A survey of green burial sites in England and Wales and an assessment of the feasibility of a groundwater vulnerability tool.

abstract：:ABSTRACT Biohythane (hydrogen + methane) production in a two stage dark fermentation (DF) and anaerobic digestion (AD) process from food waste (FW) has been studied. This paper investigated the effect of operation temperature, i.e. mesophilic (34 °C) and thermophilic (55 °C) , on biohythane yield and total energy reco...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ghimire A,Luongo V,Frunzo L,Lens PNL,Pirozzi F,Esposito G

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of the electrical resistivity method for characterization of contaminated sites has been studied in many ways. The most commonly used device is a cone penetrometer that utilizes two or four electrodes to measure electrical resistivity (or conductivity) during a cone penetration test (CPT) along a vertic...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Ahn T,Allouche EN,Yanful EK

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effluents from municipal wastewater treatment have been long recognized as suitable media for the cultivation of microalgae biomass. However, few studies report data concerning biomass productivity in continuous reactors using unsterilized wastewater effluents. This study focuses on indigenous microalgae strains that ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Pereira MV,Dassoler AF,Antunes PW,Gonçalves RF,Cassini ST

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) microgels prepared by free radical precipitation polymerization were used as micro-reactors for the synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles. UV-Visible spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectrosco...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Farooqi ZH,Khalid R,Begum R,Farooq U,Wu Q,Wu W,Ajmal M,Irfan A,Naseem K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition and detailed characterization of solid particles emitted from thermal power plants into the environment is highly important due to their potential detrimental effects on human health. Snow cover is used for the identification of anthropogenic emissions in the environment. However, little is known about typ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Talovskaya AV,Yazikov EG,Filimonenko EA,Lata JC,Kim J,Shakhova TS

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to contribute to the knowledge on the dynamic of the microbial community involved in anaerobic degradation of different concentrations of 2-chlorophenol (2CP, from 28 to 196 mg 2CP-C/L) and a mixture of 2CP and phenol (from 28 to 196 mg phenol-C/L) and its relationship with the respiratory pr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Beristain-Montiel L,Martínez-Hernández S,de María Cuervo-López F,Ramírez-Vives F

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyaspartic acid (PSI) is suitable for the inhibition of inorganic scale deposition. To enhance its scale inhibition efficiency, PSI was modified by reacting aspartic acid with malic acid (MA) using thermal polycondensation polymerization. This reaction resulted in poly(aspartic acid-co-malic acid) (PSI-co-MA) dual p...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Mithil Kumar N,Gupta SK,Jagadeesh D,Kanny K,Bux F

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil-column system was tested for the removal of soluble organics and nutrients from partially treated liquid swine manure. The liquid manure was applied to the 900 mm deep (300 mm of local topsoil and 600 mm of local subsoil) soil columns continuously for an eight-week period, and leachate as well as soil samples w...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Yang H,Xiao J,El-Din MG,Buchanan ID,Bromley D,Ikehata K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to apply a simple and quick method of size and shape characterization by TEM to diesel exhaust particles from large-capacity, high-performance trucks. Particulate matter (PM) samples were collected while the engines were idling. Investigation of this type of emission is essential because v...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sielicki P,Janik H,Guzman A,Namieśnik J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-doped fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) was prepared by gas-assisted method using cellulose as precursors under ammonia atmosphere, which not only exhibited excellent photoluminescent properties, but also showed highly selective and sensitive detection of mercury ion. The nitrogen-doped CQDs displayed ex...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Li Y,Wang N,He Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-parameter (K, b, and n) Song isotherm model was slightly modified to make it possible to obtain analytical integration of the spreading pressure integral. The modified Song model (MSM) allows more efficient and accurate calculation of the ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST). The MSM also satisfies the Henr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Song DI,Choi J,Shin WS

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Permeable bioreactors have gained both research and management attention as viable methods for treating mine runoff waters. We examined the operation of a field-scale bioreactor (containing mixed compost, straw and gravel) for treatment of runoff from the Mother Load (ML) mine in northern Idaho, U.S. and compared it t...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Christian D,Wong E,Crawford RL,Cheng IF,Hess TF

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To recover oil from crude oil containing sludge is still a research hot topic from the view of sustainability, in which ultrasonic has been proven to be an efficient and environment friendly technique. However, the effect of sludge characteristic on ultrasonic-assisted oil recovery efficiency is little known. In this ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： He S,Tan X,Hu X,Gao Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of anionic and cationic dyes from aqueous solutions was investigated by different leather shavings, which are solid wastes generated in the leather industry. Wet-blue leather shavings (WB), vegetable-tanned leather shavings (VT), pickled hide (not tanned) shavings (PIC) and wet-white leather (pre-tanned) s...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Carvalho Pinheiro NS,Perez-Lopez OW,Gutterres M

更新日期：2020-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentachlorophenol (PCP) degradation by soil indigenous bacteria represents a practical and cost-effective solution. In the present study, bacteria isolated from paddy soil was investigated and the role of electron shuttling (ES) in the PCP degradation process was assessed. Two strains demonstrated the highest PCP degr...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： El-Bialy HA,Khalil OAA,Gomaa OM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a method to formulate struvite fine powder into pellets that are easy to spread on agricultural land. To evaluate the quality of produced pellets, some chemical and physical properties commonly measured for fertilizers were tested. The findings indicated that the salt index and heavy metal content...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Latifian M,Liu J,Mattiasson B

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbal Pharmaceutical wastewater was subjected to physico-chemical treatment using conventional coagulants individually and in combination with different anionic, cationic and nonionic polyelectrolytes. Results indicate cationic polyelectrolyte to be the best polymer. Individually Alum did not give good results but Al...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Vanerkar AP,Satyanarayan S,Dharmadhikari DM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elemental balances of microbial growth have been applied to calculate (C/N) ratio in a denitrification process. The correlation between biomass yield coefficient and degree of reduction has been used to estimate the critical (C/N) ratio. It has been shown that when the degree of reduction of the substrate is lower tha...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Sobieszuk P,Szewczyk KW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing pressure to upgrade effluent ponds for phosphorus removal. Active slag filters offer a solution, but design information is limited. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) is a key factor in filter design because it controls filter treatment efficiency as well the filter substrate lifespan. This paper repor...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Shilton A,Chen L,Elemetri I,Pratt C,Pratt S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Textural, structural and morphological characteristics of the vitreous tuff were determined by means of several physicochemical techniques. The nitrogen adsorption isotherm at 77 K was fitted with the Brunnauer-Emmet-Teller model and together with the results of the average pore distribution showed a mesoporous materi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Blanco-Flores A,Colín-Cruz A,Gutiérrez-Segura E,Sánchez-Mendieta V,Solís-Casados DA,Garrudo-Guirado MA,Batista-González R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different pretreatments (electrolysis, centrifugation and autoclaving) coupled with Chlorella vulgaris biological system was used for the treatment of poultry manure anaerobic-digested effluents. The pretreated effluents were used as the growth medium for algal cultivation. The pollutant removal efficiencies of the co...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Wang M,Wu Y,Li B,Dong R,Lu H,Zhou H,Cao W

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate the effect of weathered coal fly ash (CFA) as a drying adjuvant of sewage sludge (SS) to produce a soil amendment. The high amount of SS and CFA creates a complex waste management problem in many countries, requiring more research efforts. Towards a circular economy, CFA can be viewed as an...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Gomes LA,Santos AF,Lopes RJA,Góis JC,Quina MJ

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Large volumes of saline (> 2% w/v NaCl) wastewaters are discharged from many industries; e.g. seafood processing, textile dyeing, oil and gas production, tanneries and drinking water treatment processes. Although anaerobic treatment would be the most cost-effective and sustainable technology for the treatment of many ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Xiao Y,Roberts DJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of wastewater containing phenol using laboratory scale waste stabilisation ponds enriched with activated sludge was studied. After enrichment, the efficiency of these ponds under high phenol loading rates (i.e. up to 408 kg phenol ha(-1) day(-1)) was studied. At phenol loading rates of 6, 52, 312, 636 and 97...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Avelar FJ,Martínez-Pereda P,Thalasso F,Rodríguez-Vázquez R,Alba J,Esparza-García FJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel complexing membrane containing 8-hydroxyquinoline groups was used for the removal of heavy metal ions (Cd2+ and Ni2+) from aqueous solution. The functionalized membranes were characterized by FTIR-ATR, SEM and EDAX for the presence of functional groups, the physical structure of the membranes and the analysis ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Madaeni SS,Heidary F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compost made from municipal solid waste (MSW) contains heavy metals that can interfere with the use of organic amendment in soil. In order to find effective ways to reduce the potential risk of heavy metals, we have investigated a novel approach by use of organic acid during MSW composting. Citric and oxalic acid diss...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rosal A,Chica AF,Arcos MA,Dios M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic compounds and their derivatives are very common pollutants in wastewaters. Among the methods described for their removal, pressure-driven membrane processes are considered as a reliable alternative. Our research group has previously studied phenol removal in reverse osmosis (RO) conditions and obtained very l...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Hidalgo AM,León G,Gómez M,Murcia MD,Gómez E,Gómez JL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treated wastewater in micro-irrigation is a promising approach that could be used to decrease the pressure on good quality water resources. However, the clogging of such systems due to biofilm development and chemical precipitation constitute a constraint with the use of treated wastewater (TWW) and lead to lower irri...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Rizk N,Ait-Mouheb N,Molle B,Roche N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal removal from sewage sludge ash can be performed by mixing the ash with environmentally compatible chlorides (e.g. CaCl2 or MgCl2) and water, pelletizing the mixture and treating the pellets in a rotary reactor at about 1000 degrees C. Thermogravimetry-mass spectroscopy, muffle oven tests (500-1150 degrees ...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Nowak B,Wegerer H,Aschenbrenner P,Rechberger H,Winter F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of biochar application with organic or mineral fertilizers on soil microbial biomass, and associated emissions of CO2 and CH4 under field settings planted with peanut. The results indicated that physicochemical properties of soil were improved under biochar application. Soil microbi...

journal_title：Environmental technology

authors： Tan G,Wang H,Xu N,Junaid M,Liu H,Zhai L

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00