The long-term impact of biochar on soil properties and agronomic outcomes is influenced by changes in the physical and chemical properties of biochars that occur with time (aging) in soil environments. Fresh biochars, however, are often used in studies because aged biochars are generally unavailable. Therefore, a need exists to develop a method for rapid aging of biochars in the laboratory. The...

Two soils spiked with lead at different rates were stabilised/solidified using Portland cement and fly ash at different soil:binder ratios and tested for their setting time, unconfined compressive strength (UCS), leachability and durability. Results show that soil texture, percentage of binders and lead concentration play an important part in the treatment, significantly influencing the perform...

Fine (PM(2.2)) and coarse (PM(2.2-10)) particles concurrently collected in urban (Hanoi) and rural (Lucnam) areas were analyzed for ionic and elemental compositions to provide input for PMF receptor modeling of emission sources in the Red River Delta (RRD), a key economic development region in Vietnam. Long-range transport (LRT) aerosol, coal fly ash from major coal-fired plants in RRD, and mar...

The residue of thermal power plants is known as coal fly ash and has been considered solid waste pollution worldwide. characteristic ashes showed that it contains several components could be utilized in fields. One the potential utilization agricultural application. This study analyzed two different types their effect on soil. x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis resulted SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, CaO d...

Forests in Europe are changing due to interactions between climate change, nitrogen (N) deposition and new forest management practices. The concurrent impact on the forest greenhouse gas (GHG) balance is at present difficult to predict due to a lack of knowledge on controlling factors of GHG fluxes and response to changes in these factors. To improve the mechanistic understanding of the ongoing...

In this work, the highly hazardous heavy metals (HM) are the focus of an assessment of the environmental impact of the Mae Moh Power Plant (Northem Thailand) fired with Thai lignites. The synergetic environmental impacts associated with the high sulfur content in the fuel (average value of 3.3% and maximum up to 7.0%) and the presence of a large number of heavy metals (As, Ba, Ce, Co, Cr, CS, N...

The black cotton soil is a type of problematic expansive soil which causes many problems in the construction of structures founded on them. It is having a swelling and impervious nature with poor geotechnical subgrade characteristics. In this research an approach is made towards the way of improvement in the various geotechnical properties of black cotton soil such as index properties, swelling...

Utilization of recycled materials as a substitute for natural soils in engineering applications such as highway construction is an emerging application area. A research study was conducted to investigate the stabilization of petroleumcontaminated soils (PCSs) using another recycled material, high carbon content fly ash (HCCFA), and evaluate the feasibility of using the final product in highway ...