The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of natural flocculants to reduce solids and nutrient loads in dairy cow wastewater using solid-liquid separation; chitosan was used as a model. Its use efficiency and optimum application rate were determined using flushed dairy cow manure of varied strengths - 0.4%, 0.8%, 1.6%, and 3.2% total solids (TS) content. Treatments consisted of n...

The energy demand in India is increasing substantially and the energy supply is not in pace with demand. The recovery of energy from waste material is one of the best methods to tackle the energy crisis. The potential for recovery of energy from urban waste is high in Maharashtra followed by Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. In this paper, anaerobic digestion method is used to find the...

Layered materials held together by weak interactions including van der Waals forces, such as graphite, have attracted interest for both technological applications and fundamental physics in their layered form and as an isolated single-layer. Only a few dozen single-layer van der Waals solids have been subject to considerable research focus, although there are likely to be many more that could h...

Over the last few years a number of application systems have been constructed that a l l o w u s e r s to a c c e s s d a t a b a s e s by pos ing q u e s t i o n s in n a t u r a l languages, such as E n g l i s h . When used i n the r e s t r i c t e d domains f o r which they have been e s p e c i a l l y d e s i g n e d , t h e s e sys tems have ach i eved r e a s o n a b l y h igh l e v e ...

In search for new natural products, which may lead to the development of new drugs for all kind of applications, novel methods are needed. Here we describe the identification of electrophilic natural products in crude extracts via their reactivity against azide as a nucleophile followed by their subsequent enrichment using a cleavable azide-reactive resin (CARR). Using this approach, natural pr...

A combined numerical and experimental study is reported of solid/liquid phase change in porous media with natural convection in the melt region. The model is based on volume averaged transport equations, while phase change is assumed to occur over a small temperature range. Experiments are performed in a vertical, square enclosure using gallium and glass beads as the fluid and the porous matrix...

In this genomics and proteomics age, highly functionalized natural products or natural-product-like compounds are likely to play important roles in understanding the functions of emerging biological targets because they serve as small-molecule chemical probes in modulating a target's specific actions (i.e. activation or deactivation). Development of stereoselective reaction-derived methods on s...

In this study, a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack has been successfully fabricated and tested by using direct natural gas. The main objective of this research was to achieve optimal long-term performance of the SOFC stack without carbon deposition by using low-cost natural gas as a fuel. The stack configuration was improved by a new interconnect design and made of cost-effective raw materials...

Protection of the environment from solid waste hazards is becoming a serious problem. Different laws and legislations had been put into practice for this purpose. The effect of solid waste in developing countries with limited financial and natural resources and high population growth rate is more severe. To overcome these difficulties, prudent management system for solid waste is required. Furt...

pyrophyllite solid solutions, AlrSi.-.Al,oro-.(oHr*"), have been synthesized from a gel and from lightly ground and milled natural materials. Solid solutions crystalliTe from structurally degraded or amorphous starting materials due to the tendency for Al3* to enter tetrahedral sites. The extent of solid solution is small; synthesis from a gel yielded pyrophyllite with the formula Al2 o(Si3 rAL...