... humic acid forthe original substrate before ethanol treatment Hence, humic acid can be fractionated by ethanol into an a-fraction and hymatomelanic acid In analogy to the above, reference can be ... humates (Tan, 1978).However, the lowest organic matter contents are detected in aridisols, soils of the arid regions and the sandy soils in the deserts Because of deficiency of water, biomass formation ... of peat deposits, to the rivers, lakes and marshes in central Africa, Scandinavia and the tundras in the arctic region Many of thecoastal plain streams and swamps of the Southeastern United States...
... between organisms and their environment Ecology implies more the webs of natural forces and organisms, their competition and cooperation, and how they live off one another [2 – 4] The recent ... heterotrophic bacteria in soil and water and the test is therefore suited for evaluation of the toxicity of sewage sludge, soil extracts, and chemicals [45] The test criterion is the reduction in cell ... representative of the organisms of activated sludge, permits us to foresee the impact of toxicants on the processing of the wastewater treatment plant The test reaction is the death of the test organism...
... and grease, and toxic organics The treatment scheme for oily waste is determined by the form of theoil and organic content Oil can be found as free, emulsified, and soluble forms The main treatment ... finishing Oil and dirt may be organic or inorganic in nature Organic materials include saponifiable oils of animal and vegetable origin, mineral oils and waxes, and other organic contaminants such ... reverse cleaning, the workpiece functions as the anode and the evolved oxygen assists in the removal of soil In direct cleaning, the workpiece is the cathode and liberated hydrogen at the surface...
... However, the quality of granules and hence the performance of the reactor is highly dependent upon the toxicity and other characteristics of wastewater A modified version of the UASB reactor is the ... phase; transfer from liquid to microbial surface and uptake of pollutants by the microorganisms; and finally transformation and/or degradation of the pollutants by microbial enzymes Most of the biodegradative ... and highly resistant to degradation by most organisms and must be so in order to impart resistance to plants against many physical and environmental stresses This recalcitrant biopolymer is formed...
... calves, and sheep and after hair removal from hogs It is also used to clean the inside of the carcass after evisceration, and for cleaning and sanitizing equipment and facilities both during and ... is to flush out the gut manure from the punctured organs over a mechanical screen, and allow water to transport the gut manure to the effluent treatment system Typically the gut manure has a COD ... in which the bed comprises anaerobic microorganisms, including methanogens, which have formed dense granules The mechanisms by which these granules form are still poorly understood, but they are...
... where the tire meets the wheel rim (on which it is mounted); they ensure a seal between the rim and the tire The tire treads are the part of the tire that meets the road surface; their design and ... levels of toxic organic and inorganic pollutants These pollutants generally result from impurities in the tires and tubes used in the reclamation process The wastewater from the pan process is of ... throughout the rubber industry In addition, miscellaneous oils are used to lubricate machinery Laboratory analysis indicates the presence of oil and grease in the raw wastewater of these plants Oil and...
... conditions and at developing kinetic models forthe pyrolysis and combustion of these fuels, for which there is lack of information in the literature The obtained data should be useful forthe design ... fuels, to produce heat and power Rather than being a problem of waste, poultry litter and RDF can and should be a source of energy The results can aid the proper design of boilers and furnaces using ... to the calcium carbonate of the sample, the content of which was about 45% in ash Therefore, the DTG peaks of the two samples differ in position and height Taking into consideration that the...
... GC-ITMS for trace analysis can be found in the literature, for example, in environmental analysis (Santos & Galceran, 2003), microorganism characterisation (Larsson & Saraf, 1997) and forensic analysis ... technique: the ion source and the ionization mode Thesensitivity is related to the ionization efficiency and the selectivity is primarily to the ionization mode Both sensitivity and selectivity can ... constant ratio and oscillation frequencies (de Hoffmann & Stroobant, 2003; Santos & Galceran, 2003) A single quadrupole mass analyser can be operated in either the full-spectrum scan mode or the...
... manually in small plants and continuously by mechanical means in larger plants Settling tanks are provided for removal of larger, heavier organic particles, oil, and grease Oil, grease, and other ... plant Some substances are not permitted in the sewage system Gasoline and other flammable substances, oil, hexavalent chromium are examples of prohibited substances These can damage either the ... acclimatized and assuming dominance in the system In the carbonaceous phase the dominant organisms are feeding upon the more easily degraded compounds The nitrogenous phase, in which the character of the...
... silicate, coordinate form with organic legends There are a lot of mechanisms effect on transform of heavy metal compound in sewage sludge which are effect on transporting and bleaching of heavy ... Industrial wastewater treatment and Industrial zones References tll Brian J Alloway, Andrew P Jackson, The behaviour of heavy metal in sewage sludgeamended soils, The Science of the Total Environment, ... we could conclude like that: The accumulation and transportation of selected heavy metals in thermophilic anearobic co-digestion of municipal sewage sludge and organic waste depends on a lot of...
... three rectangular tanks marked A, B, C The tanks share the public wall and have hydraulic connection with each other through the public channel at the bottom Outlets of the connected channel were ... Treatment System The UNITANK system has rectangular tanks(A,B,C tank), which hydraulically connect with each other through the public channel at the bottom Wastewater enters any tank of these three ... turn, while the middle tank is always in the aeration status, the two edge tanks with intermittent aeration are used as the aeration tank and the settling tank alternately The two edge tanks with...
... significantly affect T-N, NHþ -N and CODCr removal On the other hand, changes in the R strongly effected the T-N removal With an increase in the R, nitrogen removal efficiency significantly improved The ... around the axis of the agitator at the center of the reactor (Fig 1) The packing ratio of the fibrous was 60 ± 5% based on the volume of the reactor forthe attached growth biomass The picture of ... 6) 2.3 Analytical methods The influent, EQ, RHMBR, MBR and the effluent samples were collected 1–3 times per week to monitor the performance and kept in a refrigerator prior to analyses The water...
... qm and b are constant characteristic of the system forthe Langmuir model that can be considered as an indicator of adsorptive capacity and appetency, respectively; and KF and n are constant ... responsible forthe organic substance removal from municipal wastewater Both the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models matched the biosorption of organic substances by activated sludge well These ... increased with the decreasing temperature either for dried sludge (Zhou, 1992; Zhou and Banks, 1993) or for activated carbon (McCreary and Snoeyink, 1980) Therefore, it is hypothesized that there existed...
... emissions in the near future under the Kyoto Protocol Therefore, implementation of anaerobic digestion forthe treatment of organic solid waste is an urgent issue In the present work, the performance ... of the acidogenic bacteria is much higher than that of methanogenic archea, and the bacteria can be active at a weak acidic condition whereas the archea cannot Therefore, the balance between the ... Change of pH and alkalinity of the system At further operation, HRT was increased again to 40 d in order to see the performance recovery The productivity of biogas recovered, and all important...
... samples can be analyzed without making pellets The medium infra- red range of 400-4000/cm has been used for our sample Result and discussion Physical Analysis Theoil samples were analyzed for their ... The FTIR analysis confirms the presence of Paraffins and Olefins in theoil samples obtained Acknowledgement Figure 3: FTIR spectra for LDPE+PP oil sample From the figure FTIR analysis forthe ... Author acknowledges the KSCST SPP for funding and the Department of Chemical Engineering, DSCE forthe support Author thanks to Mr Shreyank Hampi forthe significant contribution in the project work...
... relations bodies that exist in Germany and the Netherlands or in the Low Pay Commission in the UK) Trade Unions and Performance: The Arguments In contrast to the other forms of empowerment considered ... training and development more generally, rather than for immediate needs; ensuring good communications up and down the organization, rather than limiting E MPOWERMENT AND P ERFORMANCE 29 information ... tested, for instance by empirical investigation of whether change in such role empowerment is associated with change in employee motivation, and that the latter accounts for any change in performance...
... work–family arrangements in the UK and the Netherlands Paper presented at BPWF, University of California and Sloan Foundation Conference ‘Work and Family Expanding the Horizons’, San Francisco Dex, ... consider the possibility that if FWAs have no costs (rather than an actual bottom-line benefit) there may still be an important case for their implementation (Harker & Lewis, 2001) Another theme ... although their analysis is relatively recent, the studies examined in this meta-analysis were mainly conducted in the 1970s and 1980s, many of them before the recent developments in information and...
... scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use forthe general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress ... and the changing role of knowledge and information The study committee offers recommendations for changes in the public sector’s research approach and priority-setting process and for strengthening ... forces, government policy, and knowledge and information—drive structural change Monitor and Analyze Structural Change The committee acknowledges recent public-sector efforts to monitor and analyze...