Publications by authors named "Hamid Khoshdast"

The present research study investigates the performance of pyrolysis oils recycled from waste tires as a collector in coal flotation. Three different types of pyrolysis oils (namely, POT, POT, and POT) were produced through a two-step pressure pyrolysis method followed by an oil rolling process. The characteristics of POTs were adjusted using various oil-modifying additives such as mineral salts and organic solvents.

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The present work aims at optimization and advanced simulation of removal efficiency of dye material from a synthetic wastewater using a locally generated rhamnolipid (RL) biosurfactant. For this purpose, bio-treatment of dye polluted synthetic wastewater was experimentally, kinetically, and statistically investigated by the ion flotation process in the presence of the RL. The removal rate of methylene blue (MB) as the dye material was assessed by the ultraviolet (UV)-visible absorbance measurements.

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This work aims at presenting an advanced simulation approach for a novel rhamnolipidic-based bioflotation process to remove chromium from wastewater. For this purpose, the significance of key influential operating variables including initial solution pH (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12), rhamnolipid to chromium ratio (RL:Cr = 0.010, 0.

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A sample coal waste activated by rhamnolipid biosurfactants was used as an efficient adsorbent for the adsorption of cadmium from aqueous solution. The effects of three factors, namely, initial solution pH (3-11), absorbent to cadmium ratio (12.5-162.

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