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Variations in bacterial and archaeal community structure and diversity along the soil profiles of a peatland in Southwest China
As bacteria and archaea are key components in the ecosystem, information on their dynamics in soil profiles is important for understanding the...
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Carboaluminothermic Production of Ferrotitanium from Ilmenite Through Thermal Plasma
AbstractIlmenite is the prime mineral used for the production of titania-rich slag and ferrotitanium alloy throughout the globe. In the current...
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Efficient water oxidation under mild alkaline conditions with ruthenium(IV)-iron(VI) catalysts
Metal oxides are used as catalysts in energy and environmental applications. For instance, ruthenium(IV) oxides are oxygen evolution reaction...
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Utilization of Waste Transformer Oil for the Synthesis of Biodiesel and Glyptal
Transformers are the important electrical devices which are used for the transmission of electrical energy in power systems. Transformer oil which is...
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Impact Analysis and Mathematical Modeling of Humic Acid on the Denitrification Process in a Nitrite–Denitrifying Anaerobic Methane Oxidation System
Nitrite–denitrification anaerobic methane oxidation (nitrite–DAMO) bacteria live in deep layers of freshwater sediments such as rivers and lakes....
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The analysis of classical, polynomial regression and cubic spline mathematical models in hemp biodiesel optimization: an experimental comparison
Post-pandemic inflationist pressures, climate changes and extremes, regional conflicts, and soaring food prices caused the food crisis to increase...
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Evaluation of Partial Nitritation/Anammox Process for Reduction of Pollutants from Sanitary Landfill Leachate
A proposed combined process (partial nitritation process followed by anaerobic ammonia oxidation process (anammox)) was used to treat municipal...
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Lithologic control of soil C:N:P stoichiometry across a climatic gradient in southwest China
PurposeChanges in climate and land use may disrupt the soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) cycles, which affect the availability of...
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Management of solid waste marble powder: improving quality of sodium chloride obtained from sulphate-rich lake/subsoil brines with simultaneous recovery of high-purity gypsum and magnesium carbonate hydrate
Marble industry worldwide produces large amount of non-degradable marble dust powder (MDP) waste during mining and processing stages. MDP mainly...
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Comparison of two methods of neutralization and wet air oxidation for treating wastewater spent caustic produced by oil refineries
Today, problems of treating wastewater spent caustic produced by refinery units with high toxic compounds and chemical oxygen demand (COD) become...
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Nutrient Availability and Phosphorus Dynamics
This chapter presents the availability of phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) and P dynamics in Tonle Sap Lake (TSL) in relation to flood pulse. The...
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Solvent Extraction of Manganese and Zinc from Chloride Leach Solution of Spent Zn–C Batteries with DEHPA in Benzene Diluent
The applicability of utilizing solvent extraction processes of manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) from chloride leachate of spent zinc–carbon (Zn–C)...
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Recent Advances in Packed-Bed Gasification of Lignocellulosic Biomass
In this chapter fundamental results from recent studies on packed-bed gasification of ligno-cellulosic biomass are presented. Theory based analysis...
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Effect of Micro Aeration on Sulphurous Pollutants Removal from Skim Latex Wastewater
This study investigates the effect of micro aeration of Skim Latex Wastewater (SLW) in an ammonia-rich environment. SLW contains sulphate, ammonia,...
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Applying Different Organic Amendments Optimizes Soil Nitrogen Management and Increases Greenhouse Tomato Yield
When used as organic amendment, both livestock manure and crop residue can improve soil fertility. However, application of livestock manure alone may...
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Recovery of Metals from Copper Smelting Slag Using Coke and Biochar
With the purpose of recovering the metal values, in this study the copper slag was reduced by coke and biochar at 1250 °C in an argon gas atmosphere...
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Nutrient, Oxygen and Carbon Ratios, CO2 Sequestrationand Anthropogenic Forcing in the Mediterranean Sea
The climate and the environment, together with present tectonic morphology, constitute main constraints for the Mediterranean Sea geochemistry. The...
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A marine origin of coal balls in the Midland and Illinois basins, USA
Coal balls are carbonate concretions that preserve peat in cellular detail. Despite their importance to paleobotany, the salinity of coal-ball peat...
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Reuse of waste cooking oil (WCO) as diluent in green emulsion liquid membrane (GELM) for zinc extraction
Zinc (Zn) was identified as one of the most toxic heavy metals and often found contaminating the water sources as a result of inefficient treatment...
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Effects of iron and nitrogen-coupled cycles on cadmium availability in acidic paddy soil from Southern China
PurposeMicrobially mediated nitrate (NO 3 − ) reduction coupled to ferrous Fe (Fe[II]) oxidation (termed NRFO) and anaerobic ammonium (NH 4 + ) oxidation...
