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Exploratory study to assess the impact of chitosan /bentonite ratio on the metal removal capacity of chitosan modified bentonite clay
Wastewater treatment
Adsorption is one of the methods that can be used for metal removal. In this study five metals were used cadmium, chromium, lead, copper and Nickel (Cd, Cr, Pb, Cu, and Ni) over a concentration range from 0.8 to about 7 mg l -1 for each metal. Adsorbents were prepared with increasing chitosan to...
Experimental investigation of biogas production from cytrus waste: Co-digestion with cattle manure
Sustainable Energy
Biogas production through anaerobic co-digestion of a mixture of cattle manure and citrus waste using an experimental facility for testing the biochemical methane potential (BMP) was investigated. No buffer solution is added to the mixture in order to use the buffer capacity from cattle manure...
Water Solution Polishing of Nitrate Using Potassium permanganate Modified Zeolite: Parametric experiments, kinetics and equilibrium analysis
Water Quality
In the present study, adsorption potential of potassium permanganate (Hypermangan) modified zeolite was investigated for the removal of nitrate from synthetic wastewater. Effects of the most significant parameters (pH, adsorbent dose, nitrate concentration and contact time) were initially evaluated...
Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils
Pollution Control Technology
The growing number of polluted land areas makes the question of rehabilitation and safe/effective use of these areas increasingly imperative. For land polluted by heavy metals, the possibility of transferring the toxic pollutants to humans through the food chain further increases the importance of...
Assessment of Seasonal Variations in Surface Water Quality of Cooum River in Chennai, India – A Statistical Approach
Water Quality
Rapid development in industrial sectors and population expansion has adverse impact on the Cooum river basin, especially Chennai region. The present study focuses on the assessment of seasonal variation in surface water quality of Cooum river basin. The samples were collected seasonally and are...
Changes in antioxidative systems and membrane stability index of canola in response to saline soil and fertilizer treatment application
Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management
The ability of fertilizer treatments (O (Optimum level), OP (Optimum level + twice amount of K +), OZ (Optimum level + twice amount of Zn 2+) and OZP (Optimum level + twice amount of K + + twice amount of Zn 2+)) to ameliorate salinity stress was studied in canola plants. In addition, fertilizer...
Effect of Zeolux use on Sage (Salvia officinalis) plant irrigated by fresh and Ro reject waters
Water and Wastewater Treatment
The effect of Zeolux use as soil amendment on the yield and some of the agronomic traits of a home garden plant, Sage ( Salvia officinalis), irrigated by either fresh or RO reject waters was studied. Clay and different combinations of clay-Jordanian zeolux were compared for that purpose. Each...
Time Series Models of Monthly Rainfall and Temperature to Detect Climate Change for Jorhat (Assam), India
Climate Change Impacts and Societal Adaptation in the Indian Subcontinent
In the present study, monthly rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum time series models were developed for Jorhat (Assam) situated in northeast India using monthly rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum temperature data from the year 1965 to 2000. A trend free time series of rainfall and...
Tourism Climate Comfort Index (TCCI) – An attempt to evaluate the climate comfort for tourism purposes: the example of Serbia
Global Environmental Change
This paper proposes one new attempt to formulate a mathematical approach to climate parameters in the context of their complex implications for tourist activities through the tourism climate comfort index (TCCI). This paper also aims to formulate an original and optimal mathematical correlation...
Modeling Dryness Severity Using Artificial Neural Network at the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Hydrology and water resources
Water balance studies in the Okavango Delta indicate that more than 90% of inflow into the Delta is lost through evaporation. This coupled with high climatic variability threatens the ecohydrology of the Delta. Trends indicate decreasing rainfall amounts and increasing temperature at the area of the...