Quality and Pollution Control Technologies for Water, Air, and Soil

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Quality and Pollution Control Technologies for Water, Air, and Soil, Josiane Nikiema, Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa, and Yves Andres
Seasonal and Spatial Changes of Microorganism Communities in Constructed Wetlands: A Community Level Physiological Profiling Analysis, Florent Chazarenc, Jacques Brisson, and Grard Merlin
The Use of Inorganic Packing Materials during Methane Biofiltration, Josiane Nikiema and Michele Heitz
Production of Ligninolytic Enzymes by White-Rot Fungus Datronia sp. KAPI0039 and Their Application for Reactive Dye Removal, Pilanee Vaithanomsat,Waraporn Apiwatanapiwat, Oncheera Petchoy,
and Jirawate Chedchant
Application of Ozone and Oxygen to Reduce Chemical Oxygen Demand and Hydrogen Sulfide from a Recovered Paper Processing Plant, Patricia A. Terry
Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid Systemfor Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds, Stanford S. Makgato and Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa
Removal of OrganicMatter from Landfill Leachate by Advanced Oxidation Processes: A Review, Wei Li, Qixing Zhou, and Tao Hua
Variability of Parameters Involved in Leachate Pollution Index and Determination of LPI from Four Landfills in Malaysia, Muhammad Umar, Hamidi Abdul Aziz, and Mohd Suffian Yusoff
Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in China: A Review, Yong Qiu, Han-chang Shi, and Miao He
Modeling the Effect of Plants and Peat on Evapotranspiration in Constructed Wetlands, Florent Chazarenc, Simon Naylor, Yves Comeau, Grard Merlin, and Jacques Brisson
Assessment of the Performance of Membranes Type Koch in Hartha Power Plant, Alaa Abdulrazaq Jassim
The Possibilities of Reduction of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans Emission, Grzegorz Wielgosinski
Monitoring and Modelling the Trends of Primary and Secondary Air Pollution Precursors: The Case of the State of Kuwait, S. M. Al-Salemand A. R. Khan
Effect of Saturated Near Surface on Nitrate and Ammonia Nitrogen Losses in Surface Runoff at the Loess Soil Hillslope, Yu-bin Zhang, Fen-li Zheng, and Ning Cao
Toxicity Assessment of Sediments with Natural Anomalous Concentrations in HeavyMetals by the Use of Bioassay, Francisco Martın, Marlon Escoto, Juan Fernandez, Emilia Fernandez, Elena Arco, Manuel Sierra, and Carlos Dorronsoro

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• Publié par: ele1709
• Publié le: 15 novembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 70
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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International Journal of Chemical Engineering Quality and Pollution Control Technologies for Water, Air, and Soil Guest Editors: Josiane Nikiema, Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa, and Yves AndrèsQuality and Pollution Control Technologies for Water, Air, and SoilInternational Journal of Chemical Engineering Quality and Pollution Control Technologies for Water, Air, and Soil Guest Editors: Josiane Nikiema, Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa, and Yves Andres`Copyright © 2010 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in volume 2010 of “International Journal of Chemical Engineering.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.International Journal of Chemical Engineering Editorial Board Muthanna Al-Dahhan, USA Kus Hidajat, Singapore Fernando T. Pinho, Portugal Miguel J. Bagajewicz, USA Charles G. Hill, USA Peter N. Pintauro, USA Alfons Baiker, Switzerland Vladimir Hlavacek, USA Doraiswami Ramkrishna, USA Jerzy Bałdyga, Poland Xijun Hu, Hong Kong Alirio Rodrigues, Portugal Mostafa Barigou, UK M. G. Ierapetritou, USA Jose A. Romagnoli, USA Gino Baron, Belgium Dilhan M. Kalyon, USA Adrian Schumpe, Germany Hans-Jorg¨ Bart, Germany Kyung Aih Kang, USA Moshe Sheintuch, Israel Raghunath V. Chaudhari, USA Iftekhar A. Karimi, Singapore Katsumi Tochigi, Japan Jean-PierreCorriou,France B. D. Kulkarni, India Evangelos Tsotsas, Germany Donald L. Feke, USA Deepak Kunzru, India Toshinori Tsuru, Japan James J. Feng, Canada Janez Levec, Slovenia Tapio Westerlund, Finland Rafiqul Gani, Denmark Jose C. Merchuk, Israel Jaime Wisniak, Israel Jinlong Gong, China Badie I. Morsi, USA King Lun Yeung, Hong Kong Ram B. Gupta, USA S. Murad, USA Z. Zhang, UK Thomas R. Hanley, USA D. Yu Murzin, Finland Michael Harris, USA Ahmet N. Palazoglu, USAContents Quality and Pollution Control Technologies forWater, Air, and Soil, Josiane Nikiema, Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa, and Yves Andres` Volume 2010, Article ID 252131, 2 pages Seasonal and Spatial Changes of Microorganism Communities in Constructed Wetlands: A Community Level Physiological Profiling Analysis, Florent Chazarenc, Jacques Brisson, and Grard Merlin Volume 2010, Article ID 490240, 6 pages The Use of Inorganic Packing Materials during Methane Biofiltration, Josiane Nikiema and Michele` Heitz Volume 2010, Article ID 573149, 8 pages Production of Ligninolytic Enzymes by White-Rot Fungus Datronia sp. KAPI0039 and Their Application for Reactive Dye Removal, Pilanee Vaithanomsat, Waraporn Apiwatanapiwat, Oncheera Petchoy, and Jirawate Chedchant Volume 2010, Article ID 162504, 6 pages Application of Ozone and Oxygen to Reduce Chemical Oxygen Demand and Hydrogen Sulfide from a Recovered Paper Processing Plant,PatriciaA.Terry Volume 2010, Article ID 250235, 6 pages Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds, Stanford S. Makgato and Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa Volume 2010, Article ID 590169, 10 pages Removal of Organic Matter from Landfill Leachate by Advanced Oxidation Processes: A Review, Wei Li, Qixing Zhou, and Tao Hua Volume 2010, Article ID 270532, 10 pages Variability of Parameters Involved in Leachate Pollution Index and Determination of LPI from Four Landfills in Malaysia, Muhammad Umar, Hamidi Abdul Aziz, and Mohd Suffian Yusoff Volume 2010, Article ID 747953, 6 pages Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in China: A Review, Yong Qiu, Han-chang Shi, and Miao He Volume 2010, Article ID 914159, 10 pages Modeling the Effect of Plants and Peat on Evapotranspiration in Constructed Wetlands, Florent Chazarenc, Simon Naylor, Yves Comeau, Grard Merlin, and Jacques Brisson Volume 2010, Article ID 412734, 6 pages Assessment of the Performance of Membranes Type Koch in Hartha Power Plant, Ala’a Abdulrazaq Jassim Volume 2010, Article ID 967853, 5 pages The Possibilities of Reduction of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Polychlorinated ´Dibenzofurans Emission, Grzegorz Wielgosinski Volume 2010, Article ID 392175, 11 pagesMonitoring and Modelling the Trends of Primary and Secondary Air Pollution Precursors: The Case of the State of Kuwait,S.M.Al-SalemandA.R.Khan Volume 2010, Article ID 879836, 12 pages Effect of Saturated Near Surface on Nitrate and Ammonia Nitrogen Losses in Surface Runoff at the Loess Soil Hillslope, Yu-bin Zhang, Fen-li Zheng, and Ning Cao Volume 2010, Article ID 398504, 7 pages Toxicity Assessment of Sediments with Natural Anomalous Concentrations in Heavy Metals by the Use of Bioassay, Francisco Mart´ın, Marlon Escoto, Juan Fernandez,´ Emilia Fernandez,´ Elena Arco, Manuel Sierra, and Carlos Dorronsoro Volume 2010, Article ID 101390, 6 pages Monitoring of Lead in Topsoil, Forage, Blood, Liver, and Kidneys in Cows in a Lead-Polluted Area in Slovenia (19752002) and a Case of Lead Poisoning (1993), T. Zadnik Volume 2010, Article ID 940206, 9 pagesHindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Chemical Engineering Volume 2010, Article ID 252131, 2 pages doi:10.1155/2010/252131 Editorial Quality and Pollution Control Technologies for Water, Air, and Soil 1 2 3Josiane Nikiema, Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa, and Yves Andres` 1Department of Chemical/Biotechnological Engineering, Universit´e de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1 2Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa 3 ´Department of Energetic Systems and Environment, GEPEA UMR CNRS 6144, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, 44307 Nantes, France Correspondence should be addressed to Josiane Nikiema, [e-mail] Received 21 September 2010; Accepted 21 September 2010 Copyright © 2010 Josiane Nikiema et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This special issue presents scientific papers originating from landfill leachate (Li et al.). Still for landfills, a study by 4continentsandaddressingimportantenvironmentalissues. Umar et al., assessing the pollution potential of leachate Indeed, environment is today a major issue in several in Malaysia, is proposed (the seventh paper). In the eighth countries.Neworstricterregulationsonthereleaseofseveral paper of Qiu et al. gives an overview of the nitrogen and pollutants or greenhouse gases are being implemented all phosphorous removal in municipal wastewater treatment around the world. Consequently, the followup and control plants in China. All these articles answer to the need to of pollutants being rejected becomes necessary. protect the integrity of natural water resources especially in The use of plants, microorganisms, or isolated enzymes this day and age when clean water is becoming scarce due to and other biomaterials in environmental treatment is well extensive pollution and urbanisation. known, but many researchers try to understand the involved Accepted papers also include a study conducted by mechanisms with the goal of optimizing and intensifying Chazarenc et al. on the movement of pollutants and global the efficiency of pollution removal processes. Three papers water balance of a wetland system (the ninth paper). were more specifically dedicated to this area. The first paper Finally, the tenth paper was published on the efficiency of studies the seasonal and spatial changes of microorganism treatment of wastewater streams in power generation plants communities in constructed wetlands, a community level for recirculation using Koch Membranes (Jassim). physiological profiling analysis, proposed by Chazarenc et al. The sources of some toxic gaseous pollutants such as The second paper, from Nikiema and Heitz, investigates the dioxins are presented in the eleventh paper (Wielgosinski), use of inorganic packing materials during methane biofiltra- and methods to reduce such emission of pollutants to tion. After the microbial involved processes, the third paper the atmosphere are discussed. On the other hand, the presents the production of ligninolytic enzymes by white- monitoring and modeling of the trends of some air pollution rot fungus/Datronia sp/.KAPI0039 and their application for precursorsinatmospherearethesubjectsofthetwelfthpaper reactive dye removal, by Vaithanomsat et al. proposed by Al-Salem and Khan. The use of new or advanced processes to control water Finally, two papers focused on soil/sediments pollution, pollution with recalcitrant pollutants from various origins by studying the nitrate and ammonia nitrogen losses in is also described in this special edition. The fourth paper surface runoff (Zhang et al., the thirteenth paper) and the proposes the simultaneous use of ozone and oxygen for the fate of heavy-metal pollutants in sediments (Martin et al., reductionofthechemicaloxygendemandofane ffluent the fourteenth paper). Overall, the fifteenth paper (Zadnik) generated by a paper processing plant (Terry). In the fifth reminds us of the importance of protecting the environment paper, a combined AOP/Biological system is tested for sincepollutionmayhaveadetrimentale ffect on health. the treatment of various recalcitrant organic compounds Worldwide, the environmental market represents around (Makgato and Chirwa). Advanced processes are also applied, $800 billion and the global need of for environmental in the sixth paper, to the removal of organic matter from technologies, able to control pollution in air, water and soil,2 International Journal of Chemical Engineering is in continuous increase. This special edition is therefore a prominent source of reliable scientific information on environment, its protection, and the future challenges that, asasociety,weshouldfacetowinthebattleagainstair,water, and soil pollution. Josiane Nikiema