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Experiment and Coupling Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Degradation Under Multiple Influencing Factors

by Wu Xiaolong Rong Wan Yue Tengda Qingxiang Song Muhammad Muneer Liu Xinyang Dequan Kong ur Rahman Masood Muhammad Awais Hussain

Solid Waste Management

The increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) in northwest China has been substantial, with a significant portion primarily treated in landfills. This rapid growth in waste generation presents considerable challenges for landfill management and treatment. The factors affecting MSW degradation are...

Landfill Solid waste +6 more

Assessing the impact of inbound tourism on carbon emissions: Evidence from the Belt and Road Initiative countries

by Ma Wei Ma Xiayi Zhuang Daoyuan Shi Xiangchen Gao Yue

Issue 6

Environmental management and policy

As an important vehicle for implementing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), inbound tourism not only promotes economic growth among participating countries but also plays a significant role in optimizing the flow of production factors and enhancing green low-carbon cooperation. Based on the panel...

inbound tourism carbon emissions +2 more

A Hybrid CNN-LSTM Predictive Model Deployed Federated Learning Model for Advanced Flood Prediction Systems to Forecast Coastal Region of Smart Cities

by Venkatesan Α Thiruvenkadam Krishnan

Climate change

Flooding in coastal regions of smart cities poses significant challenges, including infrastructure damage, economic losses, and threats to public safety. Traditional flood prediction models often suffer from data privacy concerns, limited spatial-temporal generalisation, and computational...

Modeling Study of a Flow Generated by the Local Imposition of Thermal Load on the Surface of a Water Body

by Keramaris Evangelos Leousidis Alexandros Savvidis Yiannis Pechlivanidis George

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

This work aims to develop and apply a mathematical model for heating in the water body of an open channel via the local imposition of a thermal load on the water’s surface. The study was supplemented with laboratory experiments. The mathematical simulation includes the processes of mass, temperature...

Open channel Laboratory Experiments +3 more

Industrial Carbon Emission Efficiency in Chinese Cities: Spatial Correlation Networks, Regional Differences and Driving Factors

by Yan Xinlin Sun Tao

Environmental management and policy

Abstract: Green and sustainable development of industry has gradually become an essential factor for economic development, effective improvement of industrial carbon emission efficiency (ICEE) has a contributing role in realizing industrial carbon emission reduction and sustainable economic...

Industry carbon emission efficiency; The YRD urban agglomeration; Super-SBM model; Social network analysis; Block model; QAP model

Biosorption of Heavy Metals Using Plant-Derived Sorbents: An Environmental Solution for Industrial Wastewater

by Mani Anis Kumar Swarnalatha A.P Naveen K.N Suryanarayana Raju J.N.S S.Kerur Shankramma Priyadharsini .K

Issue 4

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)...

Biosorption Heavy metals +3 more

Improving the energy efficiency and carbon dioxide reduction of a long-haul bus through aerodynamic design optimization

by Sunil S. Arunachalam K.

Issue 5

Climate change

Exhaustion of fossil fuel resources, inconsistent fuel costs and the difficulty of adopting electric vehicle technology in commercial vehicles support the idea that there is an opportunity for research in public transit regarding the correlation between energy efficiency and aerodynamic drag. The...

Aerodynamic drag Carbon dioxide emissions +3 more

Comparative Assessment of Amine-Based Absorption and Calcium Looping Techniques for Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Post-Combustion Carbon Capture

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Ratchagaraja Dhairiyasamy et al. View all

Issue 5

Climate change

The escalating levels of atmospheric CO2 have underscored the necessity for developing effective carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. This study investigates the advancements in post-combustion CO2 capture technologies, specifically examining the efficiency of amine-based absorption and...

The Impact of Climate Change on the Development of Circular Economy in China: A Perspective on Green Total Factor Productivity

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Xue Lei et al. View all

Issue 4

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

In the process of China's transition to high-quality development, the circular economy, as a key strategy for achieving green growth, is of significant importance in addressing climate change and promoting sustainable development. This study employs the SBM-GML model to analyze the Green Total...

Circular economy Climate change +2 more

Evolutionary game analysis of enterprises’ green production behavior in the context of China’s economic green transformation

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Xue Lei et al. View all

Issue 3

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

In the context of China's critical economic transition towards sustainability, this research employs a tripartite evolutionary game model involving government, enterprises, and environmental protection social organizations to investigate the evolutionary trajectory of enterprises' green production...

environmental social organizations corporate green production +4 more

Influence and its spatial verification of digital economy development on carbon emission intensity from urban energy consumption

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Xiuyan Han et al. View all

Issue 2

Environmental management and policy

In order to explore the influence of digital economy development on carbon emission intensity from urban energy consumption, digital economy development is incorporated into the reduction framework of carbon emission intensity from urban energy consumption in this paper. With carbon emission...

Urban energy consumption Carbon emission intensity +2 more

Investigation of Key Technologies for Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction in Chongqing Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Based on Carbon Emission Reduction Contribution

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Guanyu X, Qiyu Y, Hanyi Y, Yongheng W

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

In this paper, based on the factors of treatment process, treatment scale, as well as water quality, the level and distribution of electricity consumption, drug consumption, and indirect carbon emission of five typical wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) were examined. The distribution of...

Spatiotemporal evolution pattern of carbon emission performance in Asian countries

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Na Liu et al. View all

Issue 1

Climate change

Due to extensive energy consumption and industrial production activities, Asian countries have become the largest sources of global carbon emissions, with emerging economies like China and India contributing significantly. Against the backdrop of increasing global climate change, carbon emissions...

Evaluation of the response of dynamic changes in the natural attenuation of chloride-polluted groundwater via high-throughput sequencing: Degradation characteristics and environmental changes

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Jianliang Xue et al. View all

Issue 1

Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation

Due to its cost-effectiveness and absence of secondary pollution, the biological approach for eradicating chloride pollution has attracted widespread interest. However, numerous obstacles, including the limited presence of degrading microbes and a substantial impact from environmental variables...

natural attenuation chloride pollution +3 more

Influence of Utilizing Prosopis Juliflora Ash as Cement on Mechanical Properties of Cement Mortar and Concrete

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Karthikeyan Ganesan et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental management and policy

The infrastructure of the country heavily depends on the construction material concrete. The primary ingredient in conventional concrete is cement, fly ash, or another cementitious substance. The need to explore alternative sources is driven by the challenges posed by global environmental warming...

Prosopis Juliflora Ash Mechanical Properties +3 more

An empirical study on the measurement and influencing factors of carbon emission efficiency in China's transportation industry

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Gang Zeng et al. View all

Issue 10

Environmental management and policy

The severe climate problem has forced the Chinese government to put forward the goal of "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality", and the transportation industry is a key area of carbon emission reduction. Based on this background, this paper introduces the BCC model and the Malmquist-Luenberger index...

Transportation industry Carbon emission efficiency +3 more

Variation Analysis of Long-term TN concentration and influencing factors in Miyun Reservoir in China

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Quanjie ZHU et al. View all

Issue 10

Air pollution and health

The total nitrogen (TN) is the key indicator for the eutrophication of Miyun Reservoir. Base on the long-term series of remote sensing, hydrological and water quality observation data, this paper comprehensively analyzed the trend of water quality especially the TN concentration and its influencing...

Miyun reservoir Water covered area +3 more

Research on the design of green and low-carbon food packaging based on artificial intelligence technology

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Yanyan Dai et al. View all

Issue 5

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

An economic system focused on low energy usage, low pollution, and low emission is known as a "low-carbon economy". The concept of environmentally friendly and low-carbon food packaging architecture directs practice growth and reform in accordance with the customer's green psychology. As the primary...

Food Packaging Energy-Saving +6 more

Study on community structure and nitrogen metabolism mechanism in A2O process under different hydraulic retention time conditions at high altitude region

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Yongchen Zong et al. View all

Issue 1

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The unique high-altitude environmental factors in the Linzhi region of Tibet have not been fully investigated in terms of their impact on the microbial mechanisms of water ecology, for which we explored the response of activated sludge microorganisms to different hydraulic retention times (HRT)...

High altitude region HRT +2 more

Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the community structure and metabolic pathways of A2O process in Plateau environment

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Zong Yongchen et al. View all

Issue 1

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Water treatment ecosystem provides important habitats for various bacterial communities, but the response mechanism of this ecosystem under ultraviolet rays is not yet clear. For this reason, 16S rRNA gene sequencing is used to study the bacterial community structure and metabolic pathways under...

Plateau environment Ultraviolet radiation +3 more

Spatial-temporal evolution and influencing factors of urban ecosystem resilience

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Weifeng Gong et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental management and policy

Urban ecosystem resilience is a key concern in the strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. This paper uses the principle of range maximization to construct an ecosystem resilience index measurement model from the four dimensions of energy, water...

Ecosystem resilience Maximization of range +2 more

Removal of methyl violet 2B dye from aqueous solution by adsorption onto raw and modified carobs (Ceratonia siliqua L.)

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Salima Merghache et al. View all

Issue 4

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

In the present study, fruits of Ceratonia siliqua L. (carobs) were used as an alternative low cost biosorbents to remove a cationic dye, methyl violet 2B (MV) which has broad applications in paints, textile and printing ink, from aqueous solutions. The untreated (CRM) and thermal treated carobs (CC)...

Ceratonia siliqua L. Methyl violet 2B +5 more

Studies on Influence of Process Parameters in Upgradation of Bio-oil Derived from HTL of Domestic household waste: Application of Response Surface Methodology

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R Gokulan et al. View all

Issue 1

Solid Waste Management

This research focuses on hydrothermal gasification (HTG) and hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) studies to produce bio-hydrogen from domestic mixed waste. HTG and HTL studies were studied at temperatures of 300–450°C and 300–400°C, correspondingly, with a catalyst level of 6 wt %. The sol-gel technique...

Domestic Waste Bio Oil +3 more

CORRELATION OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS TO CHARACTERIZE WIND SITES: A CASE STUDY OF N'GUIGMI, NIGER

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MOUMOUNI GUERO Mohamed (elhmehd@gmail.com) et al. View all

Issue 2

Environmental data analysis and modelling

To assess the impact of climate change on wind regimes, we performed a statistical analysis of some meteorological parameters. Indeed, variables such as temperature, humidity, pressure, and insolation are rarely or not considered in the estimation of wind regimes and therefore in the...

Climate variability Principal component analysis +3 more

Optimization of crystal violet adsorption on common lilac tree leaf powder as natural adsorbent material

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Cosmin Vancea et al. View all

Issue 1

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

In this study the efficiency of crystal violet dye removal from aqueous solutions using lilac tree leaf powder as adsorbent material was tested. After adsorbent surface analysis by SEM and FTIR technics, the influence of six controllable factor on dye adsorption process was assesses using a L27...

Adsorption Crystal Violet +4 more