The waste tyres represent a source of energy and valuable hydrocarbon products. Waste tyres were pyrolysed catalytically in a batch reactor under atmospheric pressure. The effects of basic catalysts (MgO and CaCO3) were studied on the pyrolysis products. The distribution ratio of gas, liquid and char with MgO and CaCO3 were 24.4:39.8:35.8 wt % and 32.5:32.2:35.2 wt % r...

Constructed wetlands are in use to improve the quality of contaminated groundwaters at many sites in the USA. Target contaminants include both organic and inorganic constituents. Volatile and nonvolatile hydrocarbons are found in ground water at closed petroleum refinery sites, and in leachates from landfills. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are pollutants at many sites. Chlorinated organics o...

sels, are employed as surveillanceorganisms for marine pollutants (artificially produced radionuclides, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and chlorinated hydrocarbons used industrially and as biocides in coastal waters). Varying degrees of contamination in US coastal waters have been indicated by the elevated levels of these substances in the soft parts of bivalves. [The Sd® indicates that this p...

Transformation of chlorinated aliphatic compounds was examined in Shewanella putrefaciens strain MR-1, an obligately respiring facultative anaerobe. Under anaerobic conditions, MR-1 has been shown to transform tetrachloromethane to trichloromethane (24%), CO2 (7%), cell-bound material (50%) and unidentified nonvolatile products (4%). The highest rate and extent of transformation were observed w...