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Enhancing the Interface of Cement-paste Composite by Dispersing Sustainable Nano-Carbon Pyrolytic Char with Silica fume: A Sustainable and Effective approach

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S. Elavenil et al. View all

Issue 4

Solid Waste Management

Discrete studies are performed on the reuse of end-of-life tires in the construction industry as their accumulation is a global concern to the environment. In consequence, the desired focus of this work is to understand the interaction of powder derived from recycling process of tire waste which yet...

End-of-life tires Pyrolysis treatment +4 more
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The Role of PbCoS Quantum Dots in Improved Photovoltaic Efficiency

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Meryem Demir et al. View all

Issue 4

Sustainable Energy

The quest for efficient, sustainable solar energy solutions has propelled the exploration of novel materials with enhanced photovoltaic properties. This study delves into the synthesis, characterization, and photovoltaic application of cobalt-doped lead sulfide (PbCoS) quantum dots (QDs) deposited...

PbCoS Quantum Dots QDSSCs +4 more
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In-situ Construction of TiO2/Ag Heterojunction Coating for Forming a Photocatalytic Self-cleaning Surface of Concrete

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Peijiang Cong et al. View all

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

As a widely used construction material, concrete is an ideal substrate for environmental functional materials. However, ordinary concrete lacks pollution resistance. When exposed to the natural environment, it is easily susceptible to microbial growth or organic contamination. Therefore, it is...

anti-pollution Concrete +3 more
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Harvesting of Dunaliella salina using electrocoagulation with helix electrode and producing HHO gas as promising Hydrogen fuel

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Mochamad Arief Budihardjo et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental data analysis and modelling

Biofuels obtained from renewable sources are the only alternative in the global economy from a sustainable point of view. Microalgae have shown tremendous potential as a major source of biomass production that can be used as biofuels. At the same time, gas hydrogen is a non-polluting energy source...

Dunaliella salina Electrocoagulation +3 more
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Influence of Chemical and Thermal Treatment Methods on the Mechanical and Micro-Structural Characteristics of Coconut Shell based Concrete

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Dr.Jeyaprakash Maheswaran et al. View all

Issue 10

General

In this study, an attempt is made to understand the effectiveness on initial treatment of coconut shell on the strength of concrete. The coconut shell materials obtained from the agricultural wastes are used as a replacement for coarse aggregate in conventional concrete. From the particle size...

Treated coconut shells Water absorption +5 more
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IOT Technology Based Vehicle Pollution Monitoring and Control

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O. Pandithurai et al. View all

Issue 10

Environmental data analysis and modelling

Every year, the number of people who die because of pollution rises, with air pollution being the major cause. Air pollution is generated by a variety of factors, one of which is pollution caused by automobiles. Technological improvements make great efforts to detect accidents and monitor the...

Arduino UNO MQ-135 sensor +5 more
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Biosorption of Methylene Blue dye by Ligustrum lucidum fruits biomass: Equilibrium, isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies

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IOANNIS ANASTOPOULOS et al. View all

Issue 9

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

.In this work, biomass from Ligustrum lucidum fruits (LF) was used for the first time as a novel adsorbent to remove the Methylene Blue dye (MB) from aqueous solutions. The adsorption equilibrium was attained after 60 min, and the adsorption followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The rise...

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Monitoring and Control System for Logistics Protection and Transportation of Urban Solid Waste based on Big Data

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Heng Ma et al. View all

Issue 4

CLEANWAS

Aiming at the problems existing in the traditional monitoring system for logistics protection and transportation of solid waste, the optimization design of logistics protection and transportation monitoring system is realized by using big data analysis technology from two aspects of hardware and...

ig data Urban solid waste +2 more
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Rapid Stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste in Bioreactor Landfills: Predictive Performance Using Coupled Modeling

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Krishna R. Reddy et al. View all

Issue 4

Protection and restoration of the environment

Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are one of the major and most preferred waste management options in the United States and many other countries across the globe. The waste in conventional MSW landfills undergoes very slow decomposition due to limited amount of moisture. In this regard, the...

Solid waste management Bioreactor landfills +4 more
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Modelling and simulation of a catchment in order to evaluate water resources

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Courbis A.L., Vayssade B., Martin C. and Didon-Lescot J.F.

Issue 3

General

It is difficult for decision-makers to evaluate the impact of their territorial policies. Aspects to be considered in this evaluation include those relating to humans, environment protection and industry development. Two reasons explain the difficulty: decision-makers cannot specialise in all...

hydrologic modelling water balance evaluation +2 more
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GFIS (Geographic Forecasting Information System): A Case Study in Water Resources Management

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Pagourtzi E., Nikolopoulos K. and Assimakopoulos V.

Issue 2

General

The current study presents the development of a Forecasting Information System for geographic data (cross-sectional time-series for different geographic regions). GFIS, Geographic Forecasting Information System, was developed with MS Visual Basic (User Interface), ArcView (GIS) and MS Access (DBMS)...

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Site specific agricultural soil management with the use of new technologies

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Miltiadis Iatrou et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental management and policy

The Soil Science Institute of Thessaloniki produces new digitized Soil Maps that provide a useful electronic database for the spatial representation of the soil variation within a region, based on in situ soil sampling, laboratory analyses, GIS techniques and plant nutrition mathematical models...

soil map new technologies +2 more
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An air quality management system for Cyprus

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Moussiopoulos N., Douros I., Tsegas G., Kleanthous S. and Chourdakis E.

Issue 1

General

The new Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC) encourages the introduction of modelling as a necessary tool for air quality assessment and management. Towards this aim, a new Air Quality Management System (AQMS) has been developed and installed in the Department of Labour Inspection of the Republic of...

air quality Air quality management +4 more
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The mechanism of retention of vanadium oxo-species at the “titanium oxide / aqueous solution" interface

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Tella E., Panagiotou G.D., Petsi T., Bourikas K., Kordulis C., and Lycourghiotis A.

Issue 3

General

The mechanism of retention of vanadium oxo-species at the “titanium oxide/aqueous solution” interface was investigated over a wide pH range (4-9) and V(V) solution concentration (10-5-2×10-2 M) by combining equilibrium deposition experiments, potentiometric titrations, microelectrophoresis and...

titania vanadates +8 more
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Study of polyacrylic acid adsorption on the interface of hydroxyapatite – electrolyte solutions

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Hafez I.T., Paraskeva C.A., Klepetsanis P.G. and Koutsoukos P.G.,

Issue 3

General

The adsorption of polyacrylic acid (PAA) on hydroxyapatite (HAP) from HAP saturated solutions was studied in this work as a function of PAA concentration, temperature, pH and ionic strength. In all experiments, the adsorption was studied under conditions of negatively charged adsorbent and adsorbate...

Hydroxyapatite polyacrylic acid +3 more
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Air quality and pollution mapping system, using remote measurements and GPS technology

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Schreiner C., Branzila M., Trandabat A. and Ciobanu R.C.

Issue 3

General

According to the actual European context, including the development of risk free residential and industrial areas, the main demand lies in instant, accurate and elaborated information regarding environment quality and pollution risks. This paper presents a conceptual architecture for a versatile...

remote measurements GPS +3 more
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Metal Speciation Studies in a Brakish/Marine Interface System

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Scoullos M. J. and Pavlidou A. S.

Issue 3

General

The paper presents some interesting results of metal speciation studies employing Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (ASV) applied in a dynamic natural system such as the brakish – marine interface formed between the polluted waters discharged by the Koumoundouros lake and the marine ones of the Gulf of...

Metal speciation Koumoundouros lake +5 more
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