Remediation of heavy metal polluted sediment by extracting the metals with sulfuric acid can be performed as follows: abiotic suspension leaching, microbial suspension leaching, abiotic solid-bed leaching, and microbial solid-bed leaching. Abiotic leaching means that the acid is directly added, while microbial leaching means that the acid is generated from sulfur by microbes (bioleaching). Thes...

This research evaluated the efficiency of combined anaerobic-aerobic processes for the treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater. The anaerobic reactor consists of a 3.95 L Plexiglas column with 60 mm diameter and 140 cm height. The cylindrical particles of polyvinyl chloride with 2 mm diameter and 1250 kg m-3 density packed to 60 cm of column were used as biomass saving material. The d...

The hydraulics of steep mountain streams differ from lower gradient rivers due to shallow and rough flows, energetic subsurface flow, and macro-scale form drag from immobile boulders and channel and bed forms. Heightened flow resistance and reduced sediment transport rates in steep streams are commonly attributed to macro-scale form drag; however, little work has explored steep river hydrodynam...

Crab shell particles were tested for its ability to remove Zn 2+ ions from aqueous solution and were evaluated in a batch reactor and in a fixed-bed column. The binding of Zn 2+ ions by crab shell was found to be affected significantly by pH, with maximum sorption capacity 71.46 mg/g observed at pH 4.5. The sorption isotherm of Zn 2+ ions on crab shell particles was modeled on the application o...

In this study, the effect of channel-bed slope and non-prismatic converging channel on discharge coefficient labyrinth weirs is numerically investigated utilizing FLOW-3D model. Numerical simulation results show that modifying weir through both methods improves coefficient. Among selected bed slopes wall, β=4% angle θ=10° yielded highest For a ratio HT/P=0.1, (HT: flow height, P: height) rate f...

The issue discussed in the current publication is a process of emulsions penetration in the granular media driven by the capillary force. The research work focuses on the study of rate and height of multiphase liquids penetration in a porous bed. Changes of the medium porosity and saturation level occurring as a result of pores obstruction by the droplets of an inner phase, were considered. The...

The vibrofluidized bed developed in this work, consisting of a transparent plexiglass tube with an inner diameter of 0.1 m and a height of 0.5 m, was designed for the fluidization of adipic acid. The fluidization behavior of dry adipic acid with particle diameters in the range of 75 600 μm and a density of 1340kg/m was studied using mechanical vibration for different sample loads. Variables stu...