The objective of this paper is simultaneous of aerobic and anaerobic process for phosphorus removal from a dairy wastewater. The system consists of a granular sequencing batch reactor (SBR) working under alternating aerobic/anaerobic conditions. In order to analyze the process, four significant variables viz. MLSS, COD/N ratio, aeration time and cycling time and four dependent parameters as the...

Silicates are important class of materials due to their applications in many diverse areas. They proved to be an effective materials for various processes and materials related to applied mineralogy including technical and medieval glasses, blast furnace linings and combustion ashes. This study reports the synthesis and luminescence of Eu, Ce, Dy and Sm activated K4CaSi3O9 and BaCa2Si3O9 phosph...

Rice husk a very low cost material has been utilized as adsorbent for the removal of lead from industrial effluents. Adsorption studies have been carried out at 28°Cand the effect of initial lead concentrations (100-1000) mg/l, adsorbent dosage (0.05-1) g, pH (2-10) and contact time (10-180) min on lead uptake to establish a mathematical model description percentage removal of Pb (II). The infl...

In an ongoing effort towards a more sustainable rare-earth element market, there is high potential for efficient recycling of elements from end-of-life compact fluorescent lamps by physical separation the individual phosphors. this study, we investigate five lamp particles high-gradient magnetic in rotary permanent magnet separator. We thoroughly characterize phosphors ICP-MS, laser diffraction...

A new phosphor, Sm3+ ion-doped YInGe₂O₇, was synthesized using a planetary ball mill solid state reaction. The XRD patterns show that all of the peaks can be attributed to the monoclinic YInGe₂O7 crystal structure when the Sm3+ ion concentration is increased up to 20 mol %. Under an excitation wavelength of 404 nm, the Sm3+ intra-4f transition appears in the emission spectrum including two stro...

This paper demonstrates the application of a broadband luminescent downshifting (LDS) layer with multiple species of europium (Eu)-doped silicate phosphors using spin-on film technique to enhance the photovoltaic efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells. The surface morphology of the deposited layer was examined using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The chemical composition of the Eu...

We demonstrate red-emitting silicon quantum dot (SiQD) phosphors as a low-cost and environment-friendly alternative to rare-earth element phosphors or CdSe quantum dots. After surface passivation, the SiQD-phosphors achieve high photoluminescence quantum yield = 51% with 365-nm excitation. The phosphors also have a peak photoluminescence wavelength at 630 nm and a full-width-at-half-maximum of ...

A series of Ca1–xSrxS:Eu (x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0) phosphors were synthesized by solid-state reactions. The Ca1–xSrxS:Eu phosphors have a strong absorption at 455 nm, which corresponds to the emission wavelength of a blue LED. The emission peak of Ca1–xSrxS:Eu is blue shifted from 655 to 618 nm with increasing Sr content. The characteristics of Ca1–xSrxS:Eu phosphors make them suitable...

abstractin this work, the micro powder was the product of cedar leaf (mpcl) is used as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of pb2+ ions from aqueous solutions. bath experiments were used to determine the best adsorption conditions the adsorption percentage of pb2+ ions mpcl samples at different initial ph, contact time (tc), adsorbent dosage and temperature (t) were investigated. effective rem...