In the present study, photocatalytic removal of p-nitrophenol has been carried out in the presence of ZnO by using a batch reactor with a UV-C lamp (15 W). The effects of applied ZnO concentration and UV light intensity have been studied. The increase of initial pollutant concentration decreases the removal rate, and the results indicate that the apparent reaction rate constant in the UV/Zn...

The removal performance of total poly phenols and orthodiphenols (o-diphenols) content in olive mill waste (OMW) was investigated with a three stages cross flow laboratory scale rotating biological contactor (RBC) in the present study. Due to high COD and other pollutant in the original OMW, physico-chemical treatment was effected for COD and other pollutant reduction prior to biological tr...

The dry treatment of flue gas produced by incineration processes is discussed thermodynamically. The study investigates the theoretical limits achieved by sodium and calcium based sorbents in the removal of the pollutant species HCl, NOx and SO2. Calculations were performed varying the temperature and the molar ratio between the amount of the injected alkaline sorbent and the content of the pol...

Research indicates that multiple outdoor air pollutants and adverse neighborhood conditions are spatially correlated. Yet health risks associated with concurrent exposure to air pollution mixtures and clustered neighborhood factors remain underexplored. Statistical models to assess the health effects from pollutant mixtures remain limited, due to problems of collinearity between pollutants and ...

BACKGROUND The science of treating stormwater pollutants has evolved from simple swales and detention ponds to a whole host of structural and non-structural Best Management Practices (BMPs) promulgated by federal, state, and local authorities. In the 1980’s and 1990’s, required treatment techniques were based upon presumptive criteria that assumed an 80% pollutant reduction of pollutants would ...