this study investigates the degradation of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (sdbs) in aqueous solution by the fenton-like oxidation process. the effects of different parameters such as concentrations of ferric chloride and hydrogen peroxide, ph and reaction time on the sdbs removal and chemical oxygen demand (cod) reduction were evaluated. response surface methodology (rsm) with central composite...

background and objective: lactobacillus plantarum is one of the probiotics species used in functional food products. these bacteria or their purified bacteriocins are used as biological preservatives in the food industry. the first step in production of an array of probiotic products is optimizing production in fermentors. this study aimed to examine factors affecting the in vitro growth optimi...

nano-hydroxyapatite/gelatin (nha/ge) microspheres are currently used in bone tissue engineering as bone filler. in this  study, the effect of fabrication process parameters on the particle size of nano-hydroxyapatite/gelatinmicrospheres was investigated. the nha/ge microspheres were fabricated using water in oil emulsion. in order to design an experimental design, a surface response model with ...

the optimization of process conditions for the degradation of acid blue 193 by uv/peroxydisulfate was investigated using response surface methodology (rsm). the effects of four parameters namely initial k2s2o8 concentration, uv irradiation, temperature, and initial dye concentration on two process responses, color removal and the rate constants of the first-order kinetic equations, were investi...

biodegradation of phenanthrene (phe) was studied in aqueous culture to demonstrate the potential of the mixed culture in degrading high concentration of phe. the experiments were conducted to monitor biodegradation of phenanthrene for duration of 6 days. biodegradation of phe was successfully achieved in low and middle concentration by the isolated mixed culture. a full factorial central compos...

response surface methodology is a common tool in optimizing processes. it mainly concerns situations when there is only one response of interest. however, many designed experiments often involve simultaneous optimization of several quality characteristics. this is called a multiresponse surface optimization problem. a common approach in dealing with these problems is to apply desirability funct...

vanadium phosphorus oxides (vpo) has been applied as a heterogeneous catalyst in gas phase oxidation reactions and its application is very limited in liquid phase. in this study a series of cobalt-doped vanadium phosphorus oxides (vpo-co) catalysts with different loading of co (0.01-1.0 mol ratio of co/v) were prepared. oxidation of benzyl alcohol was studied in the liquid phase over vpo and vp...

in this present study the dissolved air flotation (daf) system was investigated for the treatment of kermanshah oil refinery wastewater. the effect of three parameters on flotation efficiency including of flow rate (outflow from the flotation tank), saturation pressure and coagulant dosage on chemical oxygen demand (cod) removal was examined experimentally. all the experiments were done under a...

in order to reduce the costs associated with poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production, growth and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production of ralstonia eutropha were studied in batch culture on different carbon sources. experiments were designed and conducted to not only lower the cost of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production by using inexpensive substrates, but also to increase poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production...