Biomethane production by anaerobic digestion is an efficient technology to treat organic waste and produce clean energy. A growing number of studies has attempted use carbon-based materials enhance methane performance. Granular activated carbon (GAC) commonly used due its low price high efficiency. Moreover, the conductivity GAC favors direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) coupled with C...

The effluent generated from a thermal power plant waste is a mixture of several chemicals and to identify the effect of these chemicals on soil, a case study on naturally contaminated sites at Al-Musayyib region, Hilla city in Iraq has been carried out. Soil and water samples were collected from the sites and analyzed to identify the pollutants and their effect on soil characteristics. Laborato...

chlorination of natural water containing humic compounds, produce significant amount of disinfectant by - products. the most important of such compounds are thlvis and halo acetic acids, suspected to cause cancer in animals and human. studies showed that under usual processes of water treatment plants, thms can not be removed effectively. since chlorination is the final process of treatment, it...

The effluent generated from a thermal power plant waste is a mixture of several chemicals and to identify the effect of these chemicals on soil, a case study on naturally contaminated sites at Al-Musayyib region, Hilla city in Iraq has been carried out. Soil and water samples were collected from the sites and analyzed to identify the pollutants and their effect on soil characteristics. Laborato...

A favorable microenvironment for biofilm growth on GAC particles was shown using green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a marker for a phenol degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas putida F1. The dispersion of P. putida F1 in a biofilm covering granulated activated carbon (GAC) particles was monitored and compared to a biofilm on non-activated granular carbon particles. Laser scanning confocal microscopy...