{"title":"The use of plant based materials in architecture: A review","authors":"Ali Yildiz, Ahmet Burak Koçak","doi":"10.1002/ep.14546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14546","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Due to the rapidly increasing human population since the beginning of the 20th century, and with the rapid development of industrialization, the use of raw materials has increased significantly in the last century. As a result, limited resources began to decrease rapidly. The destruction on the natural environment, environmental pollution and the effects of global warming have reached alarming levels. On the other hand, the need for raw materials and energy continues to increase. At this point, it is extremely important to meet today's needs in a sustainable way, without causing environmental pollution and without consuming limited resources. In order to meet the need for sustainable building materials, studies on the use of plant biomass in the production of building materials are increasing due to reasons, such as having low environmental impact, low cost, and renewable. Since building materials produced from plant biomass are largely biodegradable, they also contribute to the prevention of environmental pollution. In this context, the plants examined in the study were examined in detail in an order from woody plants to herbaceous plants and from plants commonly used in architecture to less commonly used plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed El Hadi Attia, Mohamed Abdelgaied, K. Harby
{"title":"Conical cement fins efficacy on single slope solar distillers performance—Experimental investigation with economic analysis","authors":"Mohammed El Hadi Attia, Mohamed Abdelgaied, K. Harby","doi":"10.1002/ep.14519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14519","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article presents an effective, economical, and health-safe experimental work to improve the solar distiller's performance using cement conical fins. To demonstrate the effectiveness of conical cement fins, two distillers were designed and built, in the first distiller; a basin was made from cement (SSSD-CB). In the second distiller, the uniformly distributed cement conical fins are installed in the basin (SSSD-CB&CCF). The results presented that the cumulative water produced from SSSD-CB and SSSD-CB&CCF reached 3460 and 4750 mL/m<sup>2</sup> day, respectively. These results indicated that the conical cement fins represent a good design that improves the yield by 37.28%. Also, the average improvement in the exergy and energy efficiencies for SSSD-CB&CCF reached 71.24% and 37.3%. The economic analysis showed that using conical cement fins reduced distilled costs by 25.38%.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143119058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenju Zhao, Haiying Yu, Lei Ding, Keqian Wu, Xiai Yang
{"title":"Optimizing water-nitrogen regulation for enhanced carbon absorption and reduced greenhouse gas emissions in greenhouse tomato cultivation","authors":"Wenju Zhao, Haiying Yu, Lei Ding, Keqian Wu, Xiai Yang","doi":"10.1002/ep.14524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14524","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To study the impact of different water-nitrogen regulation modes on the carbon cycle of greenhouse tomatoes and determine optimal irrigation and nitrogen application levels to enhance carbon absorption and minimize greenhouse gas emissions. This study employed three irrigation levels (100%, 80%, and 60% of ET0) and three nitrogen application levels (240, 192, and 144 kg·ha<sup>−1</sup>), along with a control group (W1N1, i.e., 100% ET0-240 kg·ha<sup>−1</sup>). Gas-chromatography methods were used to monitor CH<sub>4</sub> and soil CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, while assessing dry matter, carbon content, and carbon fixation capacity of tomato organs throughout the growth period. Additionally, a system for evaluating the net ecosystem carbon budget of facility tomatoes was developed based on net primary productivity. Results indicated reduced CH<sub>4</sub> and soil CO<sub>2</sub> emissions with decreased irrigation and nitrogen application. Dry matter, carbon content, and carbon fixation of tomato organs initially increased with reduced nitrogen and irrigation but then declined. The W2N2 (80% ET0-192 kg·ha<sup>−1</sup>) treatment showed maximal values for dry matter, carbon content, carbon fixation, net primary productivity (NPP), and gross primary productivity (GPP). Findings suggest a positive net ecosystem carbon budget under reduced water and nitrogen conditions, indicating carbon absorption. Specifically, the W2N2 treatment outperformed others in net carbon absorption, highlighting its potential as an effective mode for enhancing carbon sequestration in the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143118092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pyrolysis kinetics study of nucleic acid detection supplies","authors":"Hongting Ma, Zhipeng Zhou, Na Deng","doi":"10.1002/ep.14541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14541","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To investigate the pyrolytic behavior of materials used in nucleic acid detection and unravel their chemical reaction mechanisms at a molecular scale, thermogravimetric experiments were conducted on a range of components: polypropylene (PP) sampling tubes, polyamide/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PA/ABS) pharyngeal swab sampling heads, ABS pharyngeal swab rods, and mixtures of pharyngeal swab sampling heads and sampling tubes at heating rates of 10, 20, 30, and 40°C/min employing conversion from 0.1 to 0.9 in 0.1 increments. Employing three model-free methods—Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose, (KAS) Flynn–Wall–Ozawa, and Friedman—the pyrolysis kinetics of individual components and mixtures were analyzed. The average activation energy were obtained to be 144.0–152.7, 211.4–213.5, 163.3–168.7, and 156.6–167.3 kJ/mol, respectively. Two model-fitting methods—Coats-Redfern and Criado—were used to elucidate the chemical reaction mechanisms across various heating rates and conversions. The pre-exponential factor was calculated. The pyrolytic behavior of pharyngeal swabs was simulated, and the results showed that the most accurate kinetic parameters were obtained by the KAS method.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Da Chen, Chao Song, Yan Jin, Chang Chen, Guangqing Liu
{"title":"Effect of substituting water source on the methane production from lignocellulosic biowaste during anaerobic digestion","authors":"Da Chen, Chao Song, Yan Jin, Chang Chen, Guangqing Liu","doi":"10.1002/ep.14533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14533","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The escalating global volume of sewage discharge presents a formidable challenge for sewage treatment facilities, necessitating the efficient utilization of sewage. Given the substantial demand on water resource during anaerobic digestion (AD), this study investigated the feasibility of substituting pure water with sewage as the main water source for AD using six diverse lignocellulosic wastes (rice straw, vinegar residue, cattle manure, sheep manure, napkin, and office wastepaper) as feedstocks. The results showed that the methane production of lignocellulosic waste + raw wastewater (WW) during AD increased by at least 5% compared with the control groups. Specially, the cumulative methane yield of napkin mixed with the WW reached to 218.3 mL/gVS with the increase of 47.8% compared with the control group (147.7 mL/gVS). The results indicated that the relative abundance of characteristic bacteria and methanogenic archaea during AD was closely related to the kinds of feedstocks and water source. The addition of WW increased the relative abundance of bacteria and archaea in the digester, which might be the main reason for the higher methane production with the addition of WW. Treated wastewater and reclaimed water had a relatively neglectable impact on the microbial community structure in AD. This study not only saved water resources in AD but also provided a strong reference for resource utilization of sewage and organic solid waste.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143115243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of machine learning for optimization and modeling of turbidity removal from aqueous solution","authors":"Neelanjan Dutta, Pankaj Dey, Joy Pal","doi":"10.1002/ep.14494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14494","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Turbidity affects the aesthetic and overall quality of water and therefore, its prediction and modeling are essential for designing treatment strategies. In the present research, the outcomes of altering parameters and optimizing the removal of turbidity using response surface methodology (RSM), artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM), and K-nearest neighbor (KNN) based on a statistically designed set of experiments are examined. pH, coagulant dose, and settling time are considered process variables. The optimum removal of turbidity was obtained at a pH range of 6–8, coagulant dosage of 20–35 mg/L, and settling time of 30–45 min for the coagulants. The best turbidity reduction (60%) was achieved using alum coagulant (30 mg/L), at a pH of 7.5 and settling time for 45 min. All the models proved to be effective in demonstrating how the operating variables being studied influence the removal of turbidity from the aqueous solution. In contrast to the RSM, SVM, and KNN models, the ANN more accurately characterized the parametric impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abscisic acid improves the phytoremediation ability of the aquatic accumulator plant Nasturtium officinale R. Br. in cadmium-contaminated soil","authors":"Xuemei Peng, Yunying Xiao, Wanjia Tang, Zhen Dai, Dilian Zhang, Yangxia Zheng, Lijin Lin","doi":"10.1002/ep.14542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14542","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Previous studies report significant contamination of farmland soil by cadmium (Cd). Cd contamination increases the risk of diseases after consumption of grain crops with high Cd levels. Hyperaccumulators or accumulators have been widely used to bioremediate Cd-contaminated farmland soil. Studies report that aquatic hyperaccumulators or accumulators are rarely used in phytoremediation, or their phytoremediation efficiencies are low. A pot experiment was carried out to explore the effects of abscisic acid (ABA) on the Cd accumulation (phytoremediation) of emerged aquatic accumulator plant <i>Nasturtium officinale</i> R. Br. Abscisic acid application increased the shoot biomass, peroxidase (POD) activity, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, catalase (CAT) activity, and soluble protein content of <i>N. officinale</i> under Cd-contamination condition. The application of ABA at 5, 10, and 20 μmol/L increased the chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in <i>N. officinale</i>. The application of ABA also increased the shoot Cd content and shoot Cd extraction of <i>N. officinale</i>. The application of ABA at 1, 5, 10, and 20 μmol/L increased the shoot Cd extraction by 11.65%, 25.27%, 37.91%, and 58.52%, respectively, compared with the control. In addition, ABA concentration had a linear regression relationship with the root biomass, shoot biomass, root Cd extraction, and shoot Cd extraction. Correlation, gray relational, and path analyses showed that the root biomass, shoot biomass, root Cd extraction, root Cd content, POD activity, SOD activity, and soluble protein content were significantly associated with the shoot Cd extraction. These findings indicate that ABA application can improve the phytoremediation ability of <i>N. officinale</i> under Cd-contaminated flooded fields.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation on specific evaporation rates during biosolid air drying process","authors":"Fangtian Li, Xin Zhang, Yun Ji","doi":"10.1002/ep.14538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14538","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Biosolids, inevitable by-products of wastewater treatment processes, can be potentially used as a biomass feedstock for energy and resource applications. These by-products have a high moisture content, which must be reduced before they can be used for further applications. Natural air drying is an energy saving and sustainable approach, but it highly depends on local climatic conditions. We conducted biosolid air drying experiments under room temperature and winter outdoor temperature. The biosolid air drying experiment under room temperature was designed to screen four factors: wind speed, solid content, layer thickness and pan location. Wind speed and solid content were identified as primary factors, and the specific evaporation rate increased as the wind speed increased and decreased as solid content increased. The developed regression model can effectively predict the specific evaporation rate. Under winter outdoor temperature, the results revealed the surrounding temperature has a great effect on the sublimation rate.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenbin Hu, Qiang Yang, Renjuan Wang, Qi Chen, Yun Kong
{"title":"Efficient adsorptive removal of two anionic dyes (methyl orange and methyl red) with MOF-525: Adsorption isotherms and kinetics studies","authors":"Wenbin Hu, Qiang Yang, Renjuan Wang, Qi Chen, Yun Kong","doi":"10.1002/ep.14543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14543","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adsorption is widely used to remove anionic and cationic dyes from wastewater because of its economical and high efficiency. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), as a kind of adsorbent, have attracted great attention due to the large surface area, adjustable pore size, and high stability. In this study, a Zr-MOF, named MOF-525, was synthesized by using solvothermal method, and the adsorption performances of MOF-525 on two anionic dyes (methyl orange, MO and methyl red, MR) were investigated. Results showed that the obtained MOF-525, with the specific surface area of 2,613.91 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>, the total pore volume of 1.20 cm<sup>3</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>, and the average pore size of 1.84 nm, exhibited high adsorption capacities for both MO and MR. The optimal pH value for MO and MR adsorption were 3.0 and 4.0, with the adsorption capacity of 854.30 and 629.67 mg g<sup>−1</sup>, respectively; in addition, the adsorption capacities for both MR and MO were increased with the increasing of SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> concentration. The adsorption kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics results indicated the pseudo-second-order model and Langmuir (as well as Freundlich) could describe the adsorption processes of MOF-525 well, and the adsorption processes for both MO and MR were spontaneous exothermic reactions. Besides, the reusability experiment demonstrated that MOF-525 had significant adsorption capacity and good reusability for MR. In conclusion, the possible adsorption mechanisms of anionic dyes by MOF-525 involved hydrogen bonding, electrostatic attraction, and π-π interaction. These results illustrated that MOF-525 might be a potential adsorption material for anionic dyes removal from wastewater.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of supersaturation distribution on particle heterogeneous condensation in growth tube","authors":"Anwen Dai, Jun Zhang, Anjin Li","doi":"10.1002/ep.14540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14540","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Supersaturation is a critical factor influencing the growth of fine particles in heterogeneous nucleation processes. To further investigate its effects on particle growth behavior, this study employs numerical simulations, coupling the particle growth rate equation with a population balance model to systematically analyze the impact of various supersaturation distributions on particle growth. The results indicate that, in the axial direction, the closer the supersaturation peak is to the outlet of the growth tube, the more effective the particle growth, with a maximum increase of 10.20%. In the radial direction, higher supersaturation near the tube wall results in better particle growth at the outlet, with a maximum increase of 28.70%. A more uniform supersaturation field is found to promote particle growth. Conversely, when the supersaturation near the wall is relatively low, particles are less likely to be effectively activated, leading to restricted growth. Additionally, this paper explores the growth of fine particles under different supersaturation field configurations, demonstrating the generality of the observed patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":11701,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy","volume":"44 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}