{"title":"A novel integrated instrumentation technique for air pollution monitoring","authors":"S. Hariharan","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596113","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in air pollution monitoring techniques and instrumentation have progressed significantly in the past several years to a point where noteworthy confidence in instrumentation generated data has been established. Human evolution and advancement in the field of science and technology has significantly given a steep rise in air pollution causing us to monitor them so that it does not surpass the ‘danger’ level. Though modern instruments provide us with accurate measurements, they are available with different principles and exist as separate instrument. This paper intends to combine all such instruments together to form a single instrument which would measure the major air pollutants in air. The paper includes an instrumentation design which can be used to measure the major pollutants in air. The monitoring of the basic pollutants like SO2, NO2, Carbon monoxides, hydrocarbons and dust are done via this instrument. Efforts are taken to propose a device which is cost efficient and accurate.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123481880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Abdel-Rahman, T. Zendo, K. Sonomoto, Y. Tashiro
{"title":"Optimization of fermentation conditions for high L-lactic acid production from cellobiose by entercoccus mundtii QU 25: Impact of pH control and temperature on cell growth and changes in metabolites","authors":"M. Abdel-Rahman, T. Zendo, K. Sonomoto, Y. Tashiro","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596153","url":null,"abstract":"Optimization of L -(+)-lactic acid production from cellobiose, one of the main cellulase inhibitors during saccharifaying process, was studied. Fermentation runs pH-controlled at 7.0 provided the highest lactic acid produced (18.6 g/L) and maximum lactic acid productivity (2.1 g/L/h) which were increased by 376% and 346%, respectively in comparison to non pH-controlled batches. Moreover, the maximum L-lactic acid yield and optical purity were obtained at pH 7.0 with 0.94 g/g and 100%, respectively. The optimum temperature was found to be 43°C, at which the lactic acid yield and maximum productivity were 1.0 g/g and 3.44 g/L/h, respectively. This study provides an encouraging means for economic production of optically pure L-lactic acid from pre-hydrolyzed cellulosic materials.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117180711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptual applications in the dimension of the scientific knowledge","authors":"Eşi Marius-Costel","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596122","url":null,"abstract":"Putting a conceptual model into value within the dimension of the scientific education reflects at a social level the idea of a methodological rigueur meant to support the pragmatism of the conceptual applications. Therefore, the development of the scientific competences generates explicative dimensions which relate to a whole process of reorganizing and restructuring. Furthermore, the conceptual intension of such an approach emphasizes a new theoretical architectonics within which the scientific community assumes the promoted attitudes and strategies. Consequently, the scientific and technological area of the environment involves a reevaluation at a practical level from the perspective of psychology and epistemology corroborated with a new way of understanding the idea of human consciousness.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129655792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation based inference on stochastic volatility models in an environmental study","authors":"E. Amiri","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596135","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the time series properties of the growth rate in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (ACDC) using monthly data from a subset of the well-known Mauna Loa atmosphere carbon dioxide record. We consider a class of stochastic volatility (SV) models that incorporate the following features: correlations between the the monthly changes in level of ACDC growth rate and their volatility, heavy-tailed error distribution, jumps in observation equation and/or in volatility process. The purpose of this article is try to provide a unified way to understand the effect of these four factors on modelling the monthly time-series of ACDC level growth rate and find the most adequate and parsimonious model. In a Bayesian approach, we estimate a few extensions of the basic stochastic volatility model using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method and compare these models using Deviance Information Criterion(DIC). Our study shows that the leverage effect is present also the SV models with independent jumps in observation equation and volatility equation perform well.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"2007 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127301356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Weerasinghe, P. M. Manoja Priyadharshani, R. M. Kulasena
{"title":"Comparative study of the effectiveness of chemical coagulants used in effluent treatment of Garment washing industry in Sri Lanka","authors":"T. Weerasinghe, P. M. Manoja Priyadharshani, R. M. Kulasena","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596093","url":null,"abstract":"Industries in particular generate enormous amount of wastes which can cause serious pollution in the environment. Water pollution mainly occurs due to the presence of dissolved inorganic materials, organic materials, other substances found in domestic and industrial wastewater and their subsequent products.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123765443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Micropropagation of Vanda coerulea Griff ex Lindl.: A study of regeneration competence of roots in vitro","authors":"Viki Manners, S. Kumaria, P. Tandon","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596103","url":null,"abstract":"A rapid and efficient procedure is outlined for in vitro propagation of Vanda coerulea Griff. ex Lindl., an endangered epiphytic orchid. Root segments (0.5–1.0 cm long) from plants growing both in vivo and in vitro were cultured on MS (Murashige and Skoog, 1962) medium supplemented with auxins [Indole 3-acetic acid (IAA)], cytokinins [6-benzyl aminopurine (BAP), 6-furfuryl amino purine (KN)] and coconut water (CW). The root explants from in vivo sources failed to respond whereas those from in vitro grown plantlets regenerated protocorm-like bodies (PLBs). An optimum of 16.2 PLBs developed from root explants on medium supplemented with 30µM BAP and 15µM IAA. The resulting plantlets were successfully transferred to pots containing brick pieces, charcoal chunks and decaying litter (1∶1∶1) + a top layer of moss. Ninety-five percent of the plantlets survived in the glass house after two months of transplantation.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131560510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compatibility and wash performance analysis of α-amylase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MTCC (610) with commercial detergents","authors":"P. Dahiya, V. Kishore, S. Sheikh, P. Arora","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596114","url":null,"abstract":"An investigation of an alkaline thermostable amylase secreted by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MTCC-610 strain was carried out in order to test its compatibility and wash performance as a detergent additive. The optimum pH and temperature for amylase activity was found to be 8.0 and 50°C. The enzyme was quite stable for 1 h at 400C while at 500C, 50% of the original activity was lost, respectively. The compatibility of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens amylase with certain commercial detergents was shown to be good as the enzyme retained 96.4%, 94% and 86% of its activity after 1hr of incubation at 40°C in the presence of the detergent brands Surf Excel Blue, Surf Excel and Fena Bar respectively. The wash performance of detergents (7 mg/ml) prepared with enzyme amylase was studied on cotton, terrycloth and chiffon fabric samples stained with potato curry sample. Maximum stain removal was observed for chiffon samples where supplementation of the enzyme to the detergent Surf excel blue enhanced the cleansing ability of the detergent followed by cotton and terrycloth. We report here the compatibility and wash performance of alkaline amylase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MTCC-610.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127731107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heavy metals concentrations control","authors":"Bacinschi Zorica, C. Rizescu, A. Poinescu","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596105","url":null,"abstract":"Heavy metals accumulate in organisms as a result of direct uptake from the surroundings across the body wall, from respiration and from food. Uptake via food is most important in terrestrial organisms and it may also be important in the aquatic environment. Dietary uptake can include heavy metals adsorbed on particulates present on the surface of leaves etc, which have not been absorbed by the plant. As discussed below, depending on context; heavy metal can include elements lighter than carbon and can exclude some of the heaviest metals. Heavy metals occur naturally in the ecosystem with large variations in concentration. In modern times, anthropogenic sources of heavy metals, i.e. pollution, have been introduced to the ecosystem. Waste-derived fuels are especially prone to contain heavy metals so they should be a central concern in a consideration of their use.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"204 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132788328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Pirmoradian, M. Rezaei, N. Davatgar, K. Tajdari, B. Abolpour
{"title":"Comparing of interpolation methods in rice cultivation vulnerability mapping due to groundwater quality in Guilan, north of Iran","authors":"N. Pirmoradian, M. Rezaei, N. Davatgar, K. Tajdari, B. Abolpour","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596110","url":null,"abstract":"Guilan is a famous province in growing rice in Iran. Recently, due to shortage of water, farmers' desire to use groundwater in order to grow rice in northern part of Iran has been increasing rapidly. The fact that rice is sensitive to water quality, caused concern about rice cultivation sustainability in the area, especially in drought years. This study was done to investigate the interpolation methods and the spatial variability of some important ground water quality factors including EC, SAR and Na of samples taken from 135 wells over the region at September of 2007. First, the accuracy of ordinary kriging (Ok) and inverse distance weighting (IDW) with 3 different powers (1, 2 and 3) in mapping the studied parameters were evaluated. Then the final map was presented. The result showed that spherical model gave the best result to simulate the vriograms. Although negligible differences were observed between the methods, Ok and IDW-1 performed better in comparison to the IDW-2 and IDW-3. The final map showed that EC in central part of the region, where the Sephidroud meets the Caspian Sea is dramatically high which will threaten the sustainability of rice cultivation in the area. The other factors were in suitable level.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"610 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134399585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rehabilitation of quarries in Hong Kong","authors":"Hao Zhang, L. Chu","doi":"10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEEA.2010.5596131","url":null,"abstract":"To evaluate the ecological succession in terms of vegetation development and seed dynamics after rehabilitation, the floristic composition and structure were studied at different phases of two quarries in Hong Kong, namely Lam Tei Quarry and Shek O Quarry. Species richness and Shannon index of the overstorey and understorey vegetation were higher at the older phases. Native species became more dominant in the understorey vegetation with time. In the soil seed banks, non-woody species predominated in all phases of the two quarries, but some pioneer tree and shrub species were better represented in older phases.","PeriodicalId":262661,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Applications","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116355384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}