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 Analysis, Emerging pollutants. Relevant topics incorporating the methodologies and state of the art of disciplines such as Environmental Management Policies, Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management, Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Clean Energy and Sustainability are included.
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The 2024 Scopus CiteScore for the Global NEST Journal is 2.36. It is also ranked in the Q3 quartile for Environmental Science (miscellaneous).
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- H-index: 41
- SJR: 0.250 (Q3)
- SNIP score: 0.48
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Permeability characteristics and mechanism of tungsten tailings treated by the acid solutions
Air pollution and health
Most of the tungsten tailings (TTs) are filled in the open. As a result, the phenomenon that acid rain influences the engineering geological characteristics of tungsten tailings is impossible to avoid, especially in southern China, where acid rain occurs frequently. This work studied the...
Study of polyacrylic acid adsorption on the interface of hydroxyapatite – electrolyte solutions
General
The adsorption of polyacrylic acid (PAA) on hydroxyapatite (HAP) from HAP saturated solutions was studied in this work as a function of PAA concentration, temperature, pH and ionic strength. In all experiments, the adsorption was studied under conditions of negatively charged adsorbent and adsorbate...
Acid and Ultrasound Assisted Modification of Boron Enrichment Process Waste and Using for Methylene Blue Removal from Aqueous Solutions
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
In this study, raw boron enrichment waste was treated with hydrochloric acid and ultrasound at 35-kHz frequency for 60 minutes. To optimize the adsorption conditions for removal of methylene blue (MB) from synthetic wastewaters using raw boron enrichment waste (BEW), acid modified boron enrichment...
Laboratory Evaluation of Ash materials as Acid-Disturbed Land Amendments
General
Fly ash (FA) and fluidized bed ash (FBA) solutions were evaluated as amendments for acid-disturbed lands, more specifically for treating acidic and metal contaminated soil. While titrating the ash materials with different volumes of acid, pH changes were monitored as a function of time and the acid...
Improvement of the photo-Fenton performance at near neutral pH by the addition of tannic acid from tea leaves waste as a complexing agent in the Pb(II) photo-oxidation
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
IIntroducing tannic acid from tea leaves waste as a complexing agent of Fe(III) into photo-Fenton process to prevent Fe(OH)3 precipitation at pH 7, and further to increase photo-Fenton activity in the near neutral pH for Pb(II) photo-oxidation is systematically addressed. The photo-Fenton process...
Removal of dyes from aqueous solutions by adsortion on mixtures of fly ash in batch and column techniques
General
Adsorption and removal of commercial dyes were studied in aqueous suspensions of fly ash mixtures with a sandy clay loam soil of low organic matter content. The commercial dyes, acid orange 7, acid yellow 23, disperse blue 79, basic yellow 28 and direct yellow 28 represent the widely used nitroazo...
Adsorption of atrazine in packed beds
General
The adsorption of the herbicide atrazine in packed beds filled with solids modelling soil components, (silica and humic acid), was studied at conditions simulating the adsorption of atrazine in cultivated soils. The choice of only two constituents of soil in the experimental study was based on the...
Photocatalytic treatment of Olive Milling waste water: Oxidation of protocatechuic acid
General
The photocatalytic degradation of protocatechuic acid, a biorecalcitrant polyphenolic compound typically found in olive processing and wine distillery waste waters, has been investigated in aqueous heterogeneous solutions containing semiconductor powders (TiO2, ZnO) as photocatalysts, both in the...
Evaluation of aqueous phase adsorption of Acid Brown on mesoporous activated carbon prepared from Azolla Pinnate seaweed
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
A mesoporous activated carbon was produced from the Azolla Pinnate (AP) seaweed by two-step chemical activation technique using sulphuric acid as activating agent. The adsorption of Acid Brown (AB) from aqueous solutions is examined using the produced carbon (AP). The produced activated carbon...
Feasibility of spent macroalgae biochar for removal of Acid Red 88 (AR) dye from its aqueous solution
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
Biochar was synthesized from Kappaphycus alvarezii reject (KR) remove the anionic azo dye, Acid Red 88 from wastewater. In this study, biochar was experimented in both batch and column adsorption studies. Batch adsorption studies were performed at varying temperature (25 – 40 °C), dosage (1 – 10 g)...
The effect of humic acids on the removal of atrazine from water in a continuous photocatalytic membrane reactor
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
This paper examines the effect of humic acids (HA) and other solution constituents (Ca 2+, Mg 2+, Na +), frequently encountered in potable water sources, on the removal of a well-known herbicide, atrazine (ATR), by a laboratory-scale pilot Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor (PMR) system. Experimental...
Comparative impact of different iso-osmotic solutions on osmotic adjustment in Gossypium barbadense
Multidisciplinary research in environmental science
To discriminate the specific response of ion toxicity versus osmotic stress on altering leaf solute contents, contributing of organic and/or inorganic components in osmotic adjustment and its reflection on plant performances under ionic and osmotic stresses, two cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.)...
Phosphorus and organic matter removal from synthetic wastewater using alum and aluminum hydroxide
General
At present, chemical processes are widely used to remove phosphorus and organic matter from water or wastewater either as the only advanced treatment method or as a pre-treatment stage to biological treatment, and aluminium salts have been traditionally used as coagulants. In the present study...
The recovery of rare earth metals from WEEE leaching solution via liquid-liquid extraction
Solid Waste Management
The recovery of rare earth metals (REMs) from end-of-life products, such as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), is drawing great attention as an attractive strategy for promoting the sustainable development. The hydrometallurgical technique of solvent extraction has been reported to be...
Review on Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage with Waste Materials: A Novel Approach
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
The present study systematically and comprehensively reviewed different aspects of treating Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) with active treatment and waste materials. The work also critically reviews the status and the factors associated with the treatment process. Although, conventional active methods are...
The use of Potentiometric Mass Titration (PMT) technique for determining the acid-base behavior of activated sludge
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
Activated sludge is a biological floc composed of microorganisms, organics, and inorganics and plays an important role in wastewater treatment. The pH of an activated sludge suspension determines the acid – base behaviour and the charge of the microorganisms in water. In the present study, the...
The removal of oxytetracycline (OTC) by potassium ferrate (VI) in aquatic environment
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
The treatment of oxytetracycline (OTC) in test solutions by ferrate (VI) was investigated aiming to propose the effects of pH, concentration of co-existing ions and humic acid on the OTC removal. Ferrate (VI) can remove 97% OTC (from 1000 µg·l -1) in 30 minutes under the optimal conditions with...
Prediction of adsorption efficiency for the removal malachite green and acid blue 161 dyes by marble sludge dust using ANN
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
In the present study, batch adsorption studies were performed for the removal of malachite green and acid blue 161 dyes from aqueous solutions by varying parameters such as contact time, waste marble dust amount, initial dye concentration and temperature. The equilibrium adsorption data were...
Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) using industrial by-product: Sorption behavior of steel slag for metal-rich mine water
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
This study highlights the potential of steel slag, which is an industrial by-product of steel making industry as treatment media for metal-rich acid mine drainage (AMD). A series of batch adsorption studies has been done to demonstrate the effects of contact time, solution pH, initial concentration...
Clean up of acidic leachates using fly ash barriers: Laboratory column studies
General
Laboratory column tests were conducted to study the efficiency of lignite fly ash barriers in removing heavy metal ions, such as Fe, Zn, Mn, Ni, Cd, Co, Al and Cu, present in high concentrations in acidic leachates produced in mining and waste disposal sites. The experimental configuration comprised...
Enhancing biomethane quality via the activation of natural zeolite from Lombok Island
Sustainable Energy
This study presents the results of the biogas purification test using the fixed-bed column method. As an adsorbent, natural zeolite from the Lombok island Indonesia was used. Zeolite is used for the purpose of purifying biogas produced from the anaerobic digestion (AD) process. To enhance the...
Mechanical properties of Biodegradable Composite Developed by Modification of Poly lactic Acid with Orange Peel Powder
Solid Waste Management
One of the biggest environmental issues has been the use and disposal of traditional fossil-based plastic, which is not biodegradable and uses a lot of energy in its production. Poly lactic acid (PLA) has received a lot of attention as an environmentally friendly substitute due to the fact that it...
Activated Biochar from Gracilaria Edulis Seaweeds: A Novel Biosorbent for Efficient Uranium Ion Removal in Wastewater Treatment
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
The biosorption of uranium ions was explored through batch studies employing activated biochar derived from Gracilaria Edulis seaweeds. A chemical synthesis approach utilizing concentrated sulfuric acid created and activated the adsorbent material. SEM and FTIR measurements were used to characterize...
Removal of a basic dye from aqueous solution by adsorption using rice hulls
General
The removal of dyes from colored effluents, particularly from textile industries, is one of the major environmental concerns these days. Current methods for removing dyes from wastewaters are costly and cannot effectively be used to treat wide range of such wastewaters. This work describes the use...
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 and reuse
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...
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