A feasible alternative fuel for diesel engines in recent days is biodiesel, which can be produced from both edible and inedible feedstock. When considering the economic and environmental aspects, there is a considerable academic interest among researchers in the transesterification of non-edible...

In this research the arsenic contaminations issues are exposed and suitable measures are recommended through electrokinetic remediation. The arsenic expulsion was assessed using the electro kinetic remediation from two different soil tests; alluvial clay soil and red clay soil taken from the...

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...

The widespread use of alternative water sources in Kelantan encourages the development of cost-effective methods for the purification of water. A simple and straightforward adsorption process using a nanomagnetic adsorption composite (NMAC) was introduced in this study as a new adsorbent for the...

Pure and Zr doped ZnO thin films were prepared using SILAR technique. The influence of Zr doping on structural, morphological, optical and gas sensing properties of ZnO has been reported. X-ray diffraction study confirmed the formation of wurtzite structure of ZnO thin film (JCPDS 36-1451)...

Here the effectiveness of cation selective membranes, produced for divalent mercury (Hg2+) preconcetration from aqueous bodies, is examined. To this end, the behavior of PVC-based membranes, functionalized with dithizone for mercury complexation, is examined by means of Energy Dispersive X-ray...

Diplocyclos Palmatus biomass activated carbon (DPAC) was used in this work to remove lead (II) ion from the synthetic wastewater. The DPAC was characterized for structural, surface morphology by SEM, functional group was analyzed by FT-IR and XRD analysis. Removal of Pb2+ was studied by batch method...

Plant nanotoxicology is an emerging and less-explored area of research for the plant stress biologists. The present study assesses the toxicity of bulk-CuO and nano-CuO (size <50 nm and surface area = 29 m 2 g -1) on maize ( Zea mays cv. hybrids triple white Hi Tech.) seedlings. Five successive...

The present study investigates the process optimization for treatment of potato processing industry wastewater by electrocoagulation. Performance of treatability was evaluated by achieved chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiencies. Response Surface Methodology was applied to determine...

In the present study, the adsorption of Remazol Brillant Green 6B (RBG 6B) on chitin which characterized by BET, FTIR, XRD and SEM analysis was studied. Response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to determine interaction between solution pH, initial RBG 6B concentration and chitin dosage being...

This study was conducted to remove Methylene Blue (MB) from aqueous solution using activated carbon prepared from N. microphyllum (AC-NM) as a new, cheap, and non-toxic. Design of experiments based on Response Surface Methodology (RSM) conducted to investigate the effect of variables namely; initial...

Response surface methodology has been used to design experiments and to optimize the effect of independent variables responsible for higher adsorption of humic substances by activated carbon supported nanoscale zero-valent iron from aqueous solutions. The variables of initial concentration, time, pH...

In present work, a novel supported bucky paper (BP) membrane was fabricated and evaluated for humic acid (HA) removal from water. For better understanding the effect of operating variables, response surface methodology (RSM) was also applied. Three independent parameters namely TOC concentration (5...

MB decolarization with pure TiO 2 and Ag doped TiO 2 based photocatalytic system were investigated under UV-A and UV-Visible conditions. Different ratios of Ag were used as metal dopant. 1% Ag-TiO 2 increased the decolorization efficiencies of MB and MO dyes, also the k app constant enhanced under...

The combined ultrasonic assisted/nanoparticle based procedure was described for an economical and rapid removal of meso-tetrakis (4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin (TSPP) by copper nanowires loaded on activated carbon (Cu-NW-AC). The synthesized Cu-NW-AC was investigated by scanning electron microscopy...

Nitrate is a common groundwater pollutant all over the world. In some regions of Iran, its levels are high enough to cause serious problems to human health and the environment . The objectives of this work were to evaluate the efficiency of Fe-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles at removing nitrate from...

Phthalic acid esters, commonly called as phthalates, are of a common use in the industrial activities and are known with their hazardous impact on the environment and on humans such as endocrine disrupting agents, carcinogenic and toxic effects. These adverse effects have led to increasing interest...

The El Nino-Southern Oscillation is the dominant pattern of short-term climate variation, and is therefore of great importance in climate studies. Some recent studies showed the teleconnection between stream flow and the El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This paper...