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.
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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.
Risk assessment of chemicals in a toxicological laboratory: A case study
General
The toxicity of a chemical substance in a workplace depends on both its physical and chemical properties, the level of concentration in the breathing air, as well as, the duration of the exposure. In order to ensure healthy conditions at workplace, international organizations, such as the World...
Ecotoxicological evaluation of chemical indicator substances present as micropollutants in laboratory wastewaters
General
Laboratories produce a large volume of wastewaters containing different chemical indicators, organic species for which there is no complete knowledge about their effects in the aquatic environment. The aim of this work was to evaluate the ecotoxicity of four chemical indicator substances commonly...
Scaling-up sustainable Chlorella vulgaris microalgal biomass cultivation from laboratory to pilot-plant photobioreactor, towards biofuel
Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development
Unicellular microalgal culture represents a new opportunity for producing significant biofuel quantities in the future along with other specialty products, due to several major advantages microalgae species present when compared to conventional crops, including much faster growth rates, cultivation...
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...
Addition of nitrate for odor control in sewer networks: laboratory and field experiments
General
This paper presents a biological method for controlling odor problems caused by H2S originating from sewer networks under anaerobic conditions. The proposed method is based on the continuous addition of nitrate which oxidizes dissolved sulphide according to an autotrophic biological procedure and...
Eco-friendly road construction: Harnessing fly ash and waste marble powder for sustainable road construction using a fuzzy logic assessment
General
More than seventy percent of mineral gets wasted during mining and polishing processing, and all this dumped waste threatens the aquifer. Utilizing this waste in construction works helps to reduce the environmental effects. This research aims to protect the environment by implementing mineral waste...
Statistical predictors of hazardous medical waste generation rates in a 40-bed general hospital
General
Objective of the work was to investigate correlations among hazardous medical waste generation rates and various hospital parameters in 2 departments and a clinic of a 40-bed Hellenic general hospital (Hospital of Ikaria). Medical waste was recorded at the bio-pathology lab, the pathology clinic and...
Vehicle emissions and driving cycles: comparison of the Athens driving cycle (ADC) with ECE-15 and European driving cycle (EDC)
General
Vehicle emissions constitute the main source of atmospheric pollution in modern cities. The increasing number of passenger cars, especially during the last decade, resulted in composite traffic problems with serious consequences on emissions and fuel consumption. This project was carried out in the...
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...
Environmental loadings of long term sulphur storage: processes and controls
Air pollution and health
Elemental sulphur (So) is produced at petroleum refineries as a byproduct and a decrease in So prices has forced tens of mega-tonnes of So to be stockpiled at industrial sites. However, long-term storage of So blocks poses a potential for contamination of surface water and groundwater because of the...
Utilization of textile fibres from worn automobile tires in cement based mortars
General
This research paper focuses on the properties of laboratory made cement mortars modified with textile from worn automobile tires. Textile, in the form of fibres, has been added to cement mortars at various percentages of total cement mortar volume, which ranged from 0-2.0%. Properties of...
Optimization of Analytical Methods for the Determination of Trace Concentrations of Toxic Pollutants in Drinking and Surface Waters
General
Pollutants posing health risks to human health and to the aquatic environment often occur in drinking and surface waters, as a result of disinfection practices, agricultural and industrial activities, wastewater discharges. Toxic pollutants belong to different chemical categories, including...
Assessment of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity with Using Soil Particle Size Distribution: A Comparative Study of Constant Head and Falling Head Methods
Hydrology and Water Resources Management
The purpose of soil hydraulic conductivity is to retain soil water contents, and soil water pressure. In this study investigates two different methods to understand the soil hydraulic conductivity of loam and clay soils. The present research conducted a laboratory experiment to measure the saturated...
Effect of calcium cyanamide on pathogenic escherichia coli during mesophilic composting and impact on composting process
General
The objective of the study was to determine the effect of CaCN2 on pathogenic E. coli as an antimicrobial agent and its impact on composting progress as an amendment in dairy cow manure based mixtures composted at laboratory scale. The changes in physical parameters, chemical parameters and...
A rainfall simulation study of erosion of some calcareous soils
General
In order to study the erodibility characteristics of some calcareous soils from Central Greece, the instability of aggregates of 2.0-4.7 mm in water was studied. Soil loss experiments were also conducted in the laboratory using a rain simulator where soil loss was measured and the soils attitude...
Modelling the Spatial and Temporal Trends of Carbon Isotope Fractionation of VOC Mixtures in the Unsaturated Zone
General
The transport of volatile organic contaminant (VOC) mixtures in the unsaturated zone is typically controlled by a combination of transport (i.e., advection, dispersion, and diffusion) phenomena, phase change (i.e., volatilization, dissolution) and reaction processes (i.e., sorption, biodegradation)...
The effect of temperature on the U-232 and Am-241 adsorption by PN6 microplastics in aqueous solutions.
Environmental management and policy
The effect of temperature on the adsorption of U-232 and Am-241 by PN6 has been investigated in laboratory and environmental water samples (e.g. seawater and waste water) in the picomolar concentration range. Generally, increasing temperature favors radionuclide adsorption, indicating that...
Analysis on the MSW thermal degradation processes
General
The waste to renewable energy source has become a priority in the wastes treatment field. The research goal is not only the wastes destruction but also a better thermal energy recovery from the processes. The municipal solid waste presents a high heterogeneity degree from the dimensional point of...
Modeling bromide effects on the speciation of trihalomethanes formation in chlorinated drinking water
General
Speciation behavior of trihalomethanes formation in chlorinated waters due to the effects of bromide is mathematically modeled by a three-tier scheme. Equations for the mole fractions of the mono-, di-, and trihalo-intermediates at each tier level in terms of the initial bromide to chlorine molar...
The California biomonitoring program: persistent organic pollutants in archived and contemporary serum
General
In 2006, California passed legislation establishing the first State Biomonitoring Program in the USA. The main goals are to: 1) Determine levels of environmental chemical contaminants in a representative sample of Californians; 2) Establish trends in the levels of these chemicals over time; 3)...
Exploring the Effect of Salinity as a Primary Cause of Teratology in Freshwater Diatoms
Air pollution and health
Increased water conductivity levels have been proposed as a key factor to explain the occurrence of teratological forms in freshwater diatom assemblages. The current study aimed to carry out an experiment on a laboratory scale to assess the response of periphytic diatoms to artificially increased...
Super Absorbent Polymers in Environmental Remediation
General
Laboratory studies reported earlier, have shown very promising results in the selective removal of dyes from aqueous solutions by a commercially available (super absorbent polymer) SAP, Jalshakti® (JS). JS is mesoporous in nature and is a potential adsorbent for the basic dyes studied. This paper...
Adsorption feasibility in the cr(total) ions removal from waste printing developer
General
In this article, the technical feasibility of various commercial adsorbents (activated carbon, clinoptilolite, and their mixture) for removal of Cr(total) ions from waste printing developer has been represent. Experimental tests were performed in laboratory batch mode. The adsorption data were...
Lead exposure through Drinking Water: Lessons to be learned from recent U.S. experience
General
Lead (Pb) particles that detach from the plumbing and contaminate drinking water can pose a significant health threat, which is often underestimated. Laboratory simulation of this problem revealed that standard quantification protocols in the US may miss 80% of the lead present in the water. At the...
Studies on Biodegradation of Phenols and m -Cresols by Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket and Aerobic Sequential Batch Reactor
General
Wastewaters from fossil fuel refining, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides are the main sources of phenolic compounds. Those with more complex structures are often more toxic than the simple phenol, and yet little is known about the treatment of wastewater containing a mixture of phenolic pollutants....
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