Industrial sludge remediation with photonic treatment using Ti-Ag nano-composite thin films: persistent organic pollutant removal from sludge matrix.

Mechanically dewatered industrial sludge (MDIS) was treated using pure and silver-doped thin films (TFs) grown on quartz substrates. TFs were prepared using a sol-gel dip coating technique. The resulting films were annealed at 450 °C for 3 h and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

Modeling wastewater discharge at the planning stage of a marine outfall system.

The possibility of marine discharge of a negatively buoyant industrial waste was evaluated by a modeling study using Killworth 3-D, which is the first version of the Modular Ocean Model (MOM). The Model was run with the recorded wind direction and speed on the cruise dates and the circulation patterns for surface and subsurface were found to be similar with the current meter measurements. Model scenarios have been set-up in order to estimate the intensity and direction of the currents in the Nemrut Bay under the condition of wind blowing from a definite direction for a long time.

Importance of particulate biodegradable organic compounds in performance of full-scale biological phosphorus removal system.

In this study, biological treatment performances of two parallel treatment lines operating with and without primary sedimentation were investigated. The research was carried out in a large-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process. Influent and effluent of treatment lines were characterized continuously during the study.