Osmotic concentration (OC), a form of forward osmosis (FO) but without draw solution recovery, can be applied for reducing wastewater disposal volumes in the oil & gas industry. Within this industry, is often disposed by injection through wells into deep underground reservoirs. By volumes, sustainability reservoir improved. In application OC, seawater or brine from desalination plant serves as ...

The present study was conducted on removal of zinc in a continuous flow system by Aspergillus sp. during its growth. The fungal strain was isolated from industrial wastewater. The experiments under continuous culture conditions were performed in two reactors of working volume 650ml and 3 litres respectively. The experiments were conducted using sugar concentrations of 10, 15 and 20g/l and at di...

Characteristic speciation of airborne volatile organics in Kaohsiung, the largest industrial city in Taiwan, is present in this paper. Hourly concentration of airborne volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was monitored by on-line GC/FID and 3 hours-averaged sample was parallel conducted by canister during rush hour. Field sampling works were conducted at a traffic station (Qian-Jin) and an industr...

It is well established that there are collective economic gains that can be realised from local industrial agglomerations. These gains arise from labour market pooling, knowledge and information flows, collective learning and shared business services. Realising the potential gains requires collective action, often facilitated by government and other public institutions. Recent economic policy i...

In this study, the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) C needles (i.e. the current-year-needles) were used as bioindicators in determining the aerial distribution pattern of sulphur emissions around industrial point sources at Kemi, Northern Finland. The average sulphur concentration in the C needles was 897 mg/kg (d.w.), with a standard deviation of 118 mg/kg (d.w.) and range 740 – 1350 mg/kg (d....

The interest in recovery of various functional proteins from large volume of industrial broths and biological wastewater streams has increased in recent years, due to the advancement in genetic engineering, and concerns about recycling limited resources and environmental protection (Lan, 2001). Ion exchange adsorption and chromatography have long been used for downstream processing in the biote...

Article history: Received 11 September 2012 Received in revised form 16 October 2013 Accepted 9 January 2014 Available online 17 January 2014 While the existing literature acknowledges the effect of banking structure on industrial growth as well as the effect of financial development on industrial growth and its volatility, we examine whether banking structure, given financial development, exer...