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Pedro Cisterna-Osorio and Patricia Arancibia-Avila
Fats and oils are the most common pollutants in wastewater, and are usually eliminated through physical processes in wastewater treatment plants, generating large amounts of fats and residual oils that are difficult to dispose of and handle. The degradat...
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Li Li, Gyumin Lee and Doosun Kang
A model that computes the per-unit process energy consumption, energy intensity, CO2 emission, and CO2 intensity of water treatment plants is developed. This model is used to estimate the total energy consumption of six water treatment plants in Seoul Me...
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José L. S. Pereira, Telma Costa, Vitor Figueiredo, Francisco Marques, Adelaide Perdigão, Isabel Brás, Maria E. F. Silva and Dulcineia F. Wessel
Composting is one of the best organic waste management techniques, with zero waste; however, it generates environmental impacts. The objective of this study was to evaluate the emission of NH3, N2O, CO2, and CH4 from the composting of olive, elderberry, ...
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Jinwei Wang, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Qinyuan Zhu, Hiba Shaghaleh, Jingnan Chen, Fenglin Zhong and Maomao Hou
Lettuce is a water-sensitive stem-used plant, and its rapid growth process causes significant disturbances to the soil. Few studies have focused on the gaseous carbon emissions from lettuce fields under different irrigation methods. Therefore, this study...
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Tiantian Li, Sumei Wan, Guodong Chen, Zhengjun Cui, Jinbin Wang, Zhilong Fan and Yunlong Zhai
Increasing agricultural yields and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the main themes of agricultural development in the 21st century. This study investigated the yield and GHGs of a jujube?alfalfa intercropping crop, relying on a long-term fiel...
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Nilüfer Topuz, Frank Alsmeyer, Hasan Can Okutan and Hermann-Josef Roos
The increasing share of renewables in electricity grids comes with a challenge of energy surpluses and deficits, which needs be handled by demand side management (DSM) and storage options. Within this approach, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), with f...
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Isabela M. Dias, Lucas C. Mourão, Guilherme B. M. De Souza, Jose M. Abelleira-Pereira, Julles M. Dos Santos-Junior, Antônio C. D. De Freitas, Lucio Cardozo-Filho, Christian G. Alonso and Reginaldo Guirardello
Pharmaceutical pollutants are considered emerging contaminants, representing a significant concern to the ecosystem. Thus, this study reports on the degradation of antihypertensive and cardiovascular drugs (atenolol, captopril, propranolol hydrochloride,...
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Lebohang E. Koloti, Rosina Nkuna and Tonderayi S. Matambo
This study provides a theoretical baseline on the application of chemical and microbiological indicators as rapid system performance monitoring tools that will allow for timely corrective measures to maintain and improve the bioremediation performance of...
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Mireille Asanzi Mvondo-She, Jacob Mashilo, Auges Gatabazi, Ashwell Rungano Ndhlala and Mark Delmege Laing
Low-temperature stress is an important limiting factor affecting citrus growth and fruit yields. Therefore, increasing citrus cold stress tolerance may enhance the growth, yield, and quality of citrus production in marginal areas. The objective of this s...
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M. R. Karimi Estahbanati, Thuy-Dung Vu, Trong-On Do, Zahra Nayernia and Maria C. Iliuta
The development of novel and active photocatalysts to industrialize photocatalysis technology is still a challenging task. In this work, a novel method is presented to prepare TiO2/SiO2 NSs by covering SiO2 nanospheres (NSs) with titanate-nanodiscs (TNDs...
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