Acid drainage is most common problem or associated with almost all mines containing sulphide deposits and coal containing high pyrite. Acid drainage is caused when rain water and or seepage from rock formation interact with sulphur bearing minerals. It produces water of high acidity with higher metal concentration. Acid drainage is most susceptible to dissolve heavy metals particularly Iron, Zi...

Evaporative cooling is able to generate the cooling medium at a temperature approaching to the ambient wet bulb temperature. In this paper, a low-energy air conditioning strategy is proposed, which is a combination of cooled ceiling (CC), microencapsulated phase change material (MPCM) slurry storage and evaporative cooling technologies. The assessment of evaporative cooling availability and uti...

In earlier works by the present authors, two systems for sustainable energy were proposed: (i) a system for urban snow removal in winter and storage for air conditioning in summer, applied to Nagaoka City, which suffers heavy snow fall every winter, and (ii) a district cooling system utilizing latent heat of ice to reduce the size of storage reservoir and transportation pipeline system. In thes...

This work presents ultrasound-assisted dispersive micro solid phase extraction (USA DMSPE) for preconcentration of fluorine (F) in water and herb samples. TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) were used as an adsorbent. The determination with slurry sampling was performed via molecular absorption of calcium monofluoride (CaF) at 606.440 nm using a high-resolution continuum source electrothermal absorption s...

Coal combustion residuals (CCRs), the largest industrial waste in the United States, are mainly stored in surface impoundments and landfills. Here, we examine the geochemistry of seeps and surface water from seven sites and shallow groundwater from 15 sites in five states (Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina) to evaluate possible leaking from coal ash ponds. The assessmen...

PURPOSE A recent laboratory study demonstrated that the ingestion of a cold/menthol beverage improved exercise performance in a hot and humid environment during 20 km of all-out cycling. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether the ingestion of cold water/ice-slurry with menthol would improve performance in hot and humid outdoor conditions. METHODS Ten trained males completed...

comaring the capability of photocatalyst nano zinc oxide process by two slurry and immobilized methods in dye acid orange 7 removal introduction everyday million liters of color wastewater are produced in different industries and cuases environmental problems. the textile industry significantly affects the environment, producing high volume of wastewater from water and chemicals used in process...

The coal-forming period is mainly Permian and Carboniferous in the North China coalfield, which one of main coal accumulating areas China. It characterized by high rank, abundant reserves, varieties. However, water outburst accidents originating from karst aquifers under seam floor have become a terrible disaster accompany with deep exploited progressively. Water inrush events limestone often o...

Dewatering of fine coal is a significant industrial challenge with economic and environmental implications. Due to the lack suitable dewatering technologies, particles are often discarded waste impoundments, leading substantial loss valuable natural resources while creating problems. The hydrophobic-hydrophilic separation (HHS) process unique solution this problem. In process, recyclable solven...