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Reconciling water circularity through reverse osmosis for wastewater treatment for a hyper-arid climate: a life cycle assessment
Aiming to reconcile the water cycle and combating water scarcity, this study investigates the tradeoffs of upgrading tertiary wastewater treatment...
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Exergy and exergoenvironmental assessment of a geothermal heat pump and a wind power turbine hybrid system in Shanghai, China
Geothermal heat pumps are one of the most growing and cost-effective renewable energy technologies based on the temperature difference between the...
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Influence of shape memory alloy and rice husk ash on the mechanical behavior of concrete
The increase in population and high demand for construction have prompted engineers to propose innovative solutions to meet these needs. Concrete, as...
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Economic Aspects of the Kenya Rift Lakes and Their Deposits
The Kenya Rift lakes are varied and of globally important ecological value and host several other less well-known resources. The most valuable...
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Soil pollution in Indian coal mines, available remediation techniques and rock dust application: A review
AbstractSoil pollution due to coal mining and its associative activities has become a serious environmental concern in India. The by-products of coal...
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A review on suitability of using geopolymer concrete for rigid pavement
Geopolymer concrete is made up of cheap industrial wastes like fly ash, ground granular blast furnace slag, rice husk ash, etc., in raw form, which...
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Investigating the properties of roller-compacted rubberized concrete modified with nanosilica using response surface methodology
Globally there is continuous rapid production of waste tires due to an increase in vehicle usage, which is becoming a serious environmental issue as...
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Emissions
This chapter assesses the current state of the science regarding the composition, intensity, and drivers of wildland fire emissions in the USA and...
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Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of stearyl acrylate-co-behenyl acrylate copolymer as a pour point depressant of waxy crude oil
Pour point depressant (PPD) has the competitive advantage of lowering the temperature of the wax appearance (WAT) and crude oil viscosity. In this...
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Cement
This chapter draws attention to all topics related to cement, actually the most important hydraulic binder in construction processes. It starts with...
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Geotechnical properties of hazardous landfill leachate-contaminated sand
Many industrial activities dispose of their waste in the sand soil of the El-Khatatba region of Egypt. There is a need to reuse the site in building...
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A Review on CO2 Sequestration: The Indian Scenario
To address the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other green-house gas (GHG) emission issues and combat climate change, various world summits have taken place...
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Critical review on sustainable bioreactors for wastewater treatment and water reuse
Rapid developments are habitually connected with substantial wastewater production (sources- municipal, textile, landfill, digester reject, saline...
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Energy From the Ocean
Technology has developed tremendously in the last few decades and the quality of lifestyle is improving day by day. Most of the gadgets, we are using...
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Brazil’s emission trajectories in a well-below 2 °C world: the role of disruptive technologies versus land-based mitigation in an already low-emission energy system
The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement (PA) submitted so far do not put the world on track to meet the targets of the...
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Linking Post-Gorkha Earthquake Housing Damage Assessment with Municipality’s Building Standards
The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) provided housing grants to the earthquake affected households based on a household survey. However, its...
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Microstructural and other properties of copper slag–coal bottom ash incorporated concrete using fly ash as cement replacement
Increased demand for concrete leads to an increase in utilization of cement and sand, and increased consumption of cement leads to increased CO 2 ...
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Aerosol Variability at Coastal Bhola Island (Bangladesh), an IGP Outflow Region
The aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Ångström parameters are recognised to be pivotal factors in understanding the status of ambient aerosol...
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Role of particle size of natural pozzolanic materials of volcanic pumice: flow properties, strength, and permeability
Worldwide consumption of cement must be reduced because of the serious pollution created from its manufacturing process. This study aims to solve...
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Fresh mechanical and durability properties of alkali-activated fly ash-slag concrete: a review
This paper describes a review of the state-of-the-art research carried on the fresh and hardened properties of Alkali Activated Binders and...
