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Climate change and air pollution

Natural Pigment Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Photovoltaic Studies: A sustainable energy solution

by Ranwa K. Khakhal H.R. Kharkwal D. Vyas S. Ejaz R. Abid I. Rizwana H. Aghayeva S. Iqbal R.

Sustainable Energy

The present research work is carried out on fabrication of natural pigment-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) utilizing Lemon leaves and Onion peels extracted dyes as natural photosensitizers. The absorption spectra analysis shows the major peaks for onion peel at 370 nm and 475 nm and 664 nm...

Critical Review on Effect of CI Engine Performance and Emission from Nano Particle Blended Biodiesel Combustion at various fuel injection pressures

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Corresponding author: K. Simhadri et al. View all

Emerging pollutants

In recent years, Due to the depletion of petroleum reserves and rising environmental concerns, alternative fuels have attracted a lot of attention. This study investigates the combustion, emissions, and performance properties of diesel engines running on biodiesel-diesel blends. Recent developments...

Biodiesel Additives +3 more

Water and wastewater

Volatile Organic Pollutants in Bottled Water from Saudi Arabia: Occurrence, Method Development, and Analysis Using GC-MS and SPE

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Corresponding author: Bandar R. Alsehli et al. View all

Emerging pollutants

Bottled water is considered a safe water source and extensively consumed worldwide. However, increased health concerns about its contamination by organic pollutants and polymeric micro/nonfibrous particulates have arisen in the last few years. Therefore, this work is designed to screen the bottled...

organic pollutants Bottled water +3 more

Sustainable surfactant removal and wastewater reuse in carwash systems using natural zeolite

by Kharabsheh R.M. Awad A.A. Alhusban M.A. Bdour A.

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Jordan is the world’s second water-poorest country. Treating and reusing of wastewater are significantly important at the national level. This research aims to investigate the use of natural and modified Zeolite for the removal of Methylene Blue Active Substances (MBAS) and lead (Pb), major...

Adsorption carwash wastewater +3 more

Prediction of Missing PAHs in the Songhua River using Monte Carlo Expansion, BP Neural Network, and Random Forest Models

by Cao Z. Si X. Chen F. Li M. Meng F.

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are toxic and ubiquitous in the water environment. The content of PAHs needs to be systematically and comprehensively detected to achieve the environmental quality assessment. However, due to the constraint of testing cost, detection data in the Songhua river...

Monte Carlo BP neural network +3 more

Water quality prediction and classification using Attention based Deep Differential RecurFlowNet with Logistic Giant Armadillo Optimization

by Venkatraman M. Surendran R. Senduru S. Vijayakumar K.

Water Quality

Water quality prediction and classification plays a crucial role in ecosystem sustainability, agriculture, aquaculture and environmental monitoring. The nonlinearity and nonstationarity of water quality are challenging for traditional prediction techniques to adequately capture. The rapid...

water quality Index Feature selection +5 more

Solid waste management

Enhancing Soil Quality and Maize Yield with the Combination of Acacia-Biochar, NPK Fertilizer and Compost

by Murtaza G. Usman M. Iqbal J. Yasin G. Akram M.I. Binobead M.A. Ali M.A. Mammadov A. Iqbal R.

Circular economy

Pakistan's agricultural soils exhibit a high tendency for leaching, low quantities of organic matter, and minimal microbial activity. The situation is aggravated by human activities such as bush burning, mining, sand extraction, and ongoing conventional methods of farming. These methods, together...

Biochar compost +3 more

Circular economy

Utilizing Industrial By-Products in Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: A Sustainable Approach

by Jagadheeswari R. Sumathy S.

Solid Waste Management

The feasibility of utilizing natural zeolite (NZ), phosphogypsum (PG), and aluminium (Al) powder (AP) as replacements for fly ash in autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is assessed in this research. This study examines the influence of NZ, PG and AP on AAC's fresh state properties, mechanical behavior...

AAC block natural zeolite +5 more