J. A. Ippolito, T. F. Ducey, K. A. Spokas, K. M. Trippe, M. G. Johnson
{"title":"A biochar selection method for remediating heavy metal contaminated mine tailings","authors":"J. A. Ippolito, T. F. Ducey, K. A. Spokas, K. M. Trippe, M. G. Johnson","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05621-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05621-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Approximately 390,000 abandoned mines across the US pose considerable, pervasive risks to human and environmental health; world-wide the problem is even greater. Lime, organic materials, and other amendments have been used to decrease metal bioavailability (e.g., Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Zn) in contaminated mine wastes and to promote plant community establishment for tailings stabilization. Biochar properties (e.g., alkaline pH, metal sorbing capabilities, available nutrients, improved soil water retention) make it a potential amendment for remediating metal contaminated mine tailings. A three-step procedure was developed to identify biochars that were most effective at reducing heavy metal availability, retaining metals, and subsequently selecting biochars for use in a soil amendment laboratory trial to ultimately be utilized in heavy metal contaminated mine land settings: Step (1) a synthetic precipitation leaching procedure extract of mine tailings was produced, representing potentially available metals, and used to identify metal removal properties of 28 different biochars (e.g., made from various feedstocks and pyrolysis or gasification conditions); Step (2) evaluate how well biochars retained previously sorbed metals; and Step (3) laboratory evaluation of the most promising biochars that removed and did not releases metals, applied at 0, 1, 2.5, and 5% (by wt) to mine tailings for reducing metal bioavailability. The reported methodology and results from this study could be used to quickly identify specific biochars and application rates to reduce mine tailings metal availability and aid in future remediation of abandoned mine sites globally.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 15","pages":"9611 - 9622"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13762-024-05621-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140699362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Parichehreh, H. Gholizadeh, A. M. Fathollahi-Fard, K. Y. Wong
{"title":"An energy-efficient unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem with learning effect of operators and deterioration of jobs","authors":"M. Parichehreh, H. Gholizadeh, A. M. Fathollahi-Fard, K. Y. Wong","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05595-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05595-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the realm of energy-efficient production scheduling, numerous multi-objective optimization models and metaheuristic solutions have been proposed. However, there remains a gap in the literature concerning the consideration of job deterioration and the learning effects of operators. To address this research gap, this study presents a redefined energy-efficient unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem, incorporating both job deterioration and learning effects of operators. Additionally, our proposed model aims to simultaneously minimize multiple objectives, including makespan, total weighted flow time, tardiness, and energy consumption. By employing the concept of multi-objective optimization, we solve small instances using an augmented epsilon-constraint method, while larger instances are tackled using popular multi-objective metaheuristics, such as the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) and multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO). The effectiveness of our solution algorithms is assessed through various multi-objective metrics, and extensive sensitivity analyses are conducted on the optimization model. Ultimately, this study concludes by offering comprehensive insights for practical implementation in production scheduling systems. Our findings contribute significantly to the advancement of energy-efficient production scheduling studies, highlighting the importance of considering job deterioration and the learning effects of operators in real-world scenarios.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 15","pages":"9651 - 9676"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140700950","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}
N. R. Azman, U. A. Asli, S. A. Dolit, N. D. Sakaria, M. H. S. Z. Abidin, M. Z. Nazri
{"title":"Pineapple waste biosurfactant: sustainable soil clean up via optimization, characterization and sorption kinetics","authors":"N. R. Azman, U. A. Asli, S. A. Dolit, N. D. Sakaria, M. H. S. Z. Abidin, M. Z. Nazri","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05620-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05620-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pineapple waste is a low-cost agro-industrial waste with promising applications in biosurfactant production and alternative non-toxic chemical surfactants. For its use to be viable for commercial purposes, the production as well as the performance of the biosurfactant produced, must be studied; specifically, the functionality of the biosurfactant product can be verified from its surface-activity characteristics. The present study investigated the optimum culture medium of biosurfactant derived from pineapple waste (BPW) as the main carbon source using <i>Acinetobacter calcoaceticus</i> for fermentation and kinetic modelling was performed. The fermentation process was first optimized using the Plackett–Burman and Box–Behnken statistical designs to obtain the maximum yield at optimum conditions. Four significant variables had the most influence on the optimization process (temperature, pineapple waste, agitation, and incubation period), with a maximum biosurfactant yield of 3.09 mg/mL. The kinetic studies revealed that the biomass growth and biosurfactant behaviour best fitted the Mercier model, while the substrate utilization was best represented by the Leudeking-Piret. To understand the behaviour of the biosurfactant towards pyrene, sorption kinetic modelling was performed. The Freundlich isotherm model for adsorption and the pseudo-second-order model for desorption were most effective at describing the biosurfactant sorption behaviour in the soil–surfactant system. The results of this study suggested that it is feasible to produce biosurfactants using pineapple waste as the primary carbon source through fermentation and can be used effectively for soil remediation against oil pollution.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 15","pages":"9593 - 9610"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140708165","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":"Evaluation of rice straw, biochar and green material for soil remediation: a case study in Kasur, Pakistan","authors":"M. Ibrahim, S. A. Tahira, S. ur Rehman, G. Li","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05593-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05593-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The main cause of agricultural soil pollution that endangers human health is tannery waste. Experiments were carried out to assess the effects of green material (GM), rice straw (RS), and rice straw biochar (RSB) on <i>Triticum aestivum</i> L. grown in tannery effluent-contaminated soil in the district Kasur, Pakistan. The application of GM, RS, and RSB significantly (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.05) reduced the concentration of heavy metals (HMs) such as Cd, Pb, and Cr in amended soil. The bioaccumulation of Cd decreased by up to 59–34%, Pb by up to 58–42%, and Cr by up to 30–34% in <i>Triticum aestivum</i> L. shoot and roots with RSB amendment. Increased concentration of chlorophyll <i>a</i> by up to 74%, 30%, and 110%, chlorophyll <i>b</i> by up to 138%, 70%, and 225%, and carotenoids by up to 87%, 37%, and 140% was measured with GM, RS, and RSB amendment. However, reduced concentrations of SOD by up to 41%, 36%, and 72%, POD by up to 7%, 20%, and 55%, and CAT by up to 29%, 22%, and 38% were recorded with GM, RS, and RSB amendment. Data revealed that RSB was beneficial to <i>Triticum aestivum</i> L. growth, soil HMs remediation, and activating antioxidant enzymes. RSB can be used as a suitable amendment in the remediation of tannery polluted soil.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 15","pages":"9585 - 9592"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140709018","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}
F. Sadeghi Goarbandi, H. Torangzar, R. Zare, J. Varvani, A. Ahmadi
{"title":"Effects of landscape structure on river water characteristics: a multi-scale analysis","authors":"F. Sadeghi Goarbandi, H. Torangzar, R. Zare, J. Varvani, A. Ahmadi","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05598-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05598-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aimed to assess the relationship between landscape characteristics and water quality in two distinct basins. Through the utilization of multiple stepwise regression analyses and redundancy analysis, the quantitative association between landscape metrics at both the watershed and riparian buffer scales was examined. The findings revealed that metrics at the riparian buffer scale exhibited greater effectiveness in predicting water quality compared to those at the watershed scale. At the 100-m buffer scale, specific variables such as forest edge density, and effective mesh size of urban areas in the Khorramabad basin, as well as forest aggregation index, urban edge density, and agricultural patch splitting in the Chalus basin, were identified as significant factors influencing water quality. In contrast, at larger scales, only metrics related to agriculture and urban land uses demonstrated dominance, indicating that these land-use classes play a decisive role in driving changes in water quality within the study areas. Moreover, as the scale increased, the influence of dominant variables on water quality exhibited a decreasing trend. Despite the minimal human activities observed in the Chalus basin, their impact on the quality of the Chalus River was substantial. Urban and agricultural land uses were consistently identified as dominant factors across all scales, suggesting that even a substantial amount of forest cover cannot fully mitigate the effects of human activities in a basin. This research underscores the significance of considering both the composition and configuration of the landscape when assessing water quality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 12","pages":"8063 - 8080"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140719560","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":"Analysis of local and regional contributions of oxidant (OX = O3 + NO2) levels based on monitoring data, a review","authors":"A. Taheri, B. Khorsandi, M. R. Alavi Moghaddam","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05563-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05563-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Air pollution is one of the most critical environmental challenges and threats to humans. Ozone and nitrogen dioxide (their sum is defined as oxidant, OX) are among the criteria air pollutants and have serious health effects. Oxidant is affected by emission sources in local and regional domains. In this work, a systematic and critical review is conducted on the existing studies of the local and regional oxidant contributions. The systematic review focuses on the publication year, journal rank, study location, and keyphrase analysis. The critical review examines the analyzed parameters, and temporal variations and the data analysis of local and regional contributions of oxidant. The systematic review showed that the studies were conducted in 13 different countries and were published in 19 scientific journals. The critical review indicated that O<sub>3</sub>, NO, NO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>x</sub>, and OX were used in all the studies. Furthermore, meteorological parameters of temperature and wind speed were mostly employed in the literature. Due to the substantial effects of emission and meteorological parameters on OX, different time scales were defined so that these effects could be evaluated separately. Our findings revealed that the highest OX’s local and regional contributions belong to daily (24-h average) and daylight time scales, respectively. The statistical analysis of the present study shows that the regional contribution values have less variations than the local contribution ones. This is due to the fact that the regional contribution values are influenced by a larger spatial domain and are less dependent on emission sources of each location.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 12","pages":"8211 - 8230"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140717987","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}
M. Khalili, S. A. Mostafavi, B. Karimi, M. Ghaderi
{"title":"Experimental and numerical analysis of the effective parameters on desalinated water flow in a stepped solar still","authors":"M. Khalili, S. A. Mostafavi, B. Karimi, M. Ghaderi","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05532-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05532-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Freshwater is an essential resource due to climate change, population growth, and groundwater contamination. The seas and oceans contain a lot of valuable saltwater. One of the economic ways to convert this expensive product from salt water is to use a stepped solar still. The low efficiency of the majority of solar stills has intrigued researchers to find ways to improve their performance. In this paper, using a neural network based on experimental data, the optimal conditions to reach maximum water production have been identified. The flow rate of desalinated water, the impact of sunlight radiation, the cover tilt angle regarding the horizon, the sodium metasilicate addition to the glass cover, the distance between the glass cover and the water surface, and finally the flow rate of the cooling stream over the glass cover were examined. The results have shown that to achieve more water at higher solar radiation levels, it is necessary to increase the cover tilt angle. Also, in the same conditions, using a low amount of sodium metasilicate compared to not using it increases efficiency by 34% on average. Also, decreasing the distance between the glass cover and the water surface increases the efficiency of this equipment. It was also observed that in low solar radiation, a low cooling flow rate is needed, and in high solar radiation, a high cooling flow rate is needed for more efficiency.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 12","pages":"8131 - 8140"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142411089","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":"Study on the compatibility of a treated effluent from automobile industry with conventional municipal activated sludge process","authors":"F. J. Peñas, M. E. Tapia, A. I. Vitas","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05608-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05608-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The on-site-treated effluent from an automobile manufacturing company is discharged into the public sewage system for further treatment. However, the upgrade of the treatment plant to reduce the effluent pollutant load led to the discharge limit for phenols being occasionally exceeded. The concern of the water authority prompted a study to investigate whether the toxicity of phenols could affect the performance of the receiving municipal wastewater treatment plant. To this end, mixtures of the industrial effluent and synthetic municipal wastewater were tested in a laboratory-scale activated sludge system. The bioreactor was fed with increasing ratios of the industrial wastewater in the combined influent (from 10 to 50%) over 7 months. No significant differences were observed in the system performance fed only with the synthetic wastewater (during the acclimation stage) or with the industrial wastewater. The bioreactor achieved average removal efficiencies of 70% for phenols even when half of the combined influent was the industrial wastewater. Bearing in mind the question of phenols, an important drawback was the high uncertainty in their determination by the conventional phenol index method due to the matrix effect. To overcome this a spectrophotometric procedure based on the serial dilutions of each pair of influent and effluent samples has been developed. Although strong microbial selection was observed by the changing bioreactor environment, the industrial effluent was found to be fully compatible with further treatment by conventional activated sludge process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 15","pages":"9353 - 9364"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13762-024-05608-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140725567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. A. Martínez-Trujillo, D. M. Domínguez-Morales, M. García-Rivero
{"title":"Aeration regime modifies ligninolytic enzyme production and biodegradation of reactive black 5 by immobilized Trametes versicolor","authors":"M. A. Martínez-Trujillo, D. M. Domínguez-Morales, M. García-Rivero","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05502-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05502-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Removal of textile dyes from wastewater is essential from an environmental perspective. White rot fungi are effective in azo dye degradation through a process mediated by the action of specific enzymes. Three diffusers, air stone diffuser, coiled tube sparger, and circular plate diffuser, were used to evaluate the effect of the aeration regime on ligninolytic enzyme activities and the consequent degradation process of reactive black 5 in 1-L reactor cultures of <i>Trametes versicolor</i> immobilized in polyurethane foam. The main changes in dye structure occurred during the first 72 h with different patterns in each culture; however, after 144 h, total color removal did not have a significant difference (> 98%) between cultures. In all cases, versatile peroxidase was the enzyme with the highest titers, relative to manganese peroxidase and laccase. Dye degradation was analyzed by the changes in absorbance peaks at 596, 311, and 257 nm in the absorption spectrum of reactive black 5. A multivariate two-way ANOVA test showed that the air diffuser had a significant effect (<i>p</i> < 0.05) on enzyme activity and, consequently, on dye degradation. Multilinear regression analysis indicated that laccases and versatile peroxidase positively correlated with reactive black 5 decolorization and degradation, and laccases were the most efficient for decolorization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 15","pages":"9341 - 9352"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140722394","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":"Hydrosedimentology of paired watersheds with clayey soils under cattle grazing and no-tillage cropping: LISEM calibration and validation","authors":"É. D. Ebling, I. Althoff, J. M. Reichert","doi":"10.1007/s13762-024-05603-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13762-024-05603-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hydrosedimentalogical models contribute to management of water resources, provided they are based on robust monitoring and calibration–validation strategies. The Limburg Soil Erosion Model (LISEM) properly represents runoff and sediment yield from watersheds with deep, clayey, weathered soils intensely occupied with grain production and dairy farming. Runoff and sediment yield in this agricultural environment have significant economic and off-site ecological importance, as the watersheds are connected to a large reservoir responsible for energy production and water supply. The objective of the study was to test whether LISEM is efficient in runoff and sediment yield modeling (calibration and validation) in paired watersheds with clayey weathered soils, under dairy cattle grazing and no-tillage grain production. The LISEM adequately represented runoff and erosion processes in the calibration phase (2018–2019), with Nash and Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient up to 0.94 and 0.92 for surface runoff, and 0.89 and 0.88 for sediment yield, respectively, for NW and SW watersheds. Some model parameters required significant adjustments, e.g., Ksat at 78.5% and 49.1%, initial soil moisture at 5.5% and 2.5%, soil cohesion at 24.1% and 4.6%, and aggregate stability at 21.4% and 4.6%, respectively for NW and SW watersheds. During the validation period (2020–2021), the model exhibited constraints in adequately representing the hydrosedimentological processes, with only a few rainfall events showing accurate results. Thus, for the utilization of a validated LISEM in future climate scenarios, the model still requires thorough scrutiny of the equations governing hydrology and erosion processes, along with continued monitoring and further model parameterization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":589,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology","volume":"21 15","pages":"9481 - 9500"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140728121","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}