In terms of sustainable land use management, it is extremely important to reveal the land conditions and the changes that occur on the land in certain periods. In this study, using CORINE data for Düzce province, land use status and transitions between land-use classes over 28 years were...

Wastewater from textile industry is considered one of the major environmental challenges due to the large volume of highly colored, polluted and toxic effluent. This study investigated the treatability of real textile wastewater by pilot-scale anoxic-aerobic Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) system without...

The part of industrial ecology known as industrial symbiosis engages traditionally separate industries in a collective approach to competitive advantage involving physical exchange of materials, energy, water and by-products (Dounavis et al. 2015, Dounavis et al. 2016, Ravindran and Jaiswal 2016...

Technological development combined with a rapid and global market penetration has led to high volumes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Simultaneously, the use-phase has become shorter resulting in an annual growth rate of WEEE between 3-5%, which makes WEEE one of the fastest...

The present study was aimed to evaluate the impact of leachate derived from uncontrolled municipal landfill on surrounding groundwater quality in Kolkata, India. Seasonal variation of twenty physico-chemical parameters in pre-monsoon (PRM) and post-monsoon (POM) season were analysed in forty...

Sludge is the ultimate by product of all traditional and conventional wastewater treatment processes. Conversion of the treatment sludge into new products is a significant disposal alternative for these wastes. In this study, branches, leaves and the organic and inorganic trash coming out from the...

Hydrogen peroxide consumption is known to be one of the key parameters of the photo-Fenton process responsible for its high operating costs. The purpose of this study was to find out whether adding dissolved oxygen to the reaction medium in a continuous stream of pure oxygen or air with different H...

CO 2 capture and storage (CCS) projects are presently developed to reduce the emission of anthropogenic CO 2 into the atmosphere. CCS technologies are expected to account for the 20% of the CO 2 reduction by 2050. Geophysical, ground deformation and geochemical monitoring have been carried out to...

The present study has successfully explored the use of pomegranate seed de-oiled cake as a major additive and micronutrients solution as a minor additive to enhance production of biogas and enrich its methane content, using mango peel as the initial substrate. While micronutrients solution has...

The aim of this study was to compare particulate matter (PM) pollutants performed at three different enclosed parking garages (A, B and C) and two streets (1 and 2) in Belgium. Particle mass concentrations, number concentrations and their size distributions were measured in real time using an...

In this paper we propose a framework for energy audit and renewable energy utilization for a Mediterranean fish hatchery station. A concise literature review concerning the use of renewables in aquaculture is provided, followed by a step by step framework for energy audit in aquaculture stations...

Industria Salinera de Yucatan S.A. de C.V. (ISYSA) has its operation of primary production of salt by solar evaporation in Las Coloradas, Yucatan, Mexico, in the coast the northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula. One of the disadvantages of this location is the presence of extreme climatologic phenomena...

This work is aimed at evaluating the potentiality of adding a rhamnolipid biosurfactant in a petroleum-bearing soil. For this purpose, dehydrogenase activity and seed germination (Lactuca sativa) testes were performed before the biodegradation assays with different concentrations of rhamnolipid (1...

Waste tyre rubber granules were used as sorption medium in water treatment technology to remove up to 1 mg l-1 of 2,4-D and atrazine. The removal was found to be 83.2% and 87% corresponding to initial concentration of 0.5 and 1 mg l-1 of 2,4-D whereas it was 84.2% and 87.6% for atrazine. On the...

Environmental, economic and strategic reasons are behind the rapid impulse in the deployment of renewable energy sources that is taking place around the world. In addition to overcoming economic and commercial barriers, meeting the ambitious objectives set by most countries in this field will...

Kinetics for the biological processes of nitrification, denitrification and carbon oxidation were studied in the aerobic and anoxic phases of a pilot scale Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) plant treating municipal wastewater. The configuration of the treating system is based on the combination of...

In order to evaluate how current speed, salinity and water temperature stratification behaves under the influence of a freshwater source in a tidal domain, a 25 hour survey campaign was performed in the upper sector of the Vouga River estuary, the major source of freshwater of Ria de Aveiro, a...