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.
Submitted manuscripts are initially reviewed by the editor and selected after rigorous peer review by scientists in order to assess the significance, originality and appropriateness for publication.
Articles submitted to Global NEST Journal benefit from its broad scope and readership. We aim for a turnaround time of 4 weeks from submission to first decision.
Global NEST Journal is addressed to professionals in Academic, Consulting Offices, Government Agencies and Organisations, as well as others responsible for the investigations, evaluation of complicated environmental issues of global interest.
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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Neural network estimation of the scour cone geometry around outlet in the pressure flushing
General
When flushing carry out as pressure condition, a scour cone is performed around the outlet. As the flow around the outlet in the pressure flushing is three dimensional, therefore that it is difficult to establish a general empirical model to provide accurate estimation for scour cone volume and...
An experimental study of the indoor air quality in areas of different use
General
The purpose of the present work was to study experimentally the indoor air quality status regarding PM10, PM2.5, TVOCs, CO2, NOx, SO2 and O3 in selected differently used areas. A flat on the third floor of a multi-storey building, located at a suburban area north-east of the centre of Athens and...
An Experimental Study of Recoverable Products from Waste Tire Pyrolysis
Solid Waste Management
ºCIn this study, potential of useful products recovery was investigated from waste tires that completed the physical life by virtue of pyrolysis process. Disposal of waste tires, which is one of the global environmental problems, continues the presence thereof as a serious problem, especially in...
Experimental Study on Geopolymer Concrete with Partial Replacement of Bethamcherla Waste Stone Powder
General
The process of making portland cement uses up a lot of resources and has a harmful environment effect since it produces a lot of greenhouse emissions. The by-product of the stone cutting and polishing industries is Bethamcharla waste Stone Powder (BWSP). Each industry produces an average of one...
An Experimental Study of Energy Dissipation of Sea Grass in a Dam Break Flume
CLEANWAS
An experimental study was carried out to investigate the energy dissipation characteristics of sea grass in a dam break flume. Dam break flows were generated in a flume. A steel ball was subjected to the dam break flow, and then climbed on a slope. Artificial sea grass was used as the energy...
Using GAC to Control THMs in drinking water, an experimental study at the Athens Water Works and an economic evaluation of the method
General
An experimental study has been carried out in an attempt to verify the efficiency of GAC (granular activated carbon) in removing THMs (trihalomethanes), and in particular CHCl3, CHCl2Br, CHClBr2 and CHBr3 from drinking water. The experiments have been conducted at a pilot scale filtering plant that...
Experimental study of the mechanical and thermal behaviour of pellets produced from oil palm biomass blends
Solid Waste Management
The production of bio-pellets is an alternative to add value to the residual biomass of the oil palm-extraction process. In this work, an experimental study of the pelletising process of oil palm residual biomass blends is presented. An experimental full factorial design that uses as factors the...
Analysis of Hybrid Nano-Emulsified Jatropha Methyl Ester-Diesel Blend (B20) in a Direct Injection Engine: An Experimental Study
Circular Economy and Bioeconomy
The purpose of this research was to comprehensively evaluate the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine using a novel fuel blend comprising a hybrid nano-emulsified JME-Diesel blend (B20). The fuel blend consisted of a mixture of 50 ppm of ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and Silicon...
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CONTINUOS REMOVAL OF CHROMIUM (VI+) IONS FROM WASTEWATER EFFLUENT BY USING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
Hazardous metal chromium is used extensively in many different industrial processes and is commonly found in industrial effluents. Hazardous pollutants such inorganic anions, metal ions, synthetic xenobiotics, and others have contaminated ground and surface waters in India and other parts of the...
Treatability Studies of Hospital Wastewaters with AOPs by Taguchi’s Experimental Design
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
In this study, it was studied various advanced oxidation treatment processes; Fenton, UV/H2O2, UV/O3/H2O2 for treatability of hospital wastewaters containing antibiotics (cephalosporines). Taguchi’s L25 orthogonal array design was applied to design of advanced oxidation processes, for simplification...
An experimental study on Bio-gas production by anaerobic digestion of RiceMill Wastewater (RMW)
General
With the rising interest for sustainable power source and ecological security, anaerobic digestion of biogas technology has attracted considerable attention within the scientific researchers. This paper proposes a new research achievement on biogas production from Rice Mill Wastewater (RMW) with the...
Determination of the optimal conditions for the adsorption of cadmium ions and phenol on chestnut(Castanea sativa) shell
General
Adsorption of cadmium ions and phenol from aqueous solutions on chestnut (Castanea sativa) shell was studied. An incomplete 33 factorial design was applied to investigate the influence of the initial cadmium ions (20-60-100 mg l-1) or phenol concentration (0.01-0.255- 0.5 g l-1), temperature (10-25...
Biosorption of Heavy Metals Using Plant-Derived Sorbents: An Environmental Solution for Industrial Wastewater
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
This study used a biosorbent, derived from processed Prosopis juliflora root powder to treat wastewater and remove lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu) ions. The biosorption process was influenced by factors including temperature (25 to 65°C), biomass content (1 to 5 g), pH levels (1.0 to 7.0)...
Investigation of Copper Ion adsorption using Activated Sawdust Powder: Isotherm, Kinetic and Thermodynamic studies
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
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...
Experimental study of biodegradability of organic waste with industrial waste combined with effluents: a comparison by vermicomposting technology
Solid Waste Management
Vermicomposting is a mesophilic biooxidation and stabilization process of organic materials that involves the joint action of earthworm and microorganism. An experiment was conducted to prepare vermicompost using partially decomposed organic waste such as MSW, fruit waste, vegetable waste and yard...
Magnetic peanut hulls for methylene blue dye removal: Isotherm and kinetic study
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
Biosorption is an emerging technique for water treatment utilizing abundantly available biomaterials.The potential feasibility of magnetic peanut hulls particle for removal of cationic dye (methylene blue) from aqueous solution was investigated. The effects of various experimental parameters were...
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...
Optimization study of dye removal by cement kiln dust using the central composite design of experiments
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
Designed experiments are used to systematically examine the relationship between response variable and a set of experimental factors. In this study, 2 3 factorial design with center points was used to verify the selected experimental factors influence the removal efficiency and linearity assumption...
Kinetic study of inorganic carbon (IC) removal and COD removal from refinery wastewater by solar Photo-Fenton.
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
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...
An experimental and mathematical simulation of biological processes in a sewerage system
General
Sewer systems may often operate as bioreactors causing considerable wastewater quality changes and in some cases reducing the pollution load conveyed to the treatment plant. Conceptually, transformation of organic matter takes place both in the bulk water (by suspended micro-organisms) and by the...
Removal of Basic Fuchsin Red dye by Turmeric leaf waste biochar: Batch adsorption studies, isotherm kinetics and RSM studies
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
In this study, the basic fusion dye was adsorbed from wastewater using turmeric leaf waste biochar and the experimental outcomes were fitted with isotherm and kinetics. Further, Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was also performed to analyse the concurrent interactive effects of the process...
Biosorption potential of neem leave powder for the sequestration of arsenic and chromium metal ions
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
In this study, neem leaf biosorbent, prepared through chemical synthesis and activated with concentrated sulfuric acid, was utilized as an organic adsorbent for the removal of heavy metal ions, specifically arsenic (As) and chromium (Cr), from wastewater. The characteristics of the biosorbent were...
Optimization of degradation of ciprofloxacin antibiotic and assessment of degradation products using full factorial experimental design by Fenton Homogenous process
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
The Pharmaceutical contaminants specialist antibiotics into environment can create problems for both human health and environment. Ciprofloxacin (CIP), an antibiotic Fluoroquinolones group, has recently been used widely for infections treatment. The main purpose of the research was to develop a Full...
Biosorption of crystal violet and methylene blue dyes using coconut shell powder
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
In this study, coconut shell biosorbent was synthesized through chemical processes and activated using concentrated sulfuric acid to serve as an organic adsorbent for the effective removal of dye molecules, particularly Crystal Violet (CV) and Methylene Blue (MB), from wastewater. The biosorbent's...
Feasibility study of cement composites with para wood particle wastes: strength and durability
General
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential use of Para wood particle wastes and cement for producing the cement composite as a new environmental friendly construction material. Strength and durability of cement composites mixed with different mix proportions of Para wood particles...
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