Sugar mills plays a major role in polluting the water bodies and land by discharging a large amount of wastewater as effluent. The sugar mill effluents are having higher amount of suspended solids, dissolved solids, BOD, COD, chloride sulphate, nitrates, calcium and magnesium. The continuous use of these effluents harmfully affect the crops when used for irrigation. As a result, a higher amount...

Renewable materials including coir, biochar, and composts are investigated worldwide in the horticultural industry to partially substitute peat growing media. In this study, we assessed effects of biochar vermicompost as partial substitution compared these peat-based media with coir terms NH 4 + -N NO 3 − content, CO 2 -C N O-N emissions their microbial biomass carbon nitrogen. Six mixtures (pe...

Coir fibers received three treatments, namely washing with water, alkali treatment (mercerization) and bleaching. Treated fibers were incorporated in starch/ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers (EVOH) blends. Mechanical and thermal properties of starch/EVOH/coir biocomposites were evaluated. Fiber morphology and the fiber/matrix interface were further characterized by scanning electron microscopy ...

Ideal bacterial support medium for fixed film denitrification processes/bioreactors must be inexpensive, durable and possess large surface area with sufficient porosity. The present study has been focussed on removing nitrate nitrogen at two different nitrate nitrogen loading rates (60 (NLR I) and 120 (NLR II) mg l(-1)) from simulated aquaculture wastewater. Coconut coir fibre and a commerciall...

In order to improve the recording efficiency in current perpendicular recording media, it is important to reduce the distance from the head to soft underlayer. In this paper, a soft magnetic intermediate layer is proposed to partially replace the presently used Ru intermediate layer. The new soft magnetic intermediate layer serves two purposes, which are as follows: 1 to decrease the thickness ...

In today's fast-developing world, the use of composite materials is closely related to environmental pollution, renewable and biodegradable resources. A researcher looking for environmentally friendly materials. Natural synthetic fibres come in a wide range shapes sizes. include jute, straw wheat, rice husk banana fibre, pineapple leaf cotton, Sisal, Coir, Oats, Bagasse. Every year, 13.5 tonnes...