quality
19-12-2024
Influence of the Injector Nozzle on Hydrogen-Powered Juliflora Biodiesel in HCCI Engines: A Surface Response Methodology Approach
Sustainable Energy
19-12-2024
Bioclimatic Analysis and Proposal of Bioclimatic Strategies for Buildings: Case Studies in Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Climate change mitigation...
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Prosopis julifera oil: optimization and biodiesel production
Sustainable Energy
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