While groundwater is commonly perceived as safe, the excessive presence of trace metals, particularly arsenic (As), can pose significant health hazards. This review examines the current scenario of pollutants and their mitigations focusing on As contamination in groundwater across multiple nations, with a specific emphasis on the Indian Peninsula. Arsenic pollution surpasses the WHO limit of 10 ppb in 107 countries, impacting around 230 million people worldwide, with a substantial portion in Asia, including 20 states and four union territories in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work focused on the solubility of ethane in three promising ionic liquids {1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluormethylsulfonyl) imide [HMIM][Tf2N], 1-Butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium dimethyl-phosphate [BMIM][DMP], and 1-Propyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethyl-sulfonyl)-imide [PMIM][Tf2N]}. The solubilities were measured at 303.15 K to 343.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe swift pace of socioeconomic development and climatic change have put significant strain on the quality of water resources. While, the bulk availability of agro-based materials arising from nature and agricultural practices has paved the way for researchers to utilize them in eradicating toxic industrial pollutants such as dyes, heavy metals, phenolic compounds, pesticides, etc. by using them as adsorbents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the increasing population worldwide more wastewater is created by human activities and discharged into the waterbodies. This is causing the contamination of aquatic bodies, thus disturbing the marine ecosystems. The rising population is also posing a challenge to meet the demands of fresh drinking water in the water-scarce regions of the world, where drinking water is made available to people by desalination process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydrogen (H) is a possible energy transporter and feedstock for energy decarbonization, transportation, and chemical sectors while reducing global warming's consequences. The predominant commercial method for producing H today is steam methane reforming (SMR). However, there is still room for development in process intensification, energy optimization, and environmental concerns related to CO emissions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInformation on the spatial extent of potential impact areas near disposal sites is vital to the development of a sustainable natural resource management policy. Eight Canadian landfills of various sizes and shapes in different climatic conditions are studied to quantify the spatial extent of their bio-thermal zone. Land surface temperature (LST) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) are examined with respect to different Land Use Land Cover (LULC) classes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe problem of fouling is considered a major reason for deteriorating the performance of porous membranes. Even though the accumulations of materials at the membrane surface are inevitable, efforts are continuously spent to minimize their drawbacks. Several techniques have been tested to minimize the problem of fouling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe mechanism was proposed of heterogeneous catalytic CO absorptions with primary/secondary amines involving 'catalytic carbamate formation'. Compared with the non-catalytic 'Zwitterion mechanism', this Eley-Rideal model was proposed for CO + RR'NH with MCO (M = Ca, Mg, and Ba) with four elementary reaction steps: (B1) amine adsorption, (B2) Zwitterion formation, (B3) carbamate formation, and (B4) carbamate desorption. The rate law if determining step of each elementary step was generated based on 'steady-state approximation'.
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